Stephanie Myers Class: Sophomore Hometown: Downingtown, Pa. High School: Downingtown West Height: 5-7 Position: Midfield Birthdate: 02/08/1992 Experience: FR

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On Myers: Dynamic player in the midfield who has the potential to be one of the team's key contributors this season ... Excellent on the ball and is a skilled passer who can distribute the ball or be a scoring threat herself ... Came into Villanova last season with a great deal of experience at the club level.

Awards: BIG EAST Academic All-Star (2010).

2010: Played in each of the season's first five games, including four starts, before missing the remainder of the season with an injury ... Came off the bench in the season opener against Temple and scored her first collegiate goal ... Started the next four games ... Tallied two shots on goal; BIG EAST: Started and played a season-high 76 minutes against Georgetown, registering one shot on goal.

Club Team and ODP Experience: Has played for the FC Delco Sting since the club's inception in 2004 ... Has been a team captain for the club, which is coached by former Villanova assistant Peye Garcia ... Her team won the 2009 ECNL Red Bull Championship and the US Club regional and national championships ... Six-year member of the Pennsylvania state and regional ODP team ... Attended the 2008 Development Camp, the U-17 Women's National Team March training camp and the 2009 Mississippi Inter-Regional ... Invited to travel with the team to Portugal in 2009 and Russia in 2010.

Academic and Community Honors: Named to the NSCAA Scholar All-America team as a senior in high school ... Two-time member of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Coaches Association All-Scholastic squad ... Maintained a GPA above 4.0 all four years of high school while taking honors and AP courses ... Three-year member of the National Honor Society and two-year member of the National Society of High School Scholars.

Downingtown West High School: Received four varsity letters in soccer, two in outdoor track and one in indoor track ... Scored 60 career goals for a team that won the AAA state championship in 2006 and 2009, while also winning two district and two Ches-Mont titles over her four years ... Received All-America honors from the NSCAA and ESPN-Rise as both a junior and a senior ... Also garnered NSCAA All-Region accolades both years and was nominated for Gatorade Player of the Year acclaim ... Two-time selection to the Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches All-State squad and a two-time league and team MVP ... As a senior was named Player of the Year by the Philadelphia Inquirer and by the Daily Local ... Four-time All-Area and All-Ches-Mont pick ... Senior captain ... Was voted the 2009 Female Athlete of the Year by the VFW-Chester County ... Listed in 2009 as one of high school soccer's key players by ESPN-Rise ... Was ranked as the No. 66 player in the nation on Top Drawer Soccer's list of `Players to Watch' ... As a freshman played against current Wildcat teammate Justine Wollner, who was then a senior at Downingtown East.

Personal: Born 2/8/92 in Buffalo, N.Y. ... One of five children of Bob and MaryClaire Myers ... Siblings are Rob (20), Matt (15), Mackenzie (8) and Luke (4) ... Undeclared major in the school of Liberal Arts.