Brittany Bock Class: Junior Hometown: Naperville, IL High School: Neuqua Valley Height: 5-7 Position: Midfielder/Forward Birthdate: 04/11/1987 Club: Eclipse/WC Pride

Notre Dame's top all-around offensive player, due to her rare and wide-reaching combination of skills that includes: a rocket shot off either foot, precision dribbling with deft passing touch, a bruising 5-foot-9 frame, dominant ability in the air (with wide variety of header goals), hard-nosed tackling, and five years experience on youth national teams ... able to play attacking and defensive midfield positions at high level, in addition to being dangerous frontline target player if needed ... tabbed for preseason first team all-BIG EAST honors, after being second-teamer first two seasons (also NSCAA second team all-region in '06) ... top candidate for All-America and Academic All-America honors (3.24 cumulative GPA) ... tough to knock off the ball and excels at controlling possession ... her fearless heading ability includes willingness to go low for scoring chances ... half of her career goals (12 of 24) have come on headers (plus four rare header assists) ... played alongside classmate Carrie Dew at 2006 Under-20 World Championship, in Russia ... rated by womensworldfootball.com in 2005 as world's top under-19 women's soccer player ... took Notre Dame summer courses in 2005 (early-entry program) ... her youth-soccer experience included playing for Illinois ODP that won 2003 national title (future ND teammates Jen Buczkowski, Jill Krivacek and Kim Lorenzen were on that team), leading Windy City Pride to 2002 national title game, playing with elite Chicago Magic boys club, and leading Neuqua Valley High School to 2005 state title (alongside current ND sophomores Amanda Clark and Michele Weissenhofer) ... made early verbal commitment to Notre Dame on Jan. 5, 2004 ... seven of her U-20 teammates play for 2007 ND opponents: Santa Clara's Jordan Angeli and Amanda Poach (also U-16/17), UNC's Tobin Heath, Allie Long and Casey Nogueira, Stanford's Kelley O'Hara, and Louisville's Joanna Haig (Stanford's Marisa Abegg, UConn's Brittany Taylor, and UNC's Ariel Harris and Whitney Engen were part of U-20 tryouts) ... her ties to other 2007 opponents include eight more from SCU: Meagan Snell (U-19s), U-17 alums Brittany Klein, Courtney Lewis, Jenna Belcher and Kiki Bosio, and U-16 alums Meagan McCray, Hayley Siegel and Alexa Orand ... others include Penn State's Sheree Gray and Denay Riley (both U-19s) and Ashley Myers and Melissa Hayes (both U-16s); Florida's Ameera Abdullah (U-16/17) and Megan Kerns (ODP Region II); UNC's Mandy Moraca and Nikki Washington (U-16s) and Ashlyn Harris, Yael Averbuch and Jaime Gilbert (U-17/19); Stanford's Rachel Buehler (full National Team camp), UConn's Elizabeth Eng (ODP R-II; Eclipse Select), Louisville's Shannon Smyth (ODP R-II.) and Jen Avila (NVHS), three others from ODP R-II (Michigan's Danielle Underwood, Cincinnati's Kim Sykes, Villanova's Molly Williams) and four who play at DePaul: Molly Borchardt (Team Chicago), Lauren Holcomb (Pride), Dominique Locascio (Eclipse) and Alissa VonderHaar (ODP R-II; Eclipse) ... inherited number-10 jersey worn by Academic All-America forwards Meotis Erikson ('01) and Mary Boland ('05).

IN ND RECORD BOOK: Enters 2007 with 64 career points (24 goals, 16 assists) in 46 games played (36 starts), leading her 23 points shy of cracking the Notre Dame top-20 in career points (she is 4A away from becoming ND's 24th all-time 20G-20A player) ... her six game-winning goals in 2006 are tied for sixth on the ND single-season list while her 12 goals in 2005 are 12th-most ever by an Irish freshman ... her goal vs. Georgetown in 2005 sparked the quickest three-goal span by one team in NCAA history (0:51) ... already ranks 10th on ND list for career postseason points (27; 10G-7A , in 16 GP/13 GS), also 10th in postseason goals (10) and seventh in postseason game-winning points (8; 2 GWG-4 GWA) ... her 2006 totals (15; 6G-3A) included the seventh-most points (15; 6G-3A) and sixth-most goals ever by an ND player in one postseason (sixth-most GW pts with 5; 2GWG-1GWA) ... totaled four assists in one BIG EAST Tournament ('05), one shy of that ND record.

