Allie True

Kansas State

Sep 18 (Thu)

7 p.m.

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Alamo, Calif.
High School:
Monte Vista
Prev School:
UCLA

SENIOR (2006): True started all 24 matches as a midfielder and led the Buffs to the third round of the NCAA Tournament and the Big 12 Tournament final. She had two goals, three assists and 45 shot attempts. Her first goal was the game-winner in a 2-1 win over Oklahoma on Sept. 22. She had a three-game points streak from Oct. 20 to the 27th, with one assist each in wins over Texas Tech and Baylor, and scoring a goal and notching another assist for a three-point performance in a 4-0 win over Kansas on Oct. 27. Her 2,150 minutes on the season were second-most on the team.

JUNIOR (2005): The coaching staff got True back from a spring ACL tear a week earlier than expected, as she made her season debut against Detroit in the Colorado Soccer Classic. She immediately responded with an assist just minutes into the game, one of two she would post on the season. She played in 11 games, starting one (Nebraska), and notched five shots on the season, two of which were on goal. She re-injured her knee against Texas in the Big 12 Tournament but played vs. UCLA in the NCAA Tournament.

SOPHOMORE (2004): True started all but one game in her first season in Boulder, giving up her spot in the lineup for a change to support the start of all three seniors in their last home game vs. Oklahoma. She led all newcomers in minutes (1,560) and points (7). She netted her first goal as a Buff with the gamewinner at Denver when a Kathryn Grandinetti cross was headed by Fran Munnelly and the save rebounded to True for the putback. Her second score was in the regular season finale at Nebraska, where she took a game high five shots, putting the Buffs up 2-0 off a Grandinetti/Katie Griffin combination. She took a career-high five shots in both those matches. She got the nod on direct free kicks just outside the 18 and hers with 14 seconds remaining vs. Missouri nailed the crossbar and was sent back into play where Tricia Regan would score on the putback to force OT and CU’s eventual first round Big 12 Tournament win.

AT UCLA: As a freshman at UCLA during the 2002 season, she played in all 22 games on an 18-4-0 Bruins team that advanced to the NCAA Championships before dropping a 1-0 decision to then-No. 4 Texas A&M in a shootout. As a freshman she netted six points on a game winning goal, four assists and 30 shots. She redshirted the 2003 season, spending the semester at home.

HIGH SCHOOL: A four-year letterwinner at Monte Vista High School in Danville, Calif., True was the East Bay Player of the Year. She led the league in scoring her senior year. She was a two-time Monte Vista Player of the Year and 2001 NSCAA/adidas High School and USYSA All-American. Out of high school she was the No. 20th ranked player on Soccer America’s Top-25 recruiting list. A Pool player with the U-19 U.S. National Team, she traveled to Europe with the U-19s. A California ODP player since she was 14, she was an adidas ESP All-Star team member. On the club level she played for MTV United and won the U-16 Premier League Championship. She also played prep lacrosse at Monte Vista.

IN THE CLASSROOM: A sociology major, True will be a fifth year senior in 2006 and would like to teach elementary or middle school after college.

PERSONAL: Alicia Erin True was born July 17, 1984 in Richland, Wash. She is the daughter of Doug (a former All-Pac 10 basketball player at Cal) and Denise True of Alamo, Calif. Her older sister Jenny is a 2003 Chico State grad and her younger brother Jake is a senior soccer player at Cal-State Monterey Bay.