Ariana Calderon - 2011 Women's Soccer - LIU Brooklyn
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#5 Ariana Calderon
Position: Forward
Height: 5-6
Class: Senior
Hometown: Sacramento, Calif.
Previous School: St. Francis
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2011: Concludes career as LIU's all-time leader with 69 points... Tied for career mark in goals scored with 29... Became first Blackbird to be named to NSCAA First Team All-Region squad... Also first LIU player to be awarded NSCAA Scholar All-America honors (third team)... Named All-NEC First Team after leading squad with 10 goals, six assists and 26 points... Set new LIU single-season mark with 26 points... Team-best 64 shots and five game-winning goals... Perfect 2-for-2 in penalty kick attempts... Earned a spot on the NEC All-Tournament Team after scoring penalty kick in overtime against Monmouth to advance team to finals... Picked up adidas/NEC Player of the Week honors twice... Found the back of the net in overtime to give LIU a 2-1 win over Stony Brook... Tallied two goals and an assist in win over Bryant... Scored a brace in 4-0 victory over Robert Morris... Registered a goal and an assist in regular-season wins over Wagner and Saint Francis (Pa.)... Member of NEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2010: Started all 21 games and led the team with 14 points and six goals… Named All-Northeast Conference Second Team… Also earned a spot on the NEC All-Tournament Team and the NSCAA Scholar All-East Second Team… Tallied three game-winning goals, including a penalty kick to defeat Hawai’i… Scored the game-winners against Hartford and Robert Morris… Recorded scores at Fordham and against Wagner and Columbia… Assisted on game-winners at Princeton and against Central Connecticut State in the NEC Tournament.
2009: Appeared in 12 contests and made 11 starts… Missed six contests due to injury… Tied for the team-lead with seven points on three goals and an assist… Scored the game-winning goal against San Jose State and at Wagner… Added an assist in win against the Seahawks… Scored a goal in 2-1 win at Mount St. Mary’s… Named to the USF odwalla/Nike Classic All-Tournament Team… Returned from injury to make an appearance at Central Connecticut State in NEC Tournament… Named an NEC Fall Academic Honor Roll member.
2008: Named the NEC Player and Rookie of the Year… Also named to the All-NEC First Team… Named NSCAA/adidas All-Northeast Region Second Team… Named to the Soccer Buzz Freshman All-America Fourth Team, All-Northeast Region Second Team and Northeast Region All-Freshman Team… Started all 21 games… Led LIU with a freshman-record 22 points and 10 goals… Scored four game-winning markers… Earned Brine/NEC Rookie of the Week honors on Nov. 3… Two-time BigAppleSoccer.com Player of the Week (Oct. 13, Nov. 3)… Scored first collegiate goal in a 1-0 win over Binghamton… Scored a hat trick in a 3-1 win at Fairleigh Dickinson… Scored two goals apiece in wins over Robert Morris (2-1) and Monmouth (3-1)… Had a goal and an assist in 2-0 win over American and in a 7-0 win over Mount St. Mary’s… Named to the NEC All-Tournament Team.
Background: Inducted into Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges… Four-year varsity athlete at St. Francis High School... Led team to the state championship with a 19-1-3 record and No. 4 national ranking as a senior... A member of the Region IV Olympic Development Program player pool... All-Delta River League selection and First Team Sacramento Bee... Led team to four Metro League and Division I championships... Played with the California Youth Soccer Association district and state teams.
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