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Twila Kaufman
5-1
Midfielder
Junior
Los Angeles, Calif.
Harvard-Westlake HS
Club Team: Southern California Blues

General: Had great spring season, despite nagging injuries... One of the most fit, hardest-working players on the team... Good dribbler... Great one-on-one sense... Strong finishing ability... Is tied for eighth on the UA career list in goals scored (5)... Has started 34 of her career's 36 games...

1999: Honorable mention Academic All-Pac-10... One of only three players to start all 19 matches... Had 15 shots... Lone goal of the season was the second in a 3-2 loss at Washington State (10/29/99)... Tallied season-highs of four shots at Texas-El Paso (9/23/99) and versus Arkansas-Little Rock (9/25/99)... Had six one-shot games...

1998: Named the UA's Rookie of the Year... Finished fourth on the team in scoring with four goals (eight points)... Played in all 17 games, starting 15... Tallied 24 shots... Her total of four goals was tied as eighth-best single season total ever... Scored final goal of 4-2 win over Northern Arizona (9/28/98)... Also had last goal in 3-1 win over Denver (9/25/98)... Collected first two collegiate goals to lead the UA to 2-1 win over Auburn (9/5/98)... Notched the gamewinner in that contest with only 30 seconds left in the match... Also had season high of five shots in that game... Had the highest GPA among the freshman soccer players... Mary Roby Academic Achievement Award winner...

Prep: Four-time first team All-Mission League selection at Harvard-Westlake High School in Los Angeles... Three-year All-Los Angeles and All-Los Angeles County choice... Team MVP and Most Inspirational Player as a senior... First team All-CIF... Helped Wolverines to three Mission League championships and two berths in CIF quarterfinals... Club team, Southern California Blues, was two-time state champion... Four-year member of state and regional Olympic Development teams... Attended national ODP camp in Virginia in 1997...

Personal: Born Twila Argo Kaufman on Jan. 18, 1980, in Garfield, Calif.... Daughter of Patricia Kaufman... Has a twin sister, Joan... Also has brother, Eric, and another sister, Elizabeth... Majoring in education... Lists writing poetry and mountain biking among her hobbies... Played club soccer with fellow Wildcats Sarah Banks and Sierra Cristiano.

Kaufman's Stats at Arizona
Year    GP      GS      Sh      G       A       Pts.    GWG
1998    17      15      24      4       0       8       1
1999    19      19      15      1       0       2       0
Career  36      34      39      5       0       10      1