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Tamara Klein
5-7
Goalkeeper
Freshman
Lafayette, Calif.
Campolindo HS
Club Team: Lamorinda United

General: Hard worker... Will challenge every day and do whatever it takes to contribute to the team, both on and off the field... Has high expectations for herself...

Prep: Lettered all four years in both soccer and softball for Campolindo High School... Named team Most Valuable Player three years in a row... Team captain as a season... Three-time All-Tri-County Athletic League selection... Collected 82 saves and seven shutouts in league play while leading the Cougars to a third-place conference finish... Helped Campolindo to an 11-4-2 overall mark and a berth in the NCS quarterfinals... Earned National High School Athletic Institute All-American Scholar-Athlete honors in both soccer and softball her junior and senior years... Received the Campolindo Scholar-Athlete Award as a sophomore... Also a standout softball player, she was named her team's Most Improved Player as a junior... Was a three-time All-Tri-County Athletic League choice in softball... Played for Lamorinda United club team, which won the California State Cup in 1999... Part of the northern California Olympic Development program for five years... At the under-19 level, was the No. 1-ranked ODP goalkeeper in northern California...

Personal: Born Tamara Arielle Klein on Sept. 7, 1981, in San Francisco, Calif.... Daughter of Louis and Elizabeth Klein... Has an older brother, Adam, and a younger brother, David... Interested in a career in psychology or as a physician's assistant... Lists art, poetry, dancing and playing soccer and softball as her hobbies... Overcame a hearing impairment to achieve her academic and athletic success.