Laura Heyboer Class: Sophomore Hometown: Hudsonville, Mich. High School: Unity Christian Height: 5-6 Position: F

• 2008 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
• Soccerbuzz.com National Freshman of the Year
• 2008 Big Ten Freshman of the Year
• NSCAA/adidas Third-Team All-America
• SoccerBuzz.com Second-Team All-America
• NSCAA/adidas Great Lakes Region Freshman of the Year
• NSCAA/adidas All-Great Lakes Region First Team
• 2008 First-Team All-Big Ten

2008 - Became the first Spartan to win Big Ten Freshman of the Year and first to earn Offensive Player of the Year honors since 1994 ... Became the first freshman in league history to win Offensive Player of the Year since the award's inception in 2004 ... Was the only unanimous All-Big Ten First-Team selection ... Became the first player in MSU history to earn SoccerBuzz.com Freshman of the Year and All-America honors ... Led the Big Ten in scoring and finished fifth in the nation with 51 points ... Tied for third in the nation and led the Big Ten in goals (21) ... After just one season, she ranks 11th on the MSU all-time goal list and 14th on the MSU career-points chart ... Was one of 15 finalists for the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Award ... Earned Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honors after recording a hat trick and one assist in her first collegiate game (Oakland 8/22) ... Put together three-game scoring streak with two goals vs. EMU (9/5), one goal vs. Loyola (9/7) and two more against Western Michigan (9/12) ... Had a goal and an assist vs. Detroit (9/17) ... Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week Oct. 13 after scoring once and adding an assist in a victory over Minnesota (9/26) and tallying two goals vs. Iowa (9/28) ... Earned third Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week award and TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Week on Oct. 13 after a 10-point weekend that included the game-winning tallies in wins over Ohio State (10/10) and Penn State (10/12) as she scored three times in the second half against the Buckeyes and had a goal and an assist vs. the Nittany Lions ... Extended her game-winning goals streak with two more tallies vs. Northwestern (10/17) ... Scored lone goal in 1-1 tie with Michigan (10/31) ... Scored both goals in 2-1 win over UW-Milwaukee (11/14) in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Prior To MSU - Two-time Michigan Miss Soccer and two-time Gatorade Player of the Year ... Only player in state history to win each award twice ... Finished career as state's all-time points leader (290) ... Ranked second all-time in Michigan girl's soccer history in goals (167) and assists (123) ... Selected to NSCAA All-America team twice ... Led team to 107-1-1 record and four state championships under coach Randy Heethuis ... Scored 80 points (44g, 36a) en route to second Miss Soccer award as a senior ... Tallied 41 goals and 24 assists and was named Gatorade Player of the Year during 28-0-0 junior year ... Totaled 76 points (42g, 34a) and was named Miss Soccer as a sophomore in 2006 ... Led team to state title as a freshman, scoring 40 goals with 29 assists ... Four-time first-team all-state selection ... Served as team captain for three seasons ... Won State Cup and national title with club team Bloomfield Force ... Won Golden Boot award as most outstanding player at national tournament ... Named MVP of 2006 San Diego Surf Cup ... Played on ODP State Team for seven years (2001-07) ... Played on U15 Women's National Team in 2004 ... Competed on Women's National Pool Team for three years.

Personal - Born July 20, 1989 ... Daughter of Dale and Joy Heyboer ... Graduated from high school Cum Laude ... Kinesiology major.

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