WITH U.S. NATIONAL PROGRAMS: Current member of U.S. Under-21 National Team (which is transitioning to U-23) ... joined teammates Amanda Cinalli, Kerri Hanks and Michele Weissenhofer on U-21 squad that played in Manchester, England (March 13-15, 2007), versus Blackburn Rovers Ladies (2-0), Everton Ladies (6-2) and Leeds Ladies (5-0), also attending a Manchester United game at Old Trafford ... joined Dew among top players on U-20 team that competed at inaugural Under-20 World Championship (Aug. 17-Sept. 3, 2006; in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia) ... Notre Dame, UCLA, Virginia and Santa Clara were schools with multiple veterans on that team ... the U.S. won Group D (2-1 vs. Congo, 4-1 vs. Argentina, 4-0 vs. France), with Bock playing first half against Argentina and first 58 minutes vs. France (mostly as attacking midfielder; sat out Congo game due to ankle injury) ... played 48 minutes in 4-1 quarterfinal win over Germany and full 120 in heartbreaking semifinal with China (0-0; lost 5-4 on six PKs; 23-5 shot edge) ... did not play in third-place game versus Brazil (0-0; lost 6-5 on eight PKs) ... first called into U.S. U-20/U-21 "mega camp" in May of '05 ... participated in most of 13 camps and tournaments, prior to heading to Russia (the U.S. scored 160 goals in 50 warmup games, with 12-1-1 mark and 50 goals in 14 international games) ... scored pair of spectacular goals in qualifying versus Mexico, on bending free kick and patented diving header ... U.S. also beat Jamaica (4-1), Surinam (4-0) and El Salvador (5-0) before topping host Mexico in 3-0 semifinal and Canada in 3-2 title game (all in Veracruz) ... sightseeing included Mayan temples, Flamenco dancing and cigar factory ... trained with U-20s in Teresopolis, Brazil (mountains above Rio) from April 13-24, winning dual round-robin with Canadian and Brazilian U-20s ... Brazilian cultural events included sand soccer, visiting rainforest and massive Christo Redentor (statue of Jesus), spending time at an orphanage (with donation of soccer clothes) and Easter Sunday Mass (in Portugese) ... next camp in Duisburg, Germany, featured game in Amsterdam and attending Bayern Munich game ... east-coast camp (N.J.) included two wins over China's U-20s, plus being featured on Good Morning America and visits to Times Square, Broadway ("Producers"), Coney Island and Jersey Shore ... did not attend training in Finland (July 14-22) while resting ankle ... youngest player called into June 2004 U-19 camp, starting as central midfielder versus her U-17 teammates ... played with U-16s at 2003 Inter-Regional ... served as captain at 2003 U-16 camp (Bradenton, Fla.), scoring vs. Germany's U-17s (1-1) and Canadian Provincial team (3-0) ... team and tournament MVP after leading U-16s to title at 2003 Ballymena Tournament in Ireland ... scored versus Dublin U-19s (7-0) and on header in 2-0 win over Northern Ireland (U.S. then beat Scotland 5-0 and England 2-0) ... only Region-II player on 18-player U-16 squad ... captained U-16s at 2003 Texas Shootout (3-0 record).

