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Kia Rankin

Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Bowie, Md.
Prev School:
Maryland United FC
Height:
5-8

2016 All-ACC Freshman Team
2016 All-ACC Academic Team
2017 ACC Honor Roll
2017 All-ACC Academic Team
2018 ACC Honor Roll
2019 ACC Honor Roll
2019 All-ACC Academic Team

As a Senior (2019): Started all 23 matches of the season as a defender and played 2,008 minutes…Scored the golden goal in the 3-2 overtime win vs. Syracuse on Oct. 24, and scored a goal vs. Arkansas in the NCAA Second Round on Nov. 21…Assisted Tziarra King at Georgetown on Aug. 25…Put five of her 13 shots on the year on goal.

As a Junior (2018): Played in 18 matches, earning a starting spot in 17 of them and playing 1,392 minutes…Missed four due to injury…Scored five goals on the season, and four of them were game-winners…Finished second on the team with 14 points, and her four game-winners were a team high…Tallied 35 shots, the second-most on the team, as 13 of them were on goal…Played a season-high 110 minutes vs. Santa Clara in the NCAA Second Round, played 90+ minutes on four other occasions…Had a season-high three points vs. South Carolina and at Syracuse

As a Sophomore (2017): Earned 13 starts in the 20 matches she played in… Played a season-high 84 minutes against Virginia and Princeton in the NCAA Second Round… Scored five goals, one a piece against Oregon, Coastal Carolina, Davidson, Clemson and Arkansas… Had a pair of assists in the team’s 5-0 win at Elon… Recorded 39 shots, the second-most on the team, and 15 of them were on target… Her tallies against Davidson and Clemson were game-winners.

As a freshman (2016): Played in and started 18 matches during the season…finished second on the team with five goals and 13 points…Recorded 35 shots and placed 14 on goal…Logged 1329 minutes during the season…Recorded assists against La Salle and East Carolina…Scored a brace against Gardner-Webb, including the game-winner…Scored a historic goal against No. 7 North Carolina, securing the Pack’s first ever win at Fetzer Field…Scored a goal against Duke…Scored the opening goal in the win over Pitt, which sealed NC State’s spot in the ACC Championship for the first time since 2006…Ranked No. 24 on the TDS Top-100 Freshmen List

Prior to NC State: Named the 2015 Gatorade Maryland High School Girls Player of the Year … Invited to Nike National Training Camp in the summer of 2015 … Participated with the Maryland ODP from 2010-12, qualifying for the Region 1 Regional Pool in 2011 … Club side Maryland United FC (formerly Freestate SC) qualified for the ECNL playoffs from 2012-15 and was the Ohio Valley Champion three times … High school team went undefeated for two straight seasons and won three conference championships … Two-time NSCAA All-American (2014 and 2015), two-time Baltimore Sun All-Metro First Team (2014 and 2015), and two-time All-State First Team (2014 and 2015) … All-Metro Girls’ Soccer Player of the Year in 2015 … Scored 21 goals and recorded 19 assists as a high school senior to help lead McDonogh to a third straight Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference title. … During her final two seasons, recorded 46 goals and 37 assists … Her high school teams posted a cumulative record of 58-5-2 … Plans to major in Industrial Engineering or Business at NC State.

Santoro on Rankin: “Kia has all the qualities of a top-level striker. She scores goals and creates chances with the ball and her movement. She is also a tenacious defender in transition. She’s the type of player in this position that we’ve needed and will be a handful for teams to defend.”