#29 Taylor Klawunder 2016-17 Women's Soccer Roster

HIGHLIGHTS:

• 2016 NSCAA All-Southeast Region Third Team
  
• 2016 NSCAA Scholar All-North/Central Region Second Team
  
• 2016 All-ACC Third Team
  
• 2016 All-ACC Academic Team

AS A SENIOR:

• Appeared in 22 games and scored one goal

AS A JUNIOR:

• Appeared in all 21 games for the Irish, starting 20
• Amassed 1,826 minutes of playing time
• Scored two goals, her first in the home opener against Wright State to give Notre Dame a 3-0 lead (Aug. 19)
• Had eight shots on goal and 19 shots total
• Earned a monogram

AS A SOPHOMORE:

• Appeared in 18 games for the Irish, making nine starts
• Came into the season as a key reserve in the midfield, but quickly stepped into the starting role for injured starter Glory Williams during the meat of the conference season
• Scored first goal of the season in Notre Dame’s 6-0 win over Valparaiso (8/21/15)
• Added her second goal of the season against Toledo (8/23/15)
• Assisted on Natalie Jacobs’ game-winning goal against Michigan (9/13/15)
• Tagged the game-winning goal in the squad’s 2-0 victory over Boston College (10/11/15), joining twin Kaitlin on the score sheet to become the first set of sisters in program history to score a goal in the same game
• Earned a monogram

AS A FRESHMAN:

• Played in 21 matches and started in eight of them
• Played for a total of 1,006 minutes
• Played the full 90 against No. 16 Santa Clara and in the third round of the NCAA Championship against No. 5 Texas A&M
• Notched two goals this season against Illinois (1) and No. 9 North Carolina (1)
• Averaged 0.62 shots per game with total of six shots on goal
• Earned a monogram

ODP/CLUB TEAM HIGHLIGHTS:

• Appeared with the Cal South ODP Team from 2009-13
• Member of the 2012 and 2013 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP National Champions G96 (Cal South Team)
• Competed in both the 2011 and 2012 ODP Thanksgiving Interregional Tournament G96 (Region IV Team), and took part in 2011 ODP National Camp G96
• Was selected to the 2011 and 2012 ECNL Los Angeles Player Development Program (PDP)
• Tabbed to the 2010, 2012 and 2013 First Team All Tournament Team G96 at the Region IV ODP Championships
• The Cal South Team was four-time (2010-13) Region IV ODP Regional Champions G96
• Took part in the 2008 Cal South Young Olympian Program
• Has played on the club level with the So Cal Blues since 2005
• Member of the 2012 Puma USA Cup U-16 vElite and Players Showcase U-16 championship squads with the Blues
• Team finished as the U-15 finalist at the 2011 Far West Regional Championships
• Was a part of four Blues Cup Championship teams (2006, 2007, 2011 and 2013)
• Second Team Trinity League (2013)
• Santa Margarita MVP (2012)
• First Team Trinity League (2012)
• Second Team all-CIF-SS Division I (2012)
• Member of CIF Southern California Division II championship team (2012)
• CIF-SS Division I semifinalist (2011 & 2012)
• Three-time Trinity League champions (2011-13)
• College Board AP Scholar with Honor (2013)
• Ranked No. 70 in the 2014 Top Drawer Soccer Girls IMG Academy 150 player ratings (four-star ranking; No. 11 in Southern California Region; No. 23 among all midfielders nationally)

PREP & PERSONAL:

• Graduated from Santa Margarita Catholic High School in Santa Margarita, Calif.
• Four-year letterwinner
• Daughter of Nina and Bernd Klawunder
• Last name is pronounced CLAW-vunder
• Has twin sister, Kaitlin, who also plays for the Irish
• One of two sets of twins (along with Monica and Sabrina Flores) in their Notre Dame class (the first twins ever to play for the Fighting Irish)
• Part of first set of sisters to appear on Notre Dame women’s soccer roster in same season since 2001 (Kelly and Kate Tulisiak, who were the only sisters in program history to play for the Fighting Irish before the 2014 pair of twins)
• Enjoys the beach and painting
• Enrolled in the Mendoza College of Business

T. Klawunder’s Career Statistics