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#7 Fernanda Pina Season 2024

Position
Midfielder
Height
5'5
Class
Senior
Hometown
Puebla, Mexico
High School
Colegio del Bosque

2015 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2014 Mexican Women’s National Team Player Pool
2014 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2013 College Sports Madness Second-Team All-SEC
2013 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2012 U-20 Mexican Women’s National Team
2012 LSWA Honorable Mention All-Louisiana
2012 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

CAREER CAPSULE
Earned four letters with the Tigers during her collegiate career from 2012-15 … Honored as a Second-Team All-SEC performer by College Sports Madness following her sophomore season in 2013 … Also an honorable mention selection to the All-Louisiana Team by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association in the wake of a brilliant freshman season in 2012 … Made 82 appearances with 42 starts with the Tigers in her four seasons in Baton Rouge … Scored 11 goals and dished out nine assists for 31 points in her career … Matched her career highs with four goals apiece as a freshman in 2012 and sophomore in 2013 … Also set career highs with four assists and 12 points during her freshman season … An outstanding student with three-straight selections to the SEC Academic Honor Roll from 2013-15 … Also named to the SEC’s First-Year Academic Honor Roll in 2012.

SENIOR SEASON (2015)
A key figure in LSU’s return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011 and fifth time in program history … Made 21 appearances with five starts during her senior season as the Tigers posted a 13-6-4 overall record on the year … Appeared in 10 matches with three starts in SEC play while helping the Tigers finish seventh on the final league table with a 5-4-2 record and 17 points … Scored the fourth goal of the match in LSU’s 4-1 home win over Western Kentucky on Aug. 28 … Provided two assists on the season while totaling four points in the attack … Assisted Jorian Baucom’s second goal of the match and fourth goal overall in a 5-1 win over Marquette in the team’s non-conference finale on Sept. 20 … Assisted Lexi Gibbs’ consolation in a 2-1 defeat at 12th-ranked Florida on Oct. 11 … Attempted eight shots with three shots on goal on the year … Honored for her outstanding performance in the classroom once again with a third-straight selection to the SEC Academic Honor Roll … Earned her fourth varsity letter.

JUNIOR SEASON (2014)
Appeared in all 20 matches while making 10 starts for the Tigers during her junior season in 2014 … Scored two goals and dished out two assists for six points on the campaign … Opened her account by scoring the game-winning goal in the eighth minute of play in LSU’s 3-0 shutout of Nicholls on Sept. 2 … Drew the Tigers level at 1-1 with No. 6-ranked Texas A&M while scoring the equalizer in the third minute of play just 29 seconds after the Aggies grabbed an early lead … Assisted goals in each of the team’s first two matches to open the season … Assisted Jorian Baucom’s game-winning goal just 48 seconds into LSU’s season-opening 2-0 win over Troy on Aug. 22 … Created the fastest goal to open a season in the history of the LSU Soccer program … Assisted Summer Clarke’s goal in the sixth minute of play in a 6-2 home win over Northwestern State … Started matches against Troy, Northwestern State, Rice, Nicholls, Stephen F. Austin, BYU and Marquette during the non-conference season and Missouri, Texas A&M and Arkansas in SEC play in 2014 … Attempted 12 shots with four shots on target for a .333 shots on goal average on the season … Matched season highs with three shots against both Nicholls and Stephen F. Austin … All three shots against Nicholls were on target … A second-team selection to the College Sports Madness Preseason All-SEC Teams released prior to the start of the 2014 season … Honored for her academic effort once again as a member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the second season in a row … Earned her third varsity letter with the Tigers.

