Vanessa Korolas Season 2014

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PositionDEFENDER/MIDFIELDER
Height5-10
YearFreshman
HometownMississauga, Ontario

2017 / AS A SENIOR 
• Third Team All-Big Ten 
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Honoree 
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten 
• Started all 19 games and finished her career having started all 73 games since the start of 2014
• Helped Purdue post seven shutout wins, the program's most since 2007
• Recorded four assists for the second time in her career, finishing her four years with nine assists
• Finished her career with seven career game-winning assists, tied for third in program history
• Ranked fourth on the team in minutes (1,673), logging over 1,500 for the third time in her career
• All four of her assists setup goals for Maddy Williams in Big Ten play
• Averaged 88 minutes per game as a senior and 85 per game for her career
• Was on the field for 436 of the program-record 470 consecutive scoreless minutes at home from Aug. 21 through Oct. 12
• Went the distance in 14 of the 19 games, logging 110 minutes in both draws

2016 / AS A JUNIOR
· Academic All-Big Ten
· Started all 17 games, one of only two Boilermakers to do so
· Enters her senior season having started all 54 of Purdue's games since the start of 2014, the longest active streak on the team
· Ranked third on the team in minutes played (1346) as the only Boilermaker to see action at defender, midfielder and forward in 2016
· Scored her first collegiate goal in the Wisconsin game
· Also scored an impressive goal to give Purdue a halftime lead at Rutgers
· Assisted on Erika Arkans' game winner in the conference-opening victory at Illinois
· Went the distance against Marshall, West Virginia, Dayton and Minnesota
· Averaged 79 minutes per game

2015 / AS A SOPHOMORE
· Academic All-Big Ten
· Started all 18 games, one of just four Boilermakers to do so
· Started all 37 games during her underclassman seasons
· Recorded four assists over the first six games, all setting up game-winning goals
· Assisted on goals by Maddy Williams, Dagny Olson and Hannah Leinert (two) in victories against Ohio, Baylor, Evansville and Montana
· Ranked second on the team in minutes played (1,512), logging 90-plus minutes six times
· Went the distance in games against Baylor, Ohio State, Rutgers, Maryland, Michigan and Indiana
· Helped Purdue shut out Ohio, Evansville, Rutgers and Indiana
· Recorded both of her shots at the Montana Cup tournament
· Averaged 84 minutes per game

2014 / AS A FRESHMAN
· One of six Boilermakers, and the only freshman, to start all 19 games
· Ranked fourth on the team in minutes played (1675) after going the distance in 13 of the 19 games
· Logged the full 110 minutes in the draws with Youngstown State and Michigan
· Helped Purdue concede 17 fewer goals than in 2013
· Recorded shots against Ball State, SIU Edwardsville, Youngstown State and Penn State
· Averaged 88.2 minutes per game

HIGH SCHOOL
· Four-year Athlete of the Year at Goetz Secondary in suburban Toronto
· Team MVP in soccer as freshman, junior and senior
· Also team MVP in volleyball as a senior, basketball as a sophomore and track & field as a freshman
· Had the highest mark in gym class each of her four years
· Earned academic honors in her upperclassman years
· From the same Toronto suburb as former Purdue standout Loredana Riverso (2006-09)

PERSONAL
· Major: Elementary Education
· Parents: Dean and Jacqueline Korolas
· Sister: Katrina

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Senior
2017

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Junior
2016

DEFENDER
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Sophomore
2015

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