Carrie Dew Class: Senior Hometown: Encinitas, CA High School: La Costa Canyon Height: 5-9 Position: Defender Birthdate: 12/08/1986 Club: San Diego Surf

Elite third-year player who already rates as one of nation's top central defenders ... was named NSCAA first team all-region and BIG EAST Conference defensive player of the year in 2006 (also among the 33 named to midseason watch list for the prestigious Hermann Trophy player of the year) ... looking to return from anterior-cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury suffered in the final regular-season game of the 2006 season (a makeup game versus Cincinnati that almost didn't even need to be played) ... underwent surgery in November of 2006 and was released to resume playing late in the summer of 2007 ... hoping to return to game-level fitness and regain comfort level on the ball in time for the start of the 2007 season ... the timing and effectiveness of her return could have a wide-reaching effect on Notre Dame's season, as it likely will have a domino effect on personnel decisions at several other positions (namely outside back and defensive midfielder) ... starting center back for the Irish in each of her first two seasons, in addition to filling same role with U.S. U-20 National Team that trained for several months before competing in Russia at the 2006 Under-20 World Championship ... the coach of that team, Tim Schultz, dubbed Dew and Virginia's Nikki Krzysik (who started next to her on the U-20s) as the world's top central defenders in their age group ... played alongside classmate Brittany Bock at U-20 World Championship before they rejoined the Irish (after missing first four games of '06 season) ... a fearless presence in the air, combining tremendous athleticism with physical 5-foot-9 frame ... a composed and poised player who reads game well and rarely gets caught out of position ... can boost attacking out of the back, due to strong technical ability and tactical skills that allow her to set the play from the defensive third ... a highly-motivated and prepared competitor who has unassuming personality and leads by example ... first cracked the starting lineup in 2005 alongside then-junior Kim Lorenzen, as they both stepped into open spots following the graduation of All-American Melissa Tancredi and Icelandic national teamer Gudrun Gunnarsdottir ... joined teammates Kerri Hanks, Jen Buczkowski and Jill Krivacek on 2006 Hermann Trophy midseason watch list ... one of nine defenders on that list, which included mostly seniors and juniors (she and Hanks were two of eight sophomores on the watch list) ... prep All-American who had previous national-team experience on U-16/17 levels, also earning spot on U.S. Adult Soccer Association U-23 National Select Team (summer '05) ... reunited at Notre Dame with current senior defender/midfielder Ashley Jones (they were co-captains on the Cal-South ODP team that won the 2004 national title) ... also captained San Diego Surf club team that won 2003 USYS U-16 national title ... one of 23 California natives to play for Notre Dame, with others including Jones (Westlake Village), sophomore goalkeeper Kelsey Lysander (San Diego) and former All-Americans such as forward Rosella Guerrero (Sacramento), midfielder Cindy Daws (Northridge) and goalkeepers Jen Renola (Los Gatos) and LaKeysia Beene (Gold River), plus current U.S. National Team midfielder Shannon Boxx (Torrance) and record-setting goalscorer Monica Gerardo (Simi Valley) ... five of her teammates from U-20 National Team play for schools on Notre Dame's 2007 schedule: Santa Clara midfielders Jordan Angeli (also former U-19 regional and ODP Region IV teammate) and Amanda Poach, Louisville goalkeeper Joanna Haig, Virginia forward Jess Rostedt and UVa defender Krzysik (UConn's Brittany Taylor was part of the U-20 tryout camps) ... her other former teammates on SCU include: Brittany Klein (U-17s, U-23 Select, U-19 regional team, Cal-South ODP), Megan Snell (U-17s, ODP R-IV), Meagan McCray (U-17s), Dani Potts (U-17s, R-IV, U-19 regional), Kira Sarkisian (R-IV), Courtney Lewis (CS ODP) and three more from the CS/Region IV ODP (Kiki Bosio, Alexa Orand and Jenna Belcher) ... played with Michigan's Kandice McLaughlin and Jamie Artsis on Cal-South ODP ... enters junior year with 3.12 cumulative GPA.

