Kerri Hanks Class: Senior Hometown: Allen, TX High School: Allen Height: 5-6 Position: Forward Birthdate: 09/02/1985 Club Team: Dallas Texans

Reigning national player of the year, after receiving 2006 Missouri Athletic Club (M.A.C.) Hermann Trophy ... consummate goalscorer dating back to her earliest days in youth soccer ... took her game to another level in 2006, adding to her playmaking and setup skills while joining former UNC great Mia Hamm as only players to finish a season as national leader in goals (22) and assists (22) ... her two-year point total (137; 50G-37A) is third-best in Division I women's soccer history ... current member of U.S. Under-21/23 National Team who has been picked to repeat as BIG EAST offensive player of the year ... two-year All-American who was BIG EAST rookie of the year and Freshman All-American ... technically is a second-semester junior in fall of 2007, after delaying her enrollment until 2005 spring semester in order to train and compete with U.S. at 2004 U-19 World Championship ... rated by Soccer America as nation's fourth-best incoming recruit for 2004 ... quick, creative and clever player who is true student of the game, keeping up with international fútbol and modeling her game after world's top players ... feisty attacking threat with variety of finishing touches and equal ability to put spin on ball or finish with power ... passionate competitor with refuse-to-lose mentality ... has improved her strength while coping with always being tightly-marked by opponents ... welcomes pressure and high-level expectations that come with being a top-level goalscorer ... has rare ability to make series of runs that fit the situation and place her into open space for repeated scoring chances ... dangerous one-on-one player who can drive to goal with regularity ... follows midfielders Cindy Daws (1996) and Anne Makinen (2000) as ND's third Hermann Trophy recipient ... her set-play excellence includes 13 assists in '06 on corner kicks (8) or free kicks (5), plus six career goals scored directly on dead-ball plays (four free kicks, two penalty kicks) ... had points in 15 of 16 postseason games her first two seasons (goals in 10) ... the Irish were 32-0-0 in 2005-06 when she scored (14-4-1 when she had no goals) ... could join Hamm (UNC; '92-'93), Cindy Parlow (UNC; '97-'98) and Christine Sinclair (Portland; '04-'05) as multi-year Hermann Trophy recipients ... earned Golden Boot Award - presented to scorer with "greatest competitive impact" at USYS Nationals - while playing with Dallas Texans '85s club that won 2003 U-18 national title ... completed matching pair of Golden Boots by earning award again at '05 nationals (lost heartbreaking title game) ... one of 21 Texas natives to play for Irish ... several of her former teammates play for teams on ND's schedule ... inherited number-two jersey worn by All-America forward Rosella Guerrero, Daws, hard-nosed defender Kelly Lindsey and center back Gudrun Gunnarsdottir (starter on '04 NCAA champs) ... owns 3.00 cumulative GPA.

IN NCAA RECORD BOOK: Her 137 career points (50G-37A) are third-most ever by a D-I player after freshman/sophomore seasons and most in nearly 20 years (SMU's Lisa Cole had 147/60-27 from '87-'88; UCSB's Carin Jennings had 140/60-20 from '83-'84) ... career avg. of 2.64 points/gm would rank eighth in NCAA history (see p. 43) ... only three others have reached 30G-30A before junior season: ND's Jenny Streiffer (42G-40A; '96-'97) and UNC's Tisha Venturini (45G-34A; '91-'92) and Lindsay Tarpley (39G-42A; '02-'03) ... seventh D-I player to reach 50G prior to junior year ... she and Hamm (UNC, '92) are only players to end a season as national leader in both goals and assists ... she and Katie Thorlakson in 2005 became second set of D-I teammates ever to reach 70 points in same season (each 71) ... her 28 goals in '05 are fourth-most ever by a D-I freshman ... on four-year pace to become seventh player with 100-plus goals ... her projected 274 career points would trail only Danielle Garrett Fotopoulos (284; SMU/Florida) and Hamm (278) - also would be third D-I player ever with 70G-70A (Hamm 103G-72A; Streiffer 70G-71A).

