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Jersey Number 12
Sydney Wootten
- Class:
- Senior
- Height:
- 5-6
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
Bio
2016 ACC Honor Roll
2017 ACC Honor Roll
2017 All-ACC Academic Team
2018 ACC Honor Roll
As a Senior (2018): Played every minute in goal (2,072), the most on the team…Compiled a 1.17 goals-against average, allowing 27 goals…Earned seven shutouts, making 104 saves and compiling a .794 save percentage…Her 104 saves and seven shutouts rank top eight all-time for most in a single season…Made a career-high 16 saves in the team’s 1-1 draw at Florida State…Also made 11 saves in the team’s NCAA Second Round game vs. Santa Clara…Finished top-five all-times in saves (302, 5th), shutouts (24, T3rd) and GAA (1.27, 5th), becoming the first GK to do so since 1993.
As a Junior (2017): Started 19 matches in goal, missed three due to injury… Lowered her GAA to .88, a career best... Ranks sixth in the program’s all-time record book for single season GAA and fifth all-time for career GAA… Posted a career-best .790 save percentage… Recorded eight shutouts on the year to rank fifth in the ACC… Played 1,735 minutes and made 64 saves to rank fifth in the ACC… Finished the season with 12-5-2 record… Made a season-high eight saves against Princeton in the NCAA Second Round… Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 19 after recording a combined 10 saves in a 0-0 2OT draw with No. 3 Virginia and 1-0 win vs. Western Carolina.
As a Sophomore (2016): Started in all 22 matches for the Pack this season…Lowered her GAA to 1.08, marking a 1.40 improvement from her freshman season…Finished fifth in the ACC with 75 saves…Posted a .758 save percentage…Tied for fifth in school history for most shutouts in a singles season with seven…Ninth in school history for GAA in a single season at 1.08…Went over 400 minutes without allowing a goal, the streak spanned across six matches…Earned seven shutouts, including dour straight during the year…Played 1994 minutes during the season…Saved eight shots against North Carolina and preserved a clean sheet in the team’s first ever win at Fetzer Field…Named the ACC defensive player of the week and a TDS honorable mention for team of the week after her performance against North Carolina…Named the ACC defensive player of the week for the second time in the season after seven saves at Boston College…Made eight saves during both the Louisville and Duke matches…Saved two penalty kicks during the shootout against Minnesota to book the Pack’s spot in the second round of the NCAA Championship
As a Freshman (2015): Made 14 starts in goal during her freshman season … Played in 1014:19 minutes throughout the year … Made 59 saves, allowed 28 goals, and posted a W-L-T record of 2-10-0 … Recorded two shutouts on the year, in 2-0 wins at East Tennessee State (August 30) and against Oregon (September 4) … Made a career-high 10 saves at Miami on October 11 … Posted a goals against average of 2.48 and a save percentage of .678.
Prior to NC State: Played with fellow signees Crystal Cordova and Hannah Keogh at club side Del Mar Carmel Valley from 2011-15 ... Also played with the California (South) Olympic Development Program (ODP) in 2010 ... Her club side was a 2013 and 2014 US Youth Soccer national champion, a 2013 and 2014 USYS league champion, a 2012 and 2013 Cal South National Cup champion, a 2011 Far West Regional League champion, and claimed two tournament titles (Surf Cup and Manchester Nike Cup) in 2011 ... Individually, she was a member of the Best XI at the 2014 USYS national tournament and earned the coveted Golden Glove award as the competition's best goalkeeper ... Wootten's HS teams have won three league titles and advanced as far as the finals of the state tournament ... During her junior season, she recorded more shutouts (13) than goals allowed (11), averaging less than 0.70 goals conceded per contest ... Wootten has earned three all-league honors.
Personal: Born Dec. 15, 1996 ... Favorite team is the United States Women's National Team and favorite athlete is Briana Scurry.
Coach Santoro's Take: "Sydney has been so consistent over this entire recruiting cycle, which is such an important trait for this position. The ball does not go in the goal. That may seem too simple an analysis, but she makes all types of saves and is sound in all other areas of goalkeeping. She'll push hard to make her mark next year."