WITH U.S. NATIONAL TEAM PROGRAMS: Current member of U.S. Under-21 National Team player pool who has been unable to train or play with that group due to knee injury suffered late in the 2006 college season ... joined Bock among the top players on U.S. U-20 National Team that competed at the inaugural Under-20 World Championship (Aug. 17-Sept. 3; in Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia) ... playing every minute in that tournament's final four games - as a central defender alongside Virginia's Krzysik ... missed U-20 opener, after receiving two yellow cards in final qualification game ... Notre Dame joined UCLA, Virginia and Santa Clara as schools with multiple veterans named to the U-20 team... the U.S. easily won Group D (2-1 vs. Congo, 4-1 vs. Argentina, 4-0 vs. France) before a huge 4-1 quarterfinal win over budding rival Germany, as the U.S. limited the potent German attack to five shots and four corner kicks ... the U-20 squad had been shut out only three times (all versus the full U.S. National Team) in its 50 pre-tournament games but shockingly the U.S. then failed to score in its final two games, both decided in penalty kicks (5-4/on six kicks, in semifinal vs. China; 6-5/on eight kicks, in third-place game vs. Brazil) ... she converted the first U.S. kick in both shootouts ... the U.S. dominated the run of play in both frustrating losses (23-5 shot edge vs. China, allowing only one shot on goal; 6-2 edge in SOG vs. Brazil) ... logged all 120 minutes in marathon with China (the Brazil game, played in driving rain, did not have OT) ... participated in most of the 13 various camps and tournaments, prior to heading to Russia (the U.S. scored 160 goals in 50 warmup games, with a 12-1-1 mark and 50 goals in 14 international games) ... attended a camp in southern California at the Home Depot Center (HDC; Jan. '06) before CONCACAF qualifier in Veracruz, Mexico (Jan. 18-27), as U.S. beat Jamaica (4-1), Surinam (4-0), El Salvador (5-0) and Mexico (3-0 semifinal) before edging Canada in 3-2 title game ... started three qualifying matches and scored in win over El Salvador ... her time in Mexico included sightseeing of Mayan temples, Flamenco dancing and a cigar factory ... attended late-March camp in College Station, Texas, followed by late-March camp at the HDC (she and Bock did not attend the camp in Portland) ... trained with U-20s in Teresopolis, Brazil (in mountains above Rio de Janeiro) from April 13-24, winning round-robin with Canadian and Brazilian U-20s ... cultural events in Brazil included sand soccer, visiting the rainforest and massive Christo Redentor (statue of Jesus), spending time with children at an orphanage (including donation of soccer clothes) and attending Easter Sunday Mass (in Portugese) ... the next camp in Duisburg, Germany, included a game in Amsterdam and attending a Bayern Munich game ... attended two more camps at HDC, followed by one in New Jersey with pair of wins over China's U-20s ... the east-coast camp included being featured on Good Morning America and visits to Times Square, Broadway (saw "The Producers"), Coney Island and Jersey Shore ... attended final foreign training trip in Finland (July 14-22) and final domestic camp (July 30-Aug. 4, at HDC) ... earlier gained elite playing experience as member of U.S. U-16 and U-17 ('02-'03) national teams and U-19 regional team ... also competed with U-17 National Team at 2002 Inter-Regional and earned spot on U.S. Adult Soccer Association (USASA) Under-23 National Select Team (summer 2005), following tryout at Home Depot Center ... played with that U-23 team in pair of games versus Mexican National Team that featured her future classmate Becca Mendoza (Mexico won 1-0 and the U.S. won 2-1, both played south of the border in Vera Cruz and Puebla).

AS A SOPHOMORE: Established herself as one of nation's top young defenders, despite playing only half of the season due to the Under-20 World Championship (missed first four games) and ACL knee injury that sidelined her for all nine postseason games ... named NSCAA first team all-Great Lakes Region while picking up BIG EAST defensive player-of-the-year award (also first team all-BIG EAST) ... joined former teammate Candace Chapman (2002; defensive) as only Notre Dame players ever named BIG EAST offensive or defensive player of the year as a sophomore ... one of 33 players on the 2006 midseason watch list for the prestigious Hermann Trophy (national player of the year) ... injured in Oct. 24 makeup game at Cincinnati, after earlier game was halted (and canceled) due to lightning ... her presence in the postseason could have made a key difference in the NCAA title-game loss to UNC (the makeup game at Cincinnati was only made necessary when the Bearcats lost days earlier to last-place Seton Hall) ... appeared in 14 games (12 starts), with two goals (both gamewinners) and an assist ... helped Irish rank third nationally in goals-against average (0.40) while posting a nation-leading 19 shutouts (ND record), 24 of 27 games with 0-1 goals allowed (none with more than two), the nation's top scoring margin (+74; 85-11), only 160 shots allowed (5.9) and an ND-record low for shots on goal by the opposition (2.11/gm; 57) ... selected as the Soccer Times national player of the week - also named to three other national teams of the week (from Soccer America, Soccer Buzz and Top Drawer Soccer), plus BIG EAST defensive player of the week - after scoring first goal in Louisville game (2-0; Sept. 24) that saw the Irish allow only four shots (none on goal) and no corner kicks ... led defense that held back 6th-ranked West Virginia's high-powered offense (2 SOG; 3-1) and yielded only two shots on goal in scoreless tie at Connecticut ... opened scoring early in second half versus Louisville, on play set up by Michele Weissenhofer's 30-yard free kick from the corner ... the goalkeeper Haig (her U-20 teammate) punched the cross to the far side but Dew quickly turned on the ball and fired a 16-yard shot into the far-right side of the goal ... picked up assist in 4-2 win at 9th-ranked Villanova, on pass to Weissenhofer (whose deflected shot was sent in by Hanks for 2-0 lead) ... her second goal of the season was Notre Dame's quickest second-half score (46:55) and opened the scoring in 2-0 win at Georgetown, on a far-post header after Hanks sent a free kick from the right corner ... named to BIG EAST weekly honor roll for Sept. 25-Oct. 1 - after the wins over WVU and Pittsburgh (5-0; 8 shots, 3 SOG, 3 CKs allowed in weekend) - and again for week of Oct. 16-22 that included the wins over Villanova and Georgetown (12 shots allowed, 3 SOG, 9 CKs).

