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Sarah Kate Noftsinger
Sarah Kate Noftsinger

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Richmond, VA

High School:
Godwin

Height:
5-3

Position:
Midfielder

Honors:
All-ACC

Selected by the New York Power with the sixth pick of the third round, as the 22nd overall selection, in the 2002 Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) Draft, becoming the first Wake Forest women's athlete to ever be drafted by a professional sports team ... Impressed scouts with her workouts in Umbro Select Classic combine so much as to become one of the 32 players picked in the four-round draft despite not being one of the 37 college seniors invited to participate in the Umbro Select Classic All-Star game.

2001: Named second-team All-ACC ... Saw action in 16 games and started 15 ... Led team with four assists ... Netted game-winning goal in 1-0 win at Maryland Sept. 23 ... Scored against No. 5 Portland in 2-1 loss Sept. 9 ... Injured knee in the last 10 minutes of the North Carolina match Oct. 14 and missed the next five games ... Finished career at Wake Forest tied for fourth place with 81 career games played and fifth all-time with 70 career games started.

2000: Saw action in every game and started 18 ... Tallied three goals and two assists on the year ... Netted the golden goal against Ohio State Sept. 1 ... Assisted goal versus No. 13 Stanford Sept. 29 ... Hit the game-winner and assisted another versus Davidson Oct. 25 ... Scored in the NCAA Tournament versus Liberty Nov. 8 ... Named to the Dean’s List spring semester.

1999: Saw action in all 23 games and started 17 ... Netted three goals and assisted two more on the year ... Named to the Wake Forest Dean's List ... Scored in the first two games of the season, finding net in the 5-0 win Aug. 27 versus South Carolina and then hitting the game-winning goal Sept. 3 against Denver ... Scored goal in key win over Clemson Sept. 17 ... Picked up an assist in the 2-1 victory versus Florida State Sept. 19 ... Assisted goal in the 4-0 shutout win over NC State in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals Nov. 4 ... Spent the summer months playing in Portland in the adidas Summer League along with fellow teammates Emily Taggart and Stacy Roeck.

1998: Appeared in all 21 games, making 20 starts as a rookie midfielder ... Made an immediate impact when she scored a goal in her first collegiate game, a 2-0 Wake Forest shutout of the College of Charleston Sept. 2 ... Finished the season with four goals and five assists while attempting 28 shots on goal ... Enjoyed her finest match of the season in Wake Forest's 4-2 win at UNC Charlotte Oct. 8 scoring two second half goals to preserve the Demon Deacons' victory over the 49ers ... Netted the game-winning goal six minutes into overtime against Kentucky in the ACC-SEC Challenge, a 3-2 Wake Forest victory over the Wildcats Oct. 2 ... Also added assists in matches against Portland, LSU, Duke and Missouri during the season.

Background: Enjoyed a successful and outstanding career at both the high school level and youth level prior to joining the Wake Forest program ... Named the 1997 High School Player of the Year in Virginia ... An Umbro/NSCAA You All-American honoree ... Earned all-state, all-region and all-academic accolades in each of her final three years at Godwin High ... Also played with the Prince William Pacers club team that advanced to the national semifinals in 1996 ... the daughter of William and Rosemary Noftsinger of Richmond, Va.

CAREER STATISTICS

Year GP/GS SH G A PTS GWG
2001 16/15 33 2 4 8 1
2000 21/18 18 3 2 8 2
1999 23/17 43 3 2 8 1
1998 21/20 28 4 5 13 2
Totals 81/70 122 12 13 37 6
 

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