AS A SOPHOMORE: NSCAA second team all-Great Lakes Region and repeat second team all-BIG EAST selection ... missed first four games (due to U-20 World Championship) but still finished third on team in scoring and sixth in BIG EAST with 31 points (12G-7A; 22 GP/19 GS) ... tied for team lead with six game-winning goals ... opened as attacking midfielder but played mostly as a forward target player in second half of season, after key switch with Cinalli starting at halftime of Sept. 9 game versus 6th-ranked West Virginia (the Irish went on to score 21 unanswered goals over a three-week span) ... capped scoring at TCU with far-post header from left side (2-0; flick-assist from Weissenhofer) ... had 1G-2A in hometown game at DePaul (5-0), with goal coming after she chested down Hanks' left-flank free kick and fired into far side of net ... her rebounded shot later set up a Weissenhofer goal (also won possession at midfield and passed to Susan Pinnick, leading to a Lizzie Reed goal) ... flicked ball into right side of box for assist on Weissenhofer's tying goal versus WVU (scored inside near post; 3-1) ... headed in left-flank service from Christie Shaner for 2-0 lead on Pittsburgh (5-0) ... assisted Hanks' goal to open scoring versus Seton Hall (sprung Hanks for second goal/no assist; 5-0) ... one-timed 14-yard shot from left side for 1-0 lead on Rutgers (2-0) ... nearly scored on highlight-reel bicycle kick in 99th minute at Connecticut (0-0) ... scored team's second-quickest goal of season (6:25) in 5-0 win at Providence, on 12-yard header into left side (via Hanks' leftside corner) ... her right-endline pass then set up Pinnick's shot and Hanks' rebound goal (no assist) ... opened scoring in makeup game at Cincinnati (3-0), on leftfooted shot from top right corner (scored to upper-right; assisted by Hanks' backheel) ... racked up 6G-3A (15 pts) in nine postseason games, with four of those goals coming on headers (also three in regular season) ... named to Top Drawer Soccer and Soccer Buzz national teams of the week (Oct. 23-29), after scoring on pair of set-play headers in BIG EAST quarterfinal with St. John's (3-0) - via Weissenhofer's rightside flip throw (10-yard flick header, at 7:00) and a leftside corner by Hanks (strong header from center of box) ... sealed 2-0 win over 25th-ranked Marquette in BIG EAST semifinal (at UConn), cashing in passes from Weissenhofer and Hanks with shot off charging 'keeper (87:40) ... pushed point streak to four games in BIG EAST final versus 17th-ranked Rutgers (4-2) ... part of crisp seven-player combination sequence in that game that produced quickest postseason goal in ND history (0:57; her flick from upper right corner set up Hanks' goal) ... was not credited with assist on next goal but her lunging volley (off outside of right foot) sent Hanks into right side for leftfooted goal ... ended that game with 4G-5A in six career BET games ... named to the NCAA all-tournament team after totaling 3G-2A in next six games ... opened scoring in NCAA third round versus 16th-ranked Colorado, after making quick turn inside to her left and drilling 25-yard knuckler from left side (16th minute; passes from Ashley Jones and Krivacek) ... scored 18 minutes later (2-0) after heading Hanks' leftside corner into far side of net ... part of classic sequence for 2-0 lead in NCAA quarterfinal with 8th-ranked Penn State (4-0), as Hanks lofted right-flank cross and a tightly-marked Bock chested ball down to herself before smacking shot off charging 'keeper (Weissenhofer cleaned up the deflection from the left side) ... assisted on double-header sequence to Krivacek for final margin in NCAA semifinal with 5th-ranked Florida State (2-0; in Cary, N.C.; goal to upper right, set up by Hanks' corner kick) ... capped productive postseason with 81st-minute goal in title game versus UNC (header from top of box after long Hanks' free kick; 2-1 loss).

AS A FRESHMAN: Named second team all-BIG EAST and Soccer Buzz first team Freshman All-American ... versatile midfielder who also saw quality minutes at forward ... filled in as top holding/defensive midfielder for seven early games, due to Krivacek's knee injury ... ranked fourth on team - and in BIG EAST - with 33 points (12G-9A) ... Anne Makinen (23, in '97), Jenny Streiffer (22, in '96) and Cindy Daws (16, in '93) are only ND midfielders to total more goals as freshmen ... combined with Hanks as first pair of Irish freshmen to be first or second team all-BIG EAST since Streiffer and Jenny Heft in '96 ... she and Hanks (28G-15A) became fifth pair of ND freshmen with 12-plus goals in same season (see p. 143) and combined for 104 points, second-most ever by pair of Irish freshmen (Makinen had 58 and Meotis Erikson 56, for 114 in '97) ... appeared in 24 games, with 18 starts (dnp vs. Gonzaga) ... totaled 1G-4A in BIG EAST Tournament (3G in NCAAs) ... had points in 12 of final 13 games (8G-5A in final 11) ... averaged one goal every 2.6 shots on goal (31) ... scored twice versus New Hampshire (11-1; far-post header and 25-yard smack to upper left) ... sent 18-yard shot into lower left versus Vermont (6-0) ... assisted on overtime goal by Hanks (1-0, at Rutgers), one-timing Katie Thorlakson's left-flank cross into top left corner (springing Hanks for far-post shot in 96th minute) ... scored pair of world-class goals versus Seton Hall (7-0; in Trenton, N.J.), striking 20-yard free kick with outside of right foot (bent to lower left) and then blasting failed clear for half-volley into upper right corner ... assisted on pair of goals in 3-0 win over 20th-ranked Michigan (25-yard header led to Maggie Manning goal and similar header sprung Pinnick) ... played as midfielder and forward versus Cincinnati (4-0), scoring on diving header at far-left post (40-yard service from Hanks) ... her driven ball sent Thorlakson free for goal versus 10th-ranked Connecticut (4-0)... her goal (2-0) in 74th minute versus Villanova helped Irish pull away (4-0; snap header, via Thorlakson's leftside corner) ... scored as part of fastest three-goal sequence in NCAA women's soccer history (0:51), for 4-1 lead on Georgetown (6-1) ... scored on elongated give-and-go with Chapman, connecting on dipping cross for diving header (Thorlakson scored 21 seconds later, then Annie Schefter 30 seconds later) ... her leftside pass assisted a Hanks tap-in for early lead on GU in BIG EAST quarterfinal (6-0), adding assist on third goal (tricky rightside shot by Jones) ... had 1G-2A in BIG EAST title game versus #15 UConn (5-0) - with drop pass to Candace Chapman preceding Cinalli's breakaway (1-0), a lunging leftfooted volley to send home Shaner's deflected header (2-0) and pass to Thorlakson that helped set up Manning's goal (4-0)... scored in three NCAA games (6-0 first round vs. Valparaiso, 5-2 third round vs. Yale, 3-1 quarterfinal loss at top-ranked Portland) ... snapped Manning's right-flank cross into upper right corner for 5-0 lead on Valparaiso ... battled past three defenders and sent shot past charging Yale 'keeper (2-0) ... scored in 25th minute at Portland, on 15-yard volley to right side (after Thorlakson's leftside corner and Shaner's header; cut lead to 2-1) ... had 1G-2A in preseason game at Butler (8-1).

