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Majoring in communication studies with a concentration in speech and hearing science ... In her fourth season as UNC's starting goalkeeper ... A member of the U.S. National Team and the Under-23 team ... Is involved in ACC Outreach and the National Society of Speech, Language and Hearing 2001: As a junior, named second-team All-America and All-ACC ... Starting goalkeeper in all 21 games 2000: As a sophomore, named to the NFHCA All-America first team, a selection that distinguished her as the top collegiate goalkeeper in the country ... Was the only goalkeeper and one of just two sophomores named to the first team ... Also named All-Atlantic Coast Conference ... Shared ACC Player of the Week honors on Oct. 23, following UNC's 1-0 shutout of Maryland ... Played all 24 games as the team's only active goalkeeper 1999: As a freshman, took over as the Tar Heels' starting goalkeeper and emerged as one of the nation's top young players at her position ... Started 20 games and appeared in 21 ... Goals against average was 1.03 ... Allowed just 18 goals and totaled 8.5 shutouts 1998: Did not see action and counted the year as a redshirt season National/International: Traveled to South Africa with the Under-23 team in July and to England with the National Team in June ... In 2001, competed in the Junior World Cup in Argentina and the Korea Telecom Cup ... Helped the Under-21 team to a second-place finish at the 2000 Junior Pan Am Games ... Played for the championship-winning Southern Charm in the United Airlines USFHA summer league in 2000-02 ... Traveled to Argentina with the U.S. Under-20 team in February of '99 At Northern Lebanon High School in Fredericksburg, Pa.: Regional All-America goalkeeper ... Member of Lancaster/Lebanon All-Star team from 1995-97 and Lebanon all-county team in 1996 and '97 ... All-state and academic squad member as a senior ... Also played four years of softball, earning a Golden Glove Award at first base in 1996 ... Played two years of basketball at guard and sprinted on the varsity track team for one season Personal: Born Oct. 2, 1980, in Hershey, Pa. ... Daughter of Phap and Susan Tran ... Has one sister, Katy, who is a freshman on the UNC team More on Tran: Favorite pregame meal is breakfast out with family and friends and favorite postgame meal is her father's curry chicken and rice ... Favorite movie is any Jackie Chan movie ... Wears jersey No. 25 because it was the number worn by former UNC All-America Jana Withrow, now the goalkeepers coach for the team ... Loves butterflies and considers them her good luck charm ... If she could trade places with anyone for a day she'd pick Michael Jordan, "because I'd like to see how it is to be a legend in your sport and to have such great athletic ability" ... Says the word that best describes her on the field is "intense" and the word that best describes this year's team is "exciting" ... The people she most admires are her parents
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