IN ND RECORD BOOK: Owns or shares assortment of 47 ND records ... already 11th in Irish history for career points (136; 52 GP/49 GS), 10th in goals (50), 13th in assists (37) and one of 11 to reach 30G-30A (seven have been 40-40) ... owns best averages in ND history for career goals/gm (0.96) and pts/gm (2.64), marks held by 1996-99 teammates Jenny Heft (0.83 gpg) and Jenny Streiffer (2.11 ppg) ... ND records she set in '06 included: points in one NCAA Tournament (16; 4G-8A); points by a sophomore (66); career goals in postseason play (15, tied); quickest to 30 (26 gms), 40 (40 GP) and 50 (49 GP) career goals; quickest goal in opener (1:19; Iowa State); and quickest goal in postseason game (0:57; Rutgers) ... only ND player ever with hat trick (vs. Oakland) and three-assist game (vs. Penn State) in NCAAs (both '06) ... she and Thorlakson are only ND players to reach 60 points in multiple years (71 in '05; tied for 2nd in ND history) ... joined Thorlakson as only ND players with six game-winning goals and six game-winning assists in same season ('06; she is only ND player with six GWGs in multiple years) ... only ND player to total more than 20 goals in multiple seasons (28 in '05; tied ND record) ... first ND player to register four career hat tricks prior to junior season and first with 50-plus regular-season points more than once (52 and 50) ... Thorlakson (27) is only ND player with more career points in one postseason than Hanks (25, in '06; 7G-11A) ... already second in ND history for career postseason points (44; 15G-14A; Thorlakson 53) while her 25 career points in NCAAs (8G-9A) are second to Thorlakson's 29 ... scored in six straight NCAA games ('06), one shy of Amanda Guertin's ND record ... on four-year pace (100G-74A; 274 pts) to fly past ND records (80 goals, Heft; 211 pts, Streiffer) and would finish second in assists, behind Holly Manthei's NCAA record 129).

WITH U.S. NATIONAL TEAMS: Member of U.S. Under-21 National Team (which is transitioning to U-23) ... joined ND's Amanda Cinalli, Brittany Bock and Michele Weissenhofer on U-21s that played in Manchester, England (March 13-15, 2007), vs. Blackburn Rovers Ladies (2-0), Everton Ladies (6-2) and Leeds Ladies (5-0; goal), also attending a Manchester United game at Old Trafford ... one of top scorers in history of U-19 National Team (22 goals in 30 games; '02-'04) ... elected not to participate in 2006 Nordic Cup ... forced to miss ND's 2004 national-title season when FIFA opted to stage U-19 World Championship in November (in Thailand) - with U.S. Soccer requiring its players to miss entire 2004 college season ... U.S. placed third, with Hanks scoring on 21-yard free kick (1-0) in bronze-medal game vs. Brazil (3-1) ... slowed by knee injury, starting just two of six U-19 WC games (reserve in third) - with wins over South Korea (3-1), Russia (4-1), Spain (1-0) and Australia (2-0 quarterfinal) before losing 3-1 semifinal to Germany ... had 12G in 12 GP with U-19s in '04, prior to WC (no other U.S. player had more than 8G in those games) ... totaled 13G-2A (15 GP/13 GS) in 2004 with U-19s ... led field with 9G at 2004 U-19 Eight Nations Tournament in Montreal (5 GP) ... had hat tricks vs. Dominican Republic (21-min. stretch) and Trinidad & Tobago ... scored to tie Canada (2-1 loss), knocking rebound into upper right corner ... team-best 8G in 2003 international games (2A), as U-19s captain ... helped U-19s win 2003 Houston Cup, adding hat trick vs. American All-Stars before road wins over Germany (2G; 4-1) and Holland (1G; 3-0) ... one of youngest (16) on U-19 team that won 2002 World Championship (1-0 in OT, vs. host Canada), earning spot after future ND teammate Annie Schefter's injury ... scored as starter vs. Taiwan at 2002 WC (played in wins over Denmark and Germany) ... one of four on '02 and '04 WC teams ... played in pair of games in Trinidad and Tobago for 2002 qualifying (2G-1A vs. Jamaica) ... totaled 5G-5A in 11 GP (4 GS) with 2002 U-19s (22-2-2) ... played in '02 games vs. Costa Rica and Mexico (Pachuca, Mexico), on European tour (2G vs. Germany U-19s, also faced Sweden) and in two San Diego games vs. Mexico ... scored first goal with U-19s against Canada in 2002 - followed by hat trick vs. USYS All-Stars and gamewinner vs. U.S. U-21s (1-0) ... scored in 2002 loss to Russia (4-1; Home Depot Center) ... '02 WC squad included fellow forwards Heather O'Reilly and Tarpley (UNC), Megan Kakadelas (Santa Clara), Kelly Wilson (Texas) and Angie Woznuk (Portland).

