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Karen Bardsley

Class:
RS Senior

Hometown:
Chino Hills, CA

High School:
Ayala HS

Height:
6-0

Position:
GK

Experience:
3V

Club Team:
So Cal Blues

CAL STATE FULLERTON
2005 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year for the second straight season after posting a 16-4 overall record and setting single-season school records for goals against average (0.64), victories, and shutouts (10) while tying the mark for minutes played (1,820)... Also named to the All-Big West First Team... set career records for goalkeeper victories (35) and shutouts (18) while ranking second in minutes played (4,364) and saves (184)... ranked 21st in the nation and first in the Big West in GAA while ranking fourth in the league in save percentage (.803) and tied for second in shutouts per game (0.50).

2004 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Named the Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year and All-Big West First Team despite missing the first eight games of the season recovering from a broken leg... posted a record of 7-3-1 with a 0.71 goals against average and five shutouts... ranked third in the league in GAA, fifth in shutouts, and third in shutouts per match... made a season-high seven saves in a 1-0 victory over Cal Poly... posted a 2-0-1 record in overtime, including a scoreless tie against UC Riverside.

2003 (SOPHOMORE): Played in only 28 minutes of the season before suffering a season-ending broken leg in the second half of the Titans' match against Washington at the Portland Nike Invitational.

2002 (FRESHMAN): Big West Conference 2002 Freshman of the Year and NSCAA All-West Region third-team selection... named to the Soccer Buzz Freshman All-America second team, All-West Region second team, and West Region All-Freshman team... named to the All-Big West second team... made 88 saves (.846 save pct.) and three shutouts... ranked third in the conference in GAA (0.96) and third in saves per match... tallied a career-high 12 saves against No. 6 Portland and matched that against No. 12 Washington to share in conference Player of the Week honors... named MVP of the UC Irvine Nike/Holiday Inn Invitational, helping the Titans to the team title... named to the Soccer Buzz National Elite Team of the Week on Sept. 18.

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE
One of two American-born players to be invitied to the England Women's U-19 International Training Camp in Colchester, England, in the summer of 2003... selected to the England U-19 Women's National Team for the 2004 UEFA Women's U-19 Championships in Leipzig, Germany, helping England to the semifinals and playing all 360 minutes of England's four matches in the tournament... named to the England National Team in August, 2003, for matches against Australia and Germany... called up to the national team in 2005 for the Algarve Cup in Portugal... started England's first round group match-up with Northern Ireland, posting a shutout in the 4-0 win (England would finish eighth in the tournament, losing on penalty kicks, 5-3, to China after a scoreless tie)... travelled with the England U21s to the 2005 Nordic Cup in Sweden where England finished third after downing Germany on penalty kicks... One of 28 invited to attend a senior national team training camp in August, 2005, in advance of the country's first FIFA Women's World Cup qualifier.

AYALA HS
Two-year varsity player under head coach Jeff Allen... missed her junior year due to injury... also ran track for two seasons... earned All-Sierra League honors as a senior while helping her team to the league championship and the CIF quarterfinals... named Sierra League MVP as a senior... member of the Olympic Development Program state, regional and national pools from 1998-2002.

PERSONAL
Born on October 14, 1984, in Santa Monica, Calif... parents are Geoff and Kay... club team was National Finalists in 2001 along with earning state and regional crowns... club was also Far West regional champions in 1997 and 1998, state champions in 1997, and state finalists in 1998... graphic design major at Cal State Fullerton... also threw javelin for the Titan track and field team in 2006.