Mariah Nogueira Class: Senior Hometown: Westminster, Calif. High School: Marina Height: 5-8 Position: MF

At Stanford: Skillful defensive midfielder who can control the top of the box to stifle an attack ... strong in the air ... great physical presence ... reads the game well ... a threat to score on set pieces.

As a Junior in 2011: All-Pac-12 honorable mention ... Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention ... scored four goals, all game-winners, and all on headers ... headed in Lindsay Taylor's corner kick in the 88th minute to deliver a 2-1 comeback victory over Notre Dame (Sept. 9) in a rematch of the 2010 NCAA final ... headed in Stanford's first goal of the season, in 4-0 season-opening victory over Penn State (Aug. 19) ... opened the scoring in both the first and second rounds of the NCAA tournament, against Montana and South Carolina.

As a Sophomore in 2010: Named to the NSCAA first-team All-Pacific Region team for the second consecutive year ... an All-Pac-10 second-team selection ... received Pac-10 All-Academic honorable mention ... has started every match since arriving at Stanford ... fourth-leading goal-scorer on the team with five ... fifth on team in points (14) ... scored the first goal in 5-0 NCAA quarterfinal victory over Florida State (Nov. 26) on a header of Christen Press' school career-record breaking 41st assist ... scored opening goal in 2-1 victory over Portland (Sept. 25) by stealing the ball and firing a 25-yard shot that dipped under the crossbar ... named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List.

As a Freshman in 2009: An NSCAA third-team All-American and the Pac-10's Newcomer of the Year ... Played in all 26 matches and started 22 ... Stanford's fifth-leading scorer, with five goals and 15 points ... scored her first collegiate goal on a 56th-minute header to break a scoreless against Notre Dame (Sept. 13) ... scored twice against visiting Wisconsin (9/20) ... had an assist off the bench in collegiate debut, at Hawai'i (8/23) ... NSCAA All-Pacific Region first team ... Soccer America All-Freshman first team ... All-Pac-10 first team ... Pac-10 All-Freshman team ... Top Drawer Soccer All-Rookie second team ... collegesoccer360.com Primetime Performer of the Week (Sept. 15) ... Pac-10 Player of the Week (Sept. 15).

National Team Experience: Called into U.S. U-23 national team camps in May, 2012, and March and April, 2010 ... played for U.S. U-23's during a three-match tour against domestic clubs in Germany in May, 2010 ... selected to the U.S. U-15 camp in 2006.

High School/Club: A 2009 graduate of Marina High School in Huntington Beach, Calif. ... earned NSCAA Youth All-America and High School Scholar-Athlete All-America honors ... ESPN All-America ... three-year soccer captain ... Sunset League MVP, three-time All-Orange County first team, and two-time All-Southern Section first team ... four-year softball starter at shortstop ... senior year softball captain .. Sunset League softball MVP ... All-Orange County Junior Team ... All-Southern Section first-team softball selection ... 2009 Orange County Female Athlete of the Year ... first-ever Marina High Female Athlete of the Year and Scholar-Athlete of the Year in the same academic year ... second-ever two-time Marina Female Athlete of the Year ... won three Cal-South State Cups ... played for Cal-South and Region IV Olympic Development Program teams ... rated as the 16th-best college prospect in the class of 2009 by ESPN Rise and 27th by Top Drawer Soccer ... played club soccer for Slammers FC, the 2008 Region IV champion.

Personal: Daughter of Rubens and Doreen Meaalii Nogueira ... has a younger brother, Matheus ... father is Brazilian and mother is Samoan ... majoring in psychology ... enjoys cooking, scrap-booking, playing the piano and ukulele ... spent the winter quarter, 2012, in Berlin, Germany.

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