AS A SOPHOMORE: Youngest recipient by class year (female or male) of Hermann Trophy, after joining former UNC great Hamm as only players ever to finish season as national leader in both goals (22; 7th ND history) and assists (22; 6th ND history) ... one of five finalists (only soccer player) for "best female college athlete" in ESPN-sponsored ESPY Awards (attended ceremony in Hollywood) ... consensus first team All-American and BIG EAST offensive player of the year (first team all-BIG EAST) ... 11th D-I player ever to reach 20G-20A in season (ND's four are most from any school) and one of six to reach 22G-22A ... scored/assisted on more than half of ND's goals (44 of 85), with six multi-goal games ... her nation-leading 66 points rank fifth in ND history ... joined Makinen (14G-15A; 2000), Guertin (11G-11A; '02) and Thorlakson (23G-24A; '04) as players to lead ND in goals and assists for same season ... ended on 13-game point streak (one shy of Thorlakson's ND record), with 38 points in streak (11G-16A; 2.9 ppg) ... combined with Weissenhofer (53; 18G-17A) to rank 1-2 among national points leaders ('95 SMU players Garrett, 83 pts, and Courtney Linex, 77, are believed to be only other D-I teammates to finish 1-2) ... she and Weissenhofer were 23rd set of D-I teammates to reach 50 points in same season (ND's four pairs are most from any school) ... nearly 60% of her assists (13 of 22) came via corner-kick (8) or free-kick (5) services ... led BIG EAST in shots (127; 2nd ND history) and tied Bock with league-best six game-winning goals (team-best nine GW assists/2nd ND history) ... tied ND record for starts (27) ... combined with 11 teammates on goalscoring (12 with Weissenhofer, 11 with Bock) ... her 2G vs. Iowa State (9-0) included ND's quickest score ever in opener (1:19; pass from Becca Mendoza, 14-yard rightside shot to low right corner) ... scored GWG at #24 Mississippi (2-1), ending home Jill Krivacek's left-post flick after Weissenhofer's flip-throw ... had 2G at SMU (3-0), on leftside CK scramble (one-timer to right sidenetting) and PK ... assisted on Bock's goal at DePaul (leftside free kick) before racing in from left to redirect Weissenhofer's pass (5-0) ... scored near-post header for GWG vs. #6 West Virginia (left-flank cross from Buczkowski; 3-1) ... her 1G-2A finished 5-0 win over Pittsburgh ... her 3G-1A vs. Seton Hall (5-0) included: leftside shot to beat charging 'keeper (sprung by Bock's pass), similar goal after thru-ball from Krivacek, elongated give-and-go with Buczkowski and right-flank cross to Weissenhofer (4-0) ... assisted pair of one-timers vs. Rutgers (2-0; pass from right to Bock; low cross from right corner to Cinalli at far-post) ... consensus national player of the week after totaling 3G-3A vs. SHU and RU (BIG EAST player of the week) ... the 0-0 tie at UConn was her only time without a point in final 18 games ... leftside CK led to Bock's header and early lead at Providence (added rebound goal after Pinnick's close-range shot and assist on Weissenhofer goal; 5-0) ... lead role in 4-2 win at #9 Villanova (2G-1A) - converted Cinalli pass into lower left corner (1-0), put back rebounded Weissenhofer shot (2-1) and assisted on Krivacek goal (3-1) ... had rightside free kick on Carrie Dew's header GWG at Georgetown (1-0) ... back-heel pass on Bock's goal at Cincinnati (one-timed pass from Buczkowski for 2-0 lead; 3-0) ... offensive MVP of BIG EAST Tournament (3G-3A), after wins over St. John's (3-0; leftside CK on Bock's header, then scored in 89th minute ), #25 Marquette (2-0, at UConn; elongated give-and-go cross from left on Weissenhofer's header, then pass that led to Bock's goal) and Rutgers (4-2, at UConn) ... scored earliest postseason goal in ND history vs. RU (0:57), capping seven-player sequence with one-timer to far-right side (assisted by Bock's flick header) before rightside shot through legs of charging 'keeper ... completed 25-point postseason (two shy of ND record) with ND record for points in one NCAA Tournament (16; 4G-8A) ... tied ND record for points in NCAA game (7/3G-1A, vs. Oakland; 7-1) while becoming first ND player to score/assist on team's first four goals in an NCAA game - with 22-yard free kick goal (2-1), breakaway set up by Buczkowski, and PK (also assist on Cinalli's opening goal) ... her leftside thru-ball led to Weissenhofer's fifth-minute GWG in second round vs. Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1-0) ... had leftside CK assist (Bock header) and 89th-minute clincher (leftside free kick) in third round vs. #16 Colorado (3-0) ... set up all goals (three official assists) in quarterfinal vs. #8 Penn State (4-0) - with flick to Weissenhofer (lifted rightside shot from close range), deep cross from right flank (Bock trap-and-shoot/Weissenhofer rebound goal; no assist), leftside free kick (Weissenhofer open-netter, after collision) and rightside CK on Cinalli's far-post header ... capped selection to NCAA all-tournament team with CK assist for 2-0 semifinal lead on #5 Florida State (double-header sequence, Bock to Krivacek; goal to upper right) and long free kick from right flank in title game vs. fellow #1 UNC (Bock header from top of box, 81st minute; 2-1 loss) ... had 3A in 2007 spring win over Drake (6-0), 2G-1A vs. Missouri (4-1, in Dallas) and 1G-1A vs. Baylor (3-0, in Dallas).

