Ashlie Mihalcin

Kansas State

Sep 18 (Thu)

7 p.m.

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Golden, Colo.
High School:
Faith Christian

2002 Soccer America Team of the Week (Oct. 28)
2003 Big 12 All-Academic first team
2004 Wake Forest/adidas Classic Most Valuable Player
2004 Big 12 All-Academic first team
2005 Big 12 All-Academic first team

SENIOR (2005): Mihalcin started 18 games and made 19 appearances as a senior, leading the Buffs to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and the Big 12 Tournament final. She had one goal and one assist on 25 shot attempts in 1,571 minutes. She assisted on the 89th-minute game-winning goal by Megan Manthey in the season-opening 2-1 win over Vanderbilt on Aug. 26. Mihalcin scored the second goal in a 2-2 draw with Denver on Sept. 2.

JUNIOR (2004): A co-captain, Mihalcin started all 23 matches in ’04 (having come off the field for only 81 minutes), extending her starting streak to 63. Her move from outside back to the midfield paid dividends for the Buffs as she had a career and tied school record single-season 10 goals (one shy of single season mark) , three assists and team-leading 23 points, her second single-season record. She netted her first career gamewinner against Air Force and has scored the winner at Iowa State, Baylor and at Oklahoma State against former teammate Jeanne Rankin in goal in the latter and assisted on Maura Gentile’s gamewinner at Nebraska in the regular season finale. Despite just one score, she was named the Wake Forest/adidas Classic MVP with her tenacious play. Colorado’s main target on corner kicks, as she scored five times on set plays. Amongst league competition she was third in gamewinners, sixth in goals, seventh in points and points per game and fourth in gamewinners in league-only matches and ranked among the top-10 in the same categories in all games played. In the take-one-for-the-team category, she was the recipient of an Amanda Burke (A&M) flagrant foul in the 46th minute of a second round Big 12 Tournament match, but never came off the field.

SOPHOMORE (2003): Mihalcin started every one of 20 games at outside back and only came off the field in three games during CU’s Big 12 title run. She opened her sophomore campaign with a pair of goal line saves against then-No. 2 Portland and Georgia and a week later picked up another team save at then-No. 9 Denver. The most likely of the four backs to go on the offensive, she had 4 goals, including the game winner against Oklahoma State. She leads all of the backs with 8 shots, mostly off corners.

FRESHMAN (2002): One of only four players (two freshmen) to start all 20 games as the Buffs’ starting outside back. She was named to the Soccer America Team of the Week when she became CU’s third player of the season to connect on a goal and an assist in a single game, doing so against Oklahoma.

HIGH SCHOOL: Mihalcin was a first-team all-conference performer her freshman through senior seasons. She was also the team’s most valuable player and a 3A first-team all-state pick the last three seasons and honorable mention Class 3A Player of the Year as a sophomore and first-team all-state and all-Colorado as a senior guiding FC to an 18-1 record with 15 goals and 6 assists. Faith Christian reached the 3A state semifinals her freshman year and reached the championship game her junior campaign and won state as a senior. In 2002 she played with the U23 Colorado Select Team in Oregon and took second place in regionals. She guest played on two U-18 teams from 2000-01, including a stint with the Colorado Storm in the 2000 Walt Disney Tournament, the 2001 Presidents Day Tournament in Phoenix and with the Colorado Rush NIKE in the College Showcase in Houston in 2001. As a member of the Arvada United U-17 team she captained the ’97 squad, competed in the Riverside Invitational Tournament (Denver) and Las Vegas Turkey Shoot in 1998 and the Colorado Storm Fireball Invitational, the Evergreen and Pikes Peak Invitational in 1999. Arvada United was a semifinalist in the 2001 Riverside Invitational.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Mihalcin is a speech, listening and hearing science major and will carry a better than 3.0 gpa into her senior season.

PERSONAL: Mihalcin was born Feb. 28, 1984. She is the daughter of Dave and Sarah Mihalcin of Golden. She is a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and once taught second grade Sunday School. She also assists with a special needs soccer team for the Arvada Soccer Association and was an assistant volleyball coach for a team of 14-year-olds. The oldest child, she has a younger sister Brittany who will be a freshman at Baylor and two younger brothers. Joshua (10) has served as CU’s honorary ball boy in home matches and Justin (15) attends Ralston Valley.