2017 ACC Honor Roll
2017 All-ACC Academic Team
2018 ACC Honor Roll
As a Senior (2018): Played every minute in goal (2,072), the most on the team…Compiled a 1.17 goals-against average, allowing 27 goals…Earned seven shutouts, making 104 saves and compiling a .794 save percentage…Her 104 saves and seven shutouts rank top eight all-time for most in a single season…Made a career-high 16 saves in the team’s 1-1 draw at Florida State…Also made 11 saves in the team’s NCAA Second Round game vs. Santa Clara…Finished top-five all-times in saves (302, 5th), shutouts (24, T3rd) and GAA (1.27, 5th), becoming the first GK to do so since 1993.
As a Junior (2017): Started 19 matches in goal, missed three due to injury… Lowered her GAA to .88, a career best... Ranks sixth in the program’s all-time record book for single season GAA and fifth all-time for career GAA… Posted a career-best .790 save percentage… Recorded eight shutouts on the year to rank fifth in the ACC… Played 1,735 minutes and made 64 saves to rank fifth in the ACC… Finished the season with 12-5-2 record… Made a season-high eight saves against Princeton in the NCAA Second Round… Named ACC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 19 after recording a combined 10 saves in a 0-0 2OT draw with No. 3 Virginia and 1-0 win vs. Western Carolina.
As a Sophomore (2016): Started in all 22 matches for the Pack this season…Lowered her GAA to 1.08, marking a 1.40 improvement from her freshman season…Finished fifth in the ACC with 75 saves…Posted a .758 save percentage…Tied for fifth in school history for most shutouts in a singles season with seven…Ninth in school history for GAA in a single season at 1.08…Went over 400 minutes without allowing a goal, the streak spanned across six matches…Earned seven shutouts, including dour straight during the year…Played 1994 minutes during the season…Saved eight shots against North Carolina and preserved a clean sheet in the team’s first ever win at Fetzer Field…Named the ACC defensive player of the week and a TDS honorable mention for team of the week after her performance against North Carolina…Named the ACC defensive player of the week for the second time in the season after seven saves at Boston College…Made eight saves during both the Louisville and Duke matches…Saved two penalty kicks during the shootout against Minnesota to book the Pack’s spot in the second round of the NCAA Championship
As a Freshman (2015): Made 14 starts in goal during her freshman season … Played in 1014:19 minutes throughout the year … Made 59 saves, allowed 28 goals, and posted a W-L-T record of 2-10-0 … Recorded two shutouts on the year, in 2-0 wins at East Tennessee State (August 30) and against Oregon (September 4) … Made a career-high 10 saves at Miami on October 11 … Posted a goals against average of 2.48 and a save percentage of .678.
Prior to NC State: Played with fellow signees Crystal Cordova and Hannah Keogh at club side Del Mar Carmel Valley from 2011-15 ... Also played with the California (South) Olympic Development Program (ODP) in 2010 ... Her club side was a 2013 and 2014 US Youth Soccer national champion, a 2013 and 2014 USYS league champion, a 2012 and 2013 Cal South National Cup champion, a 2011 Far West Regional League champion, and claimed two tournament titles (Surf Cup and Manchester Nike Cup) in 2011 ... Individually, she was a member of the Best XI at the 2014 USYS national tournament and earned the coveted Golden Glove award as the competition's best goalkeeper ... Wootten's HS teams have won three league titles and advanced as far as the finals of the state tournament ... During her junior season, she recorded more shutouts (13) than goals allowed (11), averaging less than 0.70 goals conceded per contest ... Wootten has earned three all-league honors.
Personal: Born Dec. 15, 1996 ... Favorite team is the United States Women's National Team and favorite athlete is Briana Scurry.
Coach Santoro's Take: "Sydney has been so consistent over this entire recruiting cycle, which is such an important trait for this position. The ball does not go in the goal. That may seem too simple an analysis, but she makes all types of saves and is sound in all other areas of goalkeeping. She'll push hard to make her mark next year."