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  Monica Housden
Monica Housden

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Denton, Texas

High School:
Ryan

Last College:
North Texas

Height:
5-7

Position:
GK

Birthdate:
07/05/1982

Experience:
1L

2002 (Junior) - Finished with one win and two shutouts in 10 games ... Compiled a 2.02 GAA while splitting time in goal ... Transferred to Baylor from North Texas, joining the team in week two ... Blanked Northern Arizona in first game as a Bear (9/15) ... Shut out No. 6 Texas A&M for 84 minutes before allowing a game-tying goal in the 1-1 double-overtime tie (10/11) ... Held No. 3 Texas scoreless for 60 minutes before allowing three goals in a 3-1 loss (10/13) ... Named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (10/7-10/13) for her efforts against the Big 12 foes ... Trained with the Mexico Women's National Team in Guadalajara for the World Cup qualifying team ... Combined with Morgan Pinter for the shutout in the season finale at Texas Tech (11/1) ... Finished the season ranked seventh in the Big 12 in shutouts per game (0.22), tied for eighth in shutouts (2) and ranked 10th in saves (53) ... In conference games only, finished second in the Big 12 in saves per game (6.29), third in saves (44), tied for seventh in shutouts (1), eighth in GAA (2.35) and save percentage (.721), and ninth in shutouts per game (0.14).

2001 (Sophomore, UNT) - Named second team All-Sun Belt Conference ... Started 16 of 18 games, allowing just 19 goals in 1,429:53 minutes ... Came up with 90 saves, third-highest single season UNT total ... 202 career saves rank No. 1 in UNT history ... 14 saves against Missouri were the second highest single-game total at UNT ... Grabbed 11 saves against Kansas in the season opener ... Recorded 4.5 shutouts, raising career total to 12.5, which ranks No. 1 at UNT ... Voted a team co-captain by her teammates.

2000 (Freshman, UNT) - Started 21 of 22 games as a true freshman ... Set a UNT record with eight shutouts ... Registered 112 saves, racking up 14 wins and five losses. . . Had back-to-back shutouts against Centenary and Texas Tech in her first two contests ... Made nine saves and did not allow a single goal against Denver in 120 minutes of a scoreless, double overtime play.

High School - Four-year starter was named all-state for the second consecutive year after helping lead the Raiders to the third round of the state playoffs ... Also named first team all-district and all-region as a senior ... Team captain as a junior and senior ... Named as the school's female Sportsman of the Year by the Denton Kiwanis Club... As a freshman in 1996-97 she was named to the first team all-district squad, earning second team honors as a sophomore ... Voted the district's Goalkeeper of the Year in 1998-99 ... As a junior she helped lead the Raiders to a district championship, area and regional playoff titles and spot in the state playoffs, where Ryan lost in the semifinals.

Personal - Born July 5, 1982 ... Daughter of Martin and Nora Matheny... Marketing major ...National Leadership and Service Award winner ... President of her senior class ... Included in both the Who's Who in American High Schools and the Who's Who in American Athletics.