2001 Women's Soccer Roster
Leigh Blomgren
- Position:
- Midfield/Defend
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Greensboro, NC
- High School:
- Page
General--Three-year letterwinner who has been one of Carolina's top reserves on the front line...underwent off-season surgery and likely will red-shirt during the 2004 season and retain her final year of eligibility in 2005...came to UNC as a recruited non-scholarship player...saw her playing time increased exponentially as a sophomore in 2002...continued to see expanded time on the pitch in 2003...named the team's most improved player in spring pratice pior to her sophomore year.
ODP Soccer Experience--Was a member of the state team for six years and the region team for four years...was a national team pool player for two years...played for the `83 Greensboro Twisters for nine years as a forward...played on a club team which won three state championships in a row.
2003 Season--Was a key reserve for the Tar Heels on the front line as a junior...played in 19 games and started the match against Guilford...scored two goals on the season, one against Guilford and one against High Point...named to ACC Academic Honor Roll for third straight year.
2002 Season--Saw action in 26 matches as a sophomore...scored the first goal of her career in the win at Florida State...she also had assists against Clemson in the ACC Tournament and versus Radford and Tennessee in NCAA Tournament matches...named to 2003 ACC Academic Honor Roll with 3.69 GPA...made Dean's List in fall semester 2002.
2001 Season--Played in six games, scoring her first collegiate point on an assist in UNC's 7-0 romp over Missouri...named to the 2002 ACC Academic Honor Roll with a GPA of 3.35.
Prep--Graduated on June 12, 2001 from Walter Hines Page High School in Greensboro, N.C....played varsity soccer for four years at Page as a forward...was a much honored high school soccer player...co-captain of her high school team...also earned all-state, all-conference, all-region and all-area accolades...ran track for the Greensboro Pace Setters for six years...specialized in the long jump, the 110-meter hurdles and the pole vault...earned state championships in all three of those events...was active in Quill and Scroll and National Honor Society...named an Academic Scholar and President Scholar...a four-year Honor Roll student...was the editor of the high school yearbook as a junior and a senior...member of Interact Club and Impact Club...also participated in Operation Smile.
Personal--Given name is Leigh Therese Blomgren...has one brother and one sister...is the daughter of Rebecca and Peter Blomgren...was born on December 21, 1982 in Greensboro, N.C....Golden Key International Honor Society member...NSCS Honor Society member...member of the National Dean's List and the National Scholars Honor Society...person who had the greatest influence on her athletic career is Bill Utter...hobbies include reading, writing, traveling and shopping...athletes she most admires are Kristine Lilly, Michael Jordan, Chris Webber and Lance Armstrong...says her biggest sports thrill was winning the state championship in 1998 with her club team by a 3-0 score...each of the previous three years her club team had lost in the state finals in a shootout...favorite food is chicken...favorite TV shows are Sex and The City and Seinfeld...her favorite book is A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway...majors in political science...plans a career as a lawyer.
