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#15
Ann Giallonardo
5-6
Defender
Senior
Huntington Beach, Calif.
Marina HS
Club Team: Mission Viejo Shamrocks

General: Thrives in game situations... Hard, passionate defender... Considered the team's defensive mainstay... Had shoulder surgery after the end of the `99 season but has made a full recovery... Is tied for ninth on the UA career list for games started (36) and is 10th in games played (44)... Has started 36 consecutive games for the Cats...

1999: Honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10... One of only three Wildcats to start every match... Collected two shots on the season... Played in all four of the UA's shutouts... Took one shot each against California (10/17/99) and Arizona State (8/31/99)... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award winner...

1998: Chosen as a co-Most Valuable Player for the Cats... Also selected Most Improved Player and received the team's Golden "A" Award... Honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10... Broke into starting lineup for all 17 games during the year, one of only four players to start every match... Helped Wildcat defense log second-best team goals against average (2.36) in school history... Had a pair of shots during a scoreless tie with Washington State (10/25/98)... Tied Kate Nighswander-Will for the highest GPA among the sophomores... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award winner...

1997: Saw time in eight matches off the bench... Only shot of the season came in Wildcats' 2-1 win at Tulsa (9/1/97)... Helped Wildcat defense set new school record with six shutouts for the year... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award...

Prep: Team captain and Most Valuable Player as a senior at Marina High School... Three-year All-Sunset League honoree... Tallied nine goals and 16 assists in 1996 as a defensive midfielder... Helped team to fourth-place finish in the Sunset League that year... Team Defensive MVP her junior year... 1995 squad was CIF champion and Sunset League champion... Also named Most Improved Player for volleyball team... Club team Mission Viejo Shamrocks was national finalist in 1995 and won the state championship 1992-96... Club was also regional champion 1993-95...

Personal: Born Ann Michelle Giallonardo on April 14, 1979, in Valencia, Calif... Daughter of Tom and Sharon Giallonardo... Older sister, Gina, played soccer at Loyola Marymount... Also has a younger brother, Tony... Majoring in speech and hearing sciences.


Giallonardo's Stats at Arizona
Year    GP      GS      Sh      G       A       Pts.    GWG
1997    8       0       1       0       0       0       0
1998    17      17      4       0       0       0       0
1999    19      19      2       0       0       0       0
Totals  44      36      7       0       0       0       0




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