AS A FRESHMAN: NSCAA second team All-American, Soccer Buzz national freshman of the year, first team all-BIG EAST/rookie of the year ... first freshman among final-15 candidates for M.A.C. Hermann Trophy since awards merged in 2002 ... since '94, only three freshmen had been among final 10/15 candidates: ND's Makinen ('97), UNC forward Susan Bush and Santa Clara midfielder Aly Wagner (both '99) ... third in nation with 28 goals (21st NCAA history; tied ND record set by Heft in '98) ... tied Thorlakson (18G-35A) for second nationally in points (71, one shy of ND record/Daws in '96), eighth in assists (15) ... joined Thorlakson (18G-35A) as only players with 15G-15A (first ND forwards named NSCAA All-Americans in same year) ...set ND record for goals in consecutive games (7; 3G-1A vs. UNH, 4G vs. Vermont) ... led BIG EAST in points, goals and shots (135, ND record), second in assists and GWGs (6) ... led team with eight first-goals ... her 135 shots were 11 more than ND opponents' combined shots (124) ... she and Thorlakson became second pair of D-I teammates to post 70-plus points in same season, joining 1995 SMU players Garrett (83; now Fotopoulos) and Linex (77) ... had points in 21 games (25 GP/22 GS) ... tied ND record for goals in game (4) and became quickest to 10 goals (4 GP, in just 225 minutes) ... ND was 18-0-0 when she scored (4-3-0 when she did not) ... fourth D-I freshman (first since '96) with 28-plus goals, joining SMU's Cole (37; '87), Baylor's Molly Cameron (32; '96) and Washington State's Kim Lynass (30; '90) ... her seven-game goal streak (4th ND history) ended at Portland, one shy of tying Guertin's ND record for postseason goalscoring streak (7) ... combined with 10 teammates on 2005 goalscoring (20 times with Thorlakson, 10 with Cinalli) ... seven multi-goal games ... had earliest hat trick (by date) ever by ND freshman (Aug. 26; 11-1 vs. UNH, at Vermont) ... tapped assist to Pinnick before 13-minute hat trick: one-timer to far-left post (Maggie Manning assist), converted long ball from Kim Lorenzen, and finished again to left side via Thorlakson's thru-ball ... joined Guerrero ('92; 4-3 loss to N.C. State) as only ND freshmen with hat trick in opener ... tied Irish record for goals in game (4; vs. Vermont; 6-0): direct kick to upper-right corner, leftfooted finish on Cinalli's left-flank cross, rebound score after Cinalli's shot, and breakaway to lower left corner (lead pass from Manning) ... Soccer America national player of the week after 7G-1A debut ... buried pass from Cinalli inside far-right post (1-0) vs. #11 Florida (4-1) ... added 2G vs. #25 Maryland (6-0), knocking in deflected Thorlakson shot before flicking 12-yard header on service from Candace Chapman ... failed to score in fifth game (2-1 loss at Santa Clara), but her rush led to own-goal ... scored into far-left side vs. Gonzaga (4-1; deep cross from Chapman) ... her 2G-2A vs. DePaul (6-0) included entry pass on Cinalli goal, deflected shot finished by Thorlakson, punch shot past 'keeper, and blast to far-left corner (both assisted by Thorlakson) ... had 2G-1A vs. Cincinnati (4-0): free kick on Bock's diving header, flick header after Chapman's cross, and rebound goal after Cinalli shot ... scored on rising 30-yard free kick into left side at Louisville (assisted on Thorlakson scramble goal; 3-0) ... set up Thorlakson's rebound goal at USF (4-0) ... 96th-minute goal at Rutgers (1-0) began with Thorlakson's left-flank service and Bock's one-timer down center of field (Hanks slipped behind defense and scored to far-right) ... buried thru-pass from Cinalli vs. Seton Hall (7-0) ... had 1G-2A vs. Providence (6-0), setting up Thorlakson and Manning goals before cashing in Thorlakson's pass ... assisted Manning goal to cap 4-0 win over Villanova ... added 1G-2A vs. Georgetown (6-1): 22-yard free kick into left sidenetting, sprung Cinalli's breakaway, worked give-and-go with Thorlakson (part of NCAA record-setting three goals in 0:51 span) ... added 2G-1A in BIG EAST quarterfinal vs. Hoyas (6-0), tapping in crosses from Thorlakson and Buczkowski before driven ball sent Thorlakson in ... her leftside CK led to Buczkowski's goal in BIG EAST semifinal at Marquette, later scoring skillful trap-and-volley at left post to cap 3-0 win (assist from Schefter) ... cashed in extended give-and-go with Thorlakson in BIG EAST final vs. #15 UConn (5-0) ... completed three-player sequence (from Schefter and Thorlakson) vs. Valparaiso in NCAAs (assisted Cinalli goal; 6-0) ... scored on CK deflection in second round vs. #25 Michigan State (3-0) ... finished sequence from Krivacek and Cinalli into right corner (4-2) vs. #22 Yale (knocked in a Thorlakson cross to cap 5-2 third-round win) ... had 1G-1A in preseason at Butler (8-1) and intercepted pass to assist on Thorlakson's goal vs. Virginia (2-0; exhib. in Ft. Wayne) ... earlier gave preview of her flair for dramatic in 2005 spring season, when she scored on flick-header in stoppage of exhibition with Mexico (2-2) ... one year later, her 2006 spring highlights included assist on Cinalli's goal vs. Mexico (3-0), converting PK at Creighton (2-0), and scoring vs. San Diego (2-1; in Temecula, Calif.).

