#18
Noelle Stillman
5-7
Defender
Freshman
Los Alamos, N.M.
Los Alamos HS
Club Team: Rio FC

General: Hard worker... Has great character... Outstanding student... Expected to thrive in the UA program because of her learning curve... Passionate defender...

Prep: Four-year letterwinner in soccer at Los Alamos (N.M.) High School... Two-time first team All-New Mexico selection... Two-year all-district honoree... Albuquerque Journal All-Star... Team captain as a senior... Tallied four goals and five assists last season... Helped the Hilltoppers to a 12-8-2 record and a berth in the state semifinals her senior year... Team was league and district champion as well... Toppers won the state title her junior year... Was also chosen 3A Defensive Player of the Year that season... Also lettered three years for the Los Alamos basketball team... Was the first freshman female in school history to earn a varsity letter in basketball... Three-year member of National Honor Society... Club team, Rio FC, won the Orange Classic in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.... For six years, played for Rio FC, which conducts its practices and games 100 miles from her home in Los Alamos...

Personal: Born Noelle Alexandra Stillman on Dec. 16, 1981, in Los Alamos, N.M.... Daughter of Danny and Ruth Stillman... Has an older brother, David... Plans to major in physiological sciences with the intent of becoming a physical therapist... Was a starting forward on the boys' soccer team when she was in sixth and seventh grades.