Julia Marslender

Position:
Midfield/Defend
Height:
5-5
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Raleigh, N.C.
High School:
Broughton

General - Adds needed depth in the Tar Heel midfield...is looking to increase her playing time this season...has earned letters each of the past three seasons and saw some important playing time all three years...is the younger sister of Tar Heel soccer player Elizabeth Marslender who played at Carolina in 1995-96 and co-captained the 1996 NCAA championship team.

Club Soccer - Was also a member of the 1979 Raleigh Spartans club team.

1999 Season - -Played for 10 games in the 1999 campaign as she earned her third varsity letter...tapped for 2000 Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Honor Roll...was selected for the Dean's List in the spring semester of 2000.

1998 Season - Earned playing time for the Tar Heels in 10 games last season...saw action against Colorado College, Hartford, Florida State, San Francisco, Baylor, Tennessee, N.C. State, Duke, St. Mary's and Dartmouth.

1997 Season - Was named to the 1997-98 ACC Academic Honor Roll with a 3.196 GPA in business...saw action in seven games last season.

Prep - An outstanding high school soccer player at Needham Broughton High School in Raleigh, N.C....played in the North Carolina East-West All-Star Game in Greensboro, N.C. on July 21, 1997...she scored the game-tying goal late in the game for the East Team...as a senior forward for Broughton, she totaled 13 goals and 22 assists...played four years of varsity soccer at Broughton as a forward, midfielder and sweeper...played four years of varsity basketball as a point guard...also played three years on the Broughton varsity tennis team...won a whole host of athletic honors as a prepster...All-South soccer selection...holds North Carolina high school record for assists in a season with 28 and for a career with 74...was the MVP of the 1997 East-West High School All-Star Game...was named first-team All-Conference in tennis three times, in basketball once and in soccer twice....was named all-region in tennis once and soccer twice...was the most valuable player of the 1996 North Carolina High School Athletic Association dual team tennis state championships...as a senior at Broughton she was named MVP of both soccer and basketball teams...was tri-captain of soccer team at NBHS as both junior and senior...played on three state championship teams in high school-in tennis in 1995 and '96 and in soccer in 1995...the Broughton team was also the state runner-up in soccer in '94, '96 and '97 while she played there...was named a first-team All-State selection in soccer in 1997...was the 1997 Raleigh Sports Club Wake County Female Soccer Player of the Year and the 1997 Raleigh News & Observer Female Athlete of the Year...won the Helms Achievement Award as Broughton's top female athlete in 1997...was also presented a WRAL-TV Tom Suiter Extra Effort Award in soccer in 1997...was a member of the National Honor Society and the Service Club...won the Benjamin W. Woodruff Scholarship Award.

Personal - Given name is Julia Drake Marslender...has one brother and two sisters...was born February 17, 1979 in Raleigh, N.C....is the daughter of Ward and Julia Marslender...says her biggest sports thrill was scoring a goal in the 1995 state championship game won by Broughton...hobbies include running and drawing...athletes she most admires are Michael Jordan, her father Ward Marslender and her sister Liz Marslender...her father played football at Carolina from 1958-63 and was co-captain of the 1963 team...her sister Elizabeth played varsity soccer at UNC 1995-96 and was co-captain of the 1996 squad...communications major.

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