Shanade Hopcroft

Kansas State

Sep 18 (Thu)

7 p.m.

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Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-3
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Aylesbury, England
High School:
Aylesbury Vale Academy
Prev School:
UCCS

2020 All-Pac-12 (3rd Team)
2020 United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region (2nd Team)
Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18)
2021 All-Pac-12 (2nd Team)
2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region (3rd Team)
2021 Team MVP

Fifth Year (2021): Started 18 of 19 matches…Led the team with a DI career-high 22 points (6 G, 10 A)…Was the first CU player to hit 20+ points since the 2019 season… Her 10 assists tied Taylor Kornieck (2018) for the most by a Buff in a single season…The 10 assists were also the most by a CU senior in a single season… Finished the season leading the Pac-12 in assists and ranked second in the conference with 0.53 assists per game…The 0.53 assists per game is the second-highest total in CU history…She made national headlines with a bicycle kick goal in CU’s 2-2 draw against Stanford (Oct. 17)…The goal was No. 2 on SportsCenter’s #SCTop10…Had game-winning goals at Denver (9/19) and against Washington (9/30)…Finished her career with 30 points at CU (9 G, 12 A).

Senior (2020): Started in 16 of her 17 matches...Finished third on the team with eight points (3 G, 2 A)...Started her first career game at CU, going 90 minutes against Denver (2/6/21)...Scored her first Division I goal, the game-winning, in CU’s 2-1 win over No. 10 California (3/5/21)...Had her first multi-point game with one goal and one assist in CU’s 2-1 against Utah (4/16/21)...Played all 90 minutes of CU’s NCAA Tournament match against South Alabama (4/27/21)...Was second on the team with 31 shots (11 on goal)...Tied for the team lead with two game-winning goals.

Junior (2019 at UCCS): Hopcroft was awarded DII Conference Commissioner’s Association (D2CCA) and United Coaches All-America First Team honors...She was also the RMAC Player of the Year in her lone season in Colorado Springs...Hopcroft led the fifth highest-scoring offense in the nation with 38 points, 13 goals, 12 assists, 84 shots and 39 shots on goal...She broke UCCS records for the most points and assists in a single season, as well as most points, goals and assists by a junior...All RMAC First-Team...RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (Week 3, Week 5, Week 7).

Previous School: Graduated from Daytona State College in 2018 with an Associate of Arts Degree ... Scored 8 goals and assisted on 15 in 28 games ... 2017-18 and 2016-17 First Team All-Conference ... Helped the Falcons to the 2017-18 conference championship ... Earned the Certificate of Academic Achievement.

National Team: Was invited to trial camp twice...First time was U12 and then U15.

In the classroom: Graduated with a degree in Psychology.
Club: Picked up by Chelsea U10 as a nine-year-old and played for them until 14...Joined Middlesex U17 at 16...Also played for the London Bees and Reading Women’s reserves.

High School: Graduated from Aylesbury Vale Academy

Personal: Gina and Clifford Hopcroft...Is the youngest of five children...Has 13 nieces and nephews.