University of San Francisco Athletics

GENERAL CAPSULE - Stats match her work rate...everyone looks to her for leadership...a great team player whoworks well with Stephanie Gray... should get more All-WCCacknowledgment this year.

2003 SEASON - Named team MVP in her first yearat USF... Started all 15 games for the Dons...Picked up her onlypoint of the season assisting on a goal scored by Chelsea Hunt vs.Cal State Northridge (9/26)... missed three games due toinjury.

PREP CAREER - Played four years of soccer atMeadowdale High School... All-Wesco in 2000-2002...All-Area in 2001and 2002... named team captain

OTHER SOCCER EXPERIENCE - Played for theNorthwest Nationals Allez, a Division I club team in the WashingtonState Youth League, along with current USF teammates Wendy Hugo,Shuree Hyatt, and Chelsea Hunt.

PERSONAL - Kate Alexandra Nelson... KateAlexandra Nelson... comes from a family of soccer players includingher father Don (UCLA), mother Allison (Seattle Pacific), andbrother Scott (Seattle)... goal for the season is to play to mypotential every game... if I could be anyone for a day it would beteammate Chelsea Hunt... chose USF for the city, the soccer, andthe atmosphere... the best advice I have been given is you get whatyou put in... the best advice I would give to young people isfollow your dreams... favorite food is McDonald's fries... favoritemovie is Tommy Boy... parents are Don and Allison Nelson... bornApril 6, 1985.