ODP/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Captain of ODP Region II team (2002-04) ... competed at 2001 ODP National Camp (Deerfield, Mass.), Inter-Regional events in Boca Raton, Fla. ('01, '02, '04) and 2002 ESP/ODP National Camp (Wilmington, N.C.) ... toured Germany, Holland and Austria with Region II ('04) ... nearly led Illinois '87s ODP to 2005 USYS national title, scoring twice in semifinal versus Cal-South (2-1) but Maryland won 1-0 final ... played up an age group (with Buczkowski, Krivacek and Lorenzen) with Illinois '85s that won 2003 national title (beat Georgia in semifinals, N.J. in final; both 1-0) ... scored 67th-minute header in title game while receiving "Golden Boot" Award (ND's Lizzie Reed was member of N.J. team) ... reached 2004 national semifinals with Illinois '87s ... gained valuable experience competing with older players in summer of 2005, with F.C. Indiana team (in nearby Goshen) that won Women's Professional Soccer League title (in Agawam, Mass.) and U.S. Open Cup (in Dallas) ... earned WPSL all-tournament honors, after dominating performance versus top players from New England Mutiny (4-0 semifinal) and California Storm (3-3 final; won 4-3 in PKs) ... FCI claimed Open Cup with semifinal win over Ajax America (2-0) and 4-0 final versus Dallas Titans ... played on FCI alongside future ND teammates Shaner, Nikki Westfall and Kerry Inglis (4G-2A in 9 GP, for 18-1-0 team) ... played as a prep for Windy City Pride, rated in 2005 as nation's 19th-best overall girls club program (Soccer America) ... led Pride to three state titles (2002-04), '02 USYS Region II title and spot in national finals, losing to So-Cal United team led by ND teammate Jones ... her hat trick in 2002 state final versus Eclipse included final-minute GWG (4-3) ... scored six of Pride's 10 goals at 2002 Nationals: in round-robin versus Bethesda (Md.) Excel (2-3) and So-Cal United (3-2) before hat trick to spark 5-1 win over Dallas Texans ... helped Pride win 2002 Raleigh Shootout ('03 Disney Classic finalist) ... did not play high school soccer as a junior, instead gaining unique experience of playing on Chicago Magic u-17/18 boys team that was rated nation's top youth boys club program (per SA) ... played with Eclipse Select in '04-'05 (alongside current ND junior Elise Weber) ... won four state titles with Team Chicago ('98-'01).

PREP & PERSONAL: One of two from Illinois to be a 2005 Parade All-American, after returning to Neuqua Valley team as a senior and helping win state title (24G-7A, in 24 GP) ... NVHS trailed defending champ New Trier, 3-0, in title game before rallying for 6-3 win ... three-time NSCAA prep All-American ('04 Parade All-American) ... 2002 team MVP and area freshman of the year (all-conference, all-sectional, first team all-city; conference/regional champs) ... all-Midwest and all-state as sophomore (conference, regional and sectional champs; state quarterfinalist) ... has played soccer since age five, also competing in wide variety of youth sports ... her sister Jenny played on Eastern Illinois soccer team that faced Irish twice in 2004 ... the Bock sisters won 2002 national 3-vs.-3 soccer tournament (Orlando) ... father Brian Bock was standout baseball player at Illinois ... Brittany Christine Bock ... daughter of Brian and Kelly Bock ... born April 11, 1987, in Naperville, Ill. ... a marketing major in the Mendoza College of Business.

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