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General
Ranked as the fourth best high school recruit in the nation last year by Soccer America magazine...member of the U.S. Under 19 National Team where in the last five months she has taken her game to an even higher level.
ODP Soccer Experience
Currently a member of the U.S. Under-19 National Team...that team competed in the Jr. World Cup Championship in August 2002...was elected the captain of the under 19 National Team..member of Michigan ODP State Team since 1997...from 1998 she successively earned spots on the Women’s Under 16, Under 18 and Under 19 National Teams...led Michigan ODP teams to national titles in February 2000 and 2001, winning adidas Golden Boot the second year...played for the Michigan Hawks club team which won the Snickers Club National title in August 2001 and the WAGS Premier Cup championship in 2001...won MVP honors at the Snickers Tournament...has competed for U.S. Youth National Teams in Bulgaria, Albania, Germany and Holland.
Prep
Parade and NSCAA High School All-America selection...graduated in May 2002 from Portage Central High School...played four years of varsity soccer...selected as a 1999 NSCAA All-America and a Parade All-America in 2001 and 2002...was named the nation’s top high school forward by Parade in 2002...Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year in 2002...helped high school team win MSHAA state title in 1999...was the captain of her high school team and named three times All-Conference, All-Region and All-State...scored 139 goals in her high school career...named to the Michigan Dream Team three times...played basketball for four years as the team’s starting point guard...was team MVP all four years as well as the squad’s captain and a three-time All-Conference selection...all time leader for steals and assists in a single season, game and career at Portage Central...an honor roll student in high school all four years...graduated with a 3.9 GPA...member of Rotary Club and church youth group...won the B’nai B’rith Award for Academics, Athletics and Exemplary Community Leadership performance.
Personal
Given name is Lindsay Ann Tarpley...nicknamed Tarp...has two brothers...born September 22, 1983 in Madison, Wis....daughter of Gary and Barb Tarpley...athlete she most admires is Mia Hamm...hobbies include basketball and shopping...biggest sports thrill was winning WAGS, ODP and Club National Tournament the same year and winning the Golden Boot award as the tournament MVP...her brother Chad Tarpley plays baseball at Western Michigan and her uncle, Bob Williams, played football at Iowa State.