ODP/CLUB: Member of ODP Region III and North Texas team (1999-2004) ... played up age group for eight years with Dallas Texans '85s (#1 in nation in '03) ... led Texans to 2003 national title, earning Golden Boot Award at USYS nationals (Germantown, Md.) ... scored in 61st minute to tie first game (1-1 vs. Colorado Academy), followed by 1-1 tie with Bethesda (Md.) Dragons and 3-0 win over Minn.-based Tsunami Sota ... scored twice in title-game rematch with Tsunami (2-0) ... captained Texans from 2000-03 ... scored in every 2002 and '03 league game with Texans ... joined her age group ('86s) for final two summers with Texans ('04-'05) ... completed matching pair of Golden Boots by earning award again at 2005 nationals (Orlando) ... played on 2004 Texans '86s U-19 squad alongside ND's Lauren Karas ... opened 2005 nationals with hat trick (4-0) vs. Carmel Commotion that featured ND's Susan Pinnick (Texans advanced after ties with Stars of Massachusetts, 2-2, and Colorado Rush, 0-0) ... her 52nd-minute score in title-game rematch with Stars nearly held up as GWG - but 90th-minute goal forced OT (2-2), each team scored in extra time and Stars won in PKs (4-3) ... helped Texans claim 2005 Region III title, after wins over N.C.-based CASL Spartans (5-2), Vestavia (Ala.) Attack (2-0), north-Texas D'Feeters (3-1), Georgia-based Silverbacks (3-2) and south-Texas Challenge (1-0; 25th-minute goal by Hanks) ... 2004 Texans won WAGS (in D.C.) and finished atop Premier League before losing Region III quarterfinal ... played for 1999 and 2000 Texans that won state and regional titles (U-14/15) ... Alamo Cup finals MVP (U-17), with corner kick that set up Jessica Maxwell's tying goal vs. Challenge in title game before placing 22-yard free kick into upper right corner (2-1)... played alongside ND teammates Pinnick and Christie Shaner with WPSL's F.C. Indiana (summer '06).

PREP & PERSONAL: Totaled 47 goals in two seasons at Allen HS before focusing on national-team duty ... NSCAA and Parade All-American as junior and senior (U.S. U-19s/Dallas Texans) ... played in 2004 McDonald's All-America Game ... area newcomer of the year as a freshman (23G for conference champs) ... all-area/all-region as a sophomore (24G) ... started playing soccer at age four ... accomplished in judo ... member of National Honor Society (3.85 GPA) ... father Gary played semi-professional soccer (fútbol) in his native England, prior to moving to Texas ... daughter of Pam and Gary Hanks ... full name is Kerri Michel Hanks ... born Sept. 2, 1985, in Plano, Texas ... a sociology major, in the College of Arts and Letters.

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