2011: Played and started in 18 matches during her senior season after sitting out the opening two with an injury ... Played 1,555 minutes on the season, the fourth-highest total on the team ... Played 90 or more minutes in 15 matches ... Took two shots on the season, both against New Mexico State on Sept. 11 ... Anchored a Trojan defense that lowered its goals-against average to 1.73 on the season, down from 2.34 in 2010.

2010: Played in and started all 20 games for the Trojans in her junior season ... Logged a team-high 1799 minutes on the year, including 18 games in which she played 90 or more minutes ... Totaled three shots on the year ... Voted Defensive Player of the Year by her coaches and teammates.

2009: As a defender, appeared in all 22 games while making six starts ... Took two shots on the year, with one on goal ... Recorded one assist in a 2-0 win over UAPB on Sept. 9.

2008: A defender that played and started all 21 games as a true freshman ... Played a team-high 1,858 minutes on the year including playing every minute in 16 games ... Recorded 110 minutes of action twice this season with the first coming on Sep. 9 against Northwestern State and again on Oct. 31 in a 0-0 tie against Arkansas State ... Scored one goal on the year on Sep. 9 in a 3-3 tie with Northwestern State ... Had 10 shots with five being on goal ... Helped a Trojan defense improve their goals against average to 1.44, compared to 1.77 the previous season.

High School: Helped lead La Cueva to three-consecutive New Mexico state championship games, with the Bears winning the state title during her freshman and junior seasons (2004 and 2006) ... As a senior, she led La Cueva to the state semifinals and earned 5A District 2 Player of the Year honors ... A two-time All-State selection (2005 and 2007) ... Named to the All-District Team three-consecutive years (2005-07) and the All-Metro team her junior and senior seasons ... Played at La Cueva under head coach Amber Ashcraft ... Spent the past five seasons as a team captain with the Rio Vista Soccer Club, helping head coach Jason Moran's squad to four-straight state titles ... Rio Vista advanced to the quarterfinals of the Region IV Championships on multiple occasions and made it to the semi-finals in 2005 ... Participated in the New Mexico ODP Program for six years, and was a N.M. State ODP Champion and a member of the traveling team in 2005 and 2006 ... Also attended Region Camp in Idaho in 2004 and 2005 ... A member of the National Honor Society, DECA (business and marketing club) and the Young Life Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Personal: Born March 4, 1990 in Albuquerque, N.M. ... Daughter of Larry and Kathy Tafoya ... Has one brother ... Plans to major in biology.