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2013)
Honored as a Second-Team All-SEC selection by College Sports Madness following the 2013 season … Appeared in all 20 matches with 15 starts during her sophomore season with the Tigers in 2013 … Wrapped up the season as the team’s second-leading goal scorer while matching her career-high with four goals on the campaign … Also made one assist while scoring nine points as the team’s third-leading point scorer on the season … Recorded her first multi-goal game with two goals in LSU’s 6-0 win against Louisiana-Monroe, including the game-winner in the ninth minute of play … Also scored the game-winning Golden Goal in the 95th minute of LSU’s 2-1 overtime win at Vanderbilt in its SEC opener on Sept. 21 … Opened the scoring against No. 6-ranked BYU with the first goal of the match in the 21st minute before the Tigers fell 4-2 at the final whistle … Assisted Jodi Calloway’s late goal in a 2-1 home defeat to Georgia late in the regular season … Attempted 26 shots with 13 shots on goal on the season for a .500 shots on goal percentage … Received an invitation to train with the senior Mexican Women’s National Team for the first time in her playing career during the 2014 spring season … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll following the season … Trained with the senior Mexican Women’s National Team during the 2014 spring season ahead of the start of the collegiate season … Earned her second varsity letter.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2012)
Tied as the team’s leading goal scorer and point scorer as one of the SEC’s elite freshmen during her rookie season … Led the Tigers by scoring four goals and 12 points on the 2012 campaign … Also dished out four assists in her first collegiate season … Started 12 of 21 matches as both a forward and wing midfielder … Cracked LSU’s starting 11 in six of 13 SEC matches during the regular season, scoring three goals and dishing out one assist for seven points against league opponents … Scored a pair of game-winning goals in the 78th minute in a 2-1 victory over Stephen F. Austin and 86th minute in a 3-2 victory over Arkansas in LSU’s regular-season finale at the LSU Soccer Stadium … Goal against Stephen F. Austin was the first of her collegiate career … Also scored goals in a 3-1 home loss to Auburn and 3-2 overtime defeat at 23rd-ranked Tennessee in SEC play … Assisted a pair of game-winning goals by Heather Magee in a 2-0 shutout of Houston and by Colby Maffei in a 3-1 victory over 16th-ranked Missouri during the regular season … Also credited with assists in a 2-1 victory over Memphis and 1-1 draw with Rice in a pair of matches played at the LSU Soccer Stadium … Attempted 34 total shots with 18 shots on goal on the offensive end for a shot percentage of .118 and shots on goal percentage of .529 … Received an honorable mention selection to the All-Louisiana team by the Louisiana Sports Writers Association following the 2012 season … Honored for her academic performance with a selection to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll following the 2013 spring semester … Earned her first varsity letter.

PRIOR TO LSU
One of the most dynamic attacking players in North America to join the NCAA Division I ranks in 2012 … Competed as a member of the Under-20 Mexican Women’s National Team in 2012 … Coached by Roberto Medina with the U-20 Mexican Women’s National Team … Helped lead Mexico to a third-place finish at the 2012 Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) U-20 Women’s Championships in Panama … Made three appearances for Mexico during the 2012 CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championships … Came off the bench in matches against Jamaica and Canada before earning a start in a semifinal match against the United States … Earned the right to represent Mexico at the 2012 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup held in Japan after scoring a 5-0 win over Panama in the third-place game at the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s Championships … A veteran of the U-17 Mexican Women’s National Team that competed at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago … Scored two goals for Mexico while making two starts in group play at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup … Scored the fourth goal of the match in the 77th minute in a 4-0 victory over South Africa … Also assisted on Mexico’s second goal of the match on an end-line cross to Andrea Sanchez in the 52nd minute to push the score to 2-0 … Scored Mexico’s only goal of the match in a 4-1 defeat at the hands of South Korea when she tied the score at 1-1 in the 37th minute … Her goal against South Korea was named by FIFA as one of the Top 10 goals scored during the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup … Helped guide the U-17 Mexican Women’s National Team to an appearance at the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup with a second-place finish at the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championships in Costa Rica … Came off the bench to score Mexico’s fifth goal of the match in the 84th minute in a 6-0 win over Panama in round-robin play at the CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championships … Earned a start in each of Mexico’s matches in a 3-1 win over Costa Rica in the semifinal and a 1-0 defeat to Canada in the final at the 2010 CONCACAF U-17 Women’s Championships … Debuted with the U-17 Mexican Women’s National Team on Nov. 28, 2009 … Helped Mexico take first place in a Four Nations Tournament held in Trinidad & Tobago prior to the 2010 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup … Scored a goal against Canada in the Four Nations Tournament in Trinidad & Tobago in 2010 … Played club soccer for the University Tecnologico de Monterrey under the direction of head coach Alejandro Frias … Led University Tecnologico de Monterrey to first-place team finishes at both the 2009 Fair Play Championship and 2010 Torneo de la Amistad … Guided the club to a second-place team finish at the 2010 Torneo Apertura while being recognized as the best goal scorer in the tournament.

PERSONAL
Full name is Maria Fernanda Piña Gomez … Born on Dec. 17, 1993 … Parents Armando Piña and Consuelo Gomez … Has one older sister named Consuelo Piña … Maintained a sparkling 3.6 cumulative grade-point average during her prep career … Majoring in studio art with a concentration in photography.

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