2017 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 20
Kara Marbury
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Spokane, Wash.
- High School:
- Mead Senior High
Career Honors
- 2015 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2015 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- 2016 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- 2016 Academic All-Big Ten
- 2017 Academic All-Big Ten
Senior - 2017
- Led Illinois with her three goals scored and her 24 shots on the year
- Played and started in 15 matches for the Illini
- Scored two goals at Indiana (Oct. 1) helping Illinois to a 3-1 victory
- Scored Illinois' game-winning goal against Northwestern (Oct. 7)
Junior - 2016
- Played in nine games and earned eight starts for the year
- Was sidelined by injury for much of the season
- Was among team leaders for her three goals on the year
- Netted her first goal of the year at Missouri (8/26)
- Recorded a goal and an assist in Illinois' defeat of No. 19 Michigan (10/6)
- Totaled 19 shots on the year, putting nine on frame
Sophomore - 2015
- Played in 17 games for Illinois, earning the start in 16 contests
- Scored seven goals for the Illini, putting in two game-winners
- Scored the game-winning goal against Rutgers (Sept. 24), which had not lost a game or allowed a goal prior to seeing the Orange and Blue
- Took 35 shots on the season, second-best on the team
- Put 19 shots on goal throughout the year
- Her second game-winner came against Nebraska as she scored two goals in the match for her first-career multi-goal game
Freshman - 2014
- Earned the start in 11 of her 12 appearances on the season
- Was sidelined for six weeks mid-season due to a foot injury
- Fired 20 shots for the Illini with six shots on goal
- Finished with two goals this season with her first for the Illini at Charleston (Sept. 5) and her second against Michigan State (Oct. 24)
- Her two assists on the season tie for third ont he team as well as her two goals scored
- Recorded 845 minutes on the field for the Illini in her freshman campaign
- Was signed with the Seattle Sounders Women for the 2015 summer
High School
- Named the Greater Spokane League (GSL) conference MVP as a senior in 2013
- Helped her team to a fourth-place finish at Washington High School State Cup in 2013
- Three-time GSL first-team All-League selection (2011-13)
- GSL honorable mention selection as a freshman in 2010
- Two-time Mead High School MVP (2012-13)
- Three-time WIAA Interscholastic Award winner (2011-13)
- Started all four years and earned four varsity letters in soccer and two varsity letters in track and field
- Was an Olympic Development Program (ODP) Region IV pool player in 2009 and took second place at the Nike Friendship event
- Was a semifinalist at the 2010 Region IV ODP Championships
Personal
- Born Sept. 4, 1995
- Parents are Nate and Kim Hammond
- Has two older siblings
- Plans to major in kinesiology
- Hobbies outside of soccer include camping, snowboarding, four-wheeling and hiking
- Her mom most influenced her athletic career by always being there and supporting her
- Her parents influenced her career by allowing her to travel and play soccer at a competitive level while allowing her to pursue her dreams and college
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Monday, November 17
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