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  Christine Calderon

Christine Calderon

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Yorktown, Va.

High School:
York

Height:
5-2

Position:
F

Game Highs
Points: 2 vs. IUPUI (9/2/07)
Goals: 1, Three Times; MR: at Holy Cross (10/26/08)
Assists: 3, vs. Mount St. Mary's (9/19/08)
Shots: 2, Three Times; MR: vs. Colgate (11/7/08)

Outlook -- Christine has great technical skills and a fantastic work-rate ... tireless defensive effort and good transitioning into the attack ... adept at taking on and serving teammates in dangerous spots...excellent technically at finishing, and tactically at choosing the spots to finish.

2008 -- Emerged as one of the Patriot League's top table-setters, finishing second in the conference with a team-leading seven assists ... added a pair of goals to rack up a career-best 11 points - the fourth-highest total on the squad ... played in 21 of 22 games, getting the starting nod in 15 contests as a forward ... one of main catalysts for conference's top scoring offense ... developed terrific chemistry with classmate Carissa Youker, connecting on four of her team-leading seven tallies, including three game-winners ... the duo put up a combined 24 points (8 g, 8 a) and produced five game-winners during a 10-game stretch from Sept. 12-Oct. 12 where Navy won 9 of 10 games ... joined the starting-11 after scoring her first career game-winning goal against VMI (9/14) ... made an immediate impact in her first start, matching a school-record with three assists in a 5-1 rout of Mount St. Mary's (9/19) ... recorded her third career multi-assist game, dishing out helpers on both Navy goals in a 2-1win over St. Francis (Pa.) (9/28) ... scored off a header in the 14th minute of the Mids' win at Holy Cross (10/26) ... Navy won all six games in which she recorded a point.

2007 -- Played in all 23 of the Mids' contests as a freshman, including the Towson game in which she earned her first collegiate starting nod ... also made starts in contests against William and Mary and VCU ... registered four points on a goal and four assists ... scored her first goal in a Navy uniform when she took a serve from Kristen Laraway and tucked it past the IUPUI (9/2) keeper in the 42nd minute ... notched a pair of second-half assists in Navy's 8-1 win over Howard.

High School/Club -- A 2006 graduate of York High School in Yorktown, Va. ... four-sport standout who lettered in soccer (2 York, 2 Diamond Bar), track & field (4) and cross country (4) ... played two years of soccer at Diamond Bar High School ... led York High to the 2005 Sierra League title with a 12-2 record, as well as the district crown ... garnered all-district, all-region and First-Team All-State (Va.) as a junior and senior ... named the Bay Rivers Player of the Year in 2006 ... played against fellow Naval Academy teammate Anastasia Abid (Lafayette HS) in high school ... member of the National Honor Society, as well as the Spanish National Honor Society.

Personal -- Full name is Christine Alexis Abrego Calderon ... daughter of Ricardo and Rosa Calderon ... born Nov. 27, 1989, in North Hollywood, Calif. ... featured as part of Naval Academy's 'Fulfill Your Destiny' television commercial and national promotional campaign ... an economics major.

Calderon's Career Statistics

		Overall				Patriot League
Yr	GP/GS	Sh	G	A	Pts	GP/GS	Sh	G	A	Pts
2007	23/3	9	1	2	4	7/0	3	0	0	0
2008	21/15	10	2	7	11	7/7	2	1	1	3
Total   44/18	29	3	9	15	14/7	5	1	1	3

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