Before Yale: Two-time first team All-Independent School League selection at the Sidwell Friends School...Named team most valuable players as a senior... Scored 21 goals in her senior season... Recipient of the Coaches Award as a sophomore... Played club soccer for the Bethesda Rapids, who won three State Cup championships during her tenure... Also played for the Maryland ODP team and the Region I ODP team. Personal: Older brother, Ken-Ichi, played baseball at Penn. "I chose Yale because it provides me with the chance to fully pursue both my academic and athletic goals. I am eager to join the Yale community and maintain the standards of excellence established in the Yale women's soccer program."