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University of Illinois Athletics

2014 Women's Soccer Roster

16 Noelle Leary

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.
  • High School Neuqua Valley

Biography

Honors

  • 2014 Academic All-Big Ten
  • 2013 Academic All-Big Ten

Senior - 2014

  • Appeared in three games for the Illini with one start
  • Played a season-high of 14 minutes to finish off her career at Illinois
  • Tallied one shot on the season, coming at Charleston on Sept. 5

Junior - 2013

  • Played in 12 games and made one start, totaling 251 minutes
  • Earned first career assist and took first two career shots at Indiana (10/6)
  • First career start came at Penn State (10/20)
  • Played a career-high 58 minutes against Wisconsin (10/12)
  • Academic All-Big Ten

Sophomore - 2012

  • Saw time in three matches this season, totaling 16 minutes

Freshman - 2011

  • Did not see time during the season

High School

  • Lived overseas during first three years of high school, playing soccer at St. John's International School in Waterloo, Belgium
  • Was St. John's MVP during her freshman and sophomore seasons and earned International School All-Tournament honors both years as well
  • Transferred to Neuqua Valley for her junior and senior years, lettering during both while helping Neuqua Valley to the IHSA Regional Championship in 2010
  • Earned the RSCA Anderlecht Coupe de Belgique (National) Championship with her Belgian club team
  • Participated in the Midwest Regional League in 2010 and earned the ECNL National Championship in 2011
  • Was a member of the ODP in Europe in 2007-08 and participated in the Region I camp in 2008
  • St. John's Honor Roll during her freshman and sophomore years and an Indian Prairie Scholar as a senior

Personal

  • Born Dec. 3, 1992
  • Parents are Stephen and Mary Leary
  • Has two siblings, Drake and Quinn
  • Majoring in molecular and cellular biology
  • Grandfather, Paul Leary, was a track athlete at Boston College
  • Cousin, Corbin Blakey, played baseball at Georgetown
  • Favorite teams are Barcelona and Anderlect
  • Favorite athlete is Zinedine Zidane
  • Was most influenced by her grandfather because he is the type of person that would give the shirt off his back to help someone out and I want to be like that
  • Dream job is working as a surgeon for Doctors Without Borders

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2011Freshman

    M
    5'3"
    18
  • 18

    2012Sophomore

    M
    5'3"
    18
  • 18

    2013Junior

    M
    5'3"
    18
  • 16

    2014Senior

    M
    5'3"
    16