Brooke Matthews Class: Sophomore Hometown: Baltimore, Md. High School: Friends School Height: 5-4 Position: M

2009: A constant in the Northwestern lineup, playing in all 23 games while starting the final 18 games of the year ... Continued to establish herself as a scoring threat, netting a career-high 23 goals ... Tied a personal-high with three goals each at Massachusetts (3/25) and in the NCAA championship game against North Carolina (5/24) ... Scored a pair of goals on five other occasions ... Tallied the game-winning goal against California (4/4) ... Set a new personal-best with six assists on the year, including a pair in the NCAA first round victory over Massachusetts (5/10) ... Also added a pair of goals against the Minutewomen, giving her a career-best four points ... Scooped up 19 ground balls, a new season-high, including a pair at Duquesne (2/17), at Notre Dame (2/20), at Virginia (4/19) and against Penn in the NCAA semifinals (5/22) ... Won nine draw controls, setting a new personal best with a pair against Duke (4/3) ... Caused three turnovers, including one against Princeton in the NCAA quarterfinal (5/16) ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2008: Made an immediate impact in her freshman season, playing in all 22 games with four starts ... Tallied 17 goals on the season, including her first career hat-trick at Syracuse (3/24) ... Netted a pair of goals at Rutgers (2/24), against Massachusetts (3/16), against Penn State in the ALC semifinals (5/3) and against Princeton in the NCAA quarterfinals (5/17) ... The fastest member on the Wildcats, she used that speed to scoop up nine ground balls and win 10 draw controls as well as causing a pair of turnovers.

High School: Four-year letterwinner in lacrosse and soccer ... Totaled 185 goals ... Baltimore Messenger Lacrosse Player of the Year in 2007 ... Two-time Academic All-American and Baltimore Sun first-team all-city ... Under Armour All-American ... In 2006 she was the Metro Area's ninth-leading scorer (49 goals, 10 assists) ... Lacrosse A Conference first-team All-Star ... First-team All-City ... As a sophomore she was a second-team All-City selection by the Baltimore Sun and Towson Times ... Selected for Northwestern All-Tournament Team ... As a freshman was a second-team all-city selection ... Member of North Baltimore Lacrosse Club for five years ... High School coach was Sallie Bennett ... An all-Conference first-team selection in both indoor and outdoor varsity soccer ... Also competed in basketball ... Member of National Honors Society and honor roll ... Co-head of Students Support Athletics in 2007.

Personal: Born Elizabeth Brooke Matthews ... Daughter of Dia and Mickey Matthews ... Major is undecided.

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