AS A FRESHMAN: Earned honorable mention all-BIG EAST distinction, after emerging as starter at central defense ... played alongside Lorenzen for most of season (left back Christie Shaner shifted over when Lorenzen was out due to illness) ... joined senior right back Candace Chapman as only Irish players to start all 25 games, becoming 23rd Notre Dame freshman (first since '02) to start every game in a season ... scored three times, despite only 15 total shots (5 on goal) ... led team with 2,097 minutes played (84/go), including 16 games in which she played 90-plus ... key member of defense that totaled 17 shutouts while allowing just 15 goals (0.60 GAA), 124 shots (5.0/go), 54 shots on goal (2.2; then 2nd-best in ND history) and 43 corner kicks (1.7) ... disciplined player who drew only three yellow cards, despite her physical play... named all-tournament at Notre Dame Classic, after helping hold 11th-ranked Florida (4-1) and #25 Maryland (6-0) to a single goal (8 shots, 4 SOG, 5 CKs) ... tapped in corner-kick service from Katie Thorlakson for 2-0 lead on Maryland ... named to BIG EAST weekly honor roll after scoring first goal in 4-0 win over Cincinnati and helping post another shutout (3-0 at Louisville) ... Annie Schefter's service from right side set up her goal versus Bearcats, with Cinalli making a touch before Dew sent six-yard shot into far-right side of the net ... headed a Schefter corner kick into right side of net to cap 4-0 win over 10th-ranked Connecticut ... helped shut down UConn offense in that win (3 shots, 1 SOG, 4 CKs), with other noteworthy defensive efforts for Notre Dame versus 20th-ranked Michigan (3-0; 3 shots, 2 SOG, 0 CKs), in the BIG EAST semifinal at #11 Marquette (3-0; 5 shots, 1 SOG, 0 CKs), and in NCAA second round versus #25 Michigan State (3-0; 9 shots, 1 SOG, 1 CK) ... split time in 2006 spring semester training with Notre Dame and U.S. U-20 National Team (she and Jones returned to their native southern California with Notre Dame for a pair of spring games played in Temecula, versus San Diego State and San Diego).

ODP/CLUB HIGHLIGHTS: Member of ODP Region IV team in 2000 and from '02-'04, also playing on Cal-South state ODP from 1998-2004 ... played five state ODP seasons alongside Jones, with the co-captains helping Cal-South win 2003 ODP regional title (for '85 age group) and 2004 national title ('86s) ... captained Cal-South in 2002 and served as Region IV team captain ... competed with USYS Adidas All-Star team on 2003 international tour and with ODP Region IV team at 2003 Houston Shootout ... attended 2002 ODP/ESP National Camp ... played 10 years (1996-2005) for San Diego Surf club that was ranked nation's number one overall girls youth program (in 2005, per Soccer America) ... served as 2005 Surf captain, also earning team MVP and scholar-athlete award ... helped Surf win the 2003 under-16 national title, four state titles ('99, '01, '03, '05) and 2003 Region IV championship (runner-up in '99, '01) ... the Surf beat WSC Impact (1-0) for the 2005 state club title ... played with Surf at 2002 Adidas Final Four Showcase ... named MVP at the 2002 Blues Cup Summer Tournament and two Surf Cups ('00, '04) ... joined by Jones on the Surf for their final summer of club soccer (2005).

PREP & PERSONAL: One of 20 players named to EA Sports High School All-America team for 2004-05, previously earning three NSCAA All-America honors ('02-'04) ... totaled 36 career goals and 25 assists in 107 starts from her defensive position while leading La Costa Canyon High School to pair of CIF state titles ... repeated San Diego Union-Tribune honors for player of the year and all-academic first team, as senior captain (6G-4A for 17-4-1 team) ... helped Mavericks earn national ranking all four seasons while winning conference and CIF state titles in both 2002 and '04 ... earned CIF all-state honors in final three seasons (first team in '04, '05) ... named North County player of the year in 2003 and '04 (first team '03-'05) ... earned all-section (first team '03-'05), all-conference and all-city (first team, '02-'05) honors in all four seasons ... received team MVP and scholar-athlete awards in 2004 and '05 ... presented with California Legislative Sports Award in 2004 and '05 ... named San Diego Hall of Champions athlete of the month (March '04) ... former Notre Dame swimmer Ryan Schroeder ('96) also hailed from Encinitas (San Dieguito HS) ... her sister Natalie played soccer at Cornell ... graduated from high school with a 4.12 GPA ... full name is Carrie Frances Dew ... daughter of Jim and Pam Dew ... born Dec. 8, 1986, in San Diego ... a marketing major in Mendoza College of Business.

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