Kelsi Carrico Season 2023

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PositionD
Height5-4
YearRedshirt Junior
HometownMishawaka, Ind.
2022 / AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in five games with four starts, all consecutive to conclude the season, and totaled 255 minutes on the back line
  • Saw 70 minutes of action in a 2-2 draw at Indiana on October 16 to help Purdue retain the Golden Boot Trophy for the eighth consecutive season
  • Made first career start and played a career-high 84 minutes in a 2-2 tie at Iowa on October 13
 
2021 / AS A SOPHOMORE
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Member of Purdue team that advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round, the team’s first NCAA berth since 2009 and fourth second-round appearance all-time, as the Boilermakers tallied their second-best record and second-most wins in program history, earned their second-ever Big Ten runner-up finish and were ranked nationally for the first time since 2009
  • Redshirted and did not appear in a game as a sophomore
 
2020-21 (SEASON PLAYED IN SPRING, 2021) / AS A FRESHMAN
  • Played in one match and logged 14 minutes against Michigan State on March 21
 
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Named Indiana Miss Soccer and the Indiana Girls Soccer Player of the Year in 2019
  • Earned High School All-America Honors by the United Soccer Coaches in 2019-20
  • Selected to the High School All-America team by TopDrawerSoccer in 2019-20
  • Earned Indiana All-State Team and All-State All-America accolades in 2019
  • Selected to play in the 2019 Girls High School All-American game
  • Named to the NIC All-Conference and All-District teams as a junior and senior
  • Named a 2018 Fall State Star in Indiana by TopDrawerSoccer
  • Helped lead Penn High to two state championships and a 2017 national championship
  • Also played club soccer for Indiana Fire Juniors
 
PERSONAL
  • Majoring in public health with a concentration in behavioral social science
  • Pursuing a minor in American sign language and deaf studies
  • Parents are Jason and Daneyl Carrico
  • Has an older sister, Kaili, and two younger sisters, Kylei and Karsin
  • Born in South Bend, Indiana
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Redshirt Sophomore
2022

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Sophomore
2021

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Freshman
2020-21

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