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Concussions End Flossmoor Soccer Star's Sports Career
Former H-F High School student Emily Oliver is ranked as one of the best college goalies of all time.
Record-setting Stanford senior goalie Emily Oliver of Flossmoor will have to end her college soccer career prematurely, reports the Chicago Tribune.
The 2011 All-America former Homewood-Flossmoor High School student sustained the most recent of many concussions during an Aug. 31 game against Portland. Her career now ends with a school-record goals-against average of 0.36, compared to the previous 2004 Stanford record of 0.45. She also finished no. 3 on the all-time NCAA Division I list, according to the Tribune.
Incredibly, Oliver has yet to lose a regular-season match.
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“To have her career cut short … it’s sad,” Stanford goalie coach Jay Cooney said in a Chicago Tribune report. “But we’re really trying to celebrate what she did in the three-plus years she was able to play, and it’s been remarkable. She set the benchmark for everyone on her team and the players to follow.”
You can read more on the Chicago Tribune's website.
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