Mariel "Mia" Margaret Hamm

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Position: Forward
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High School: Notre Dame High School and Lake Braddock Secondary School
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College: Universit of North Carolina Graduated in May 1994 with a degree in political science.
Married: Christian Corry, a Marine Corp pilot
First USA Appearance: Aug. 3, 1987, vs. China
First US Goal: July 25, 1990, vs. Norway.

National Team Stats

The world's leading goal scorer. She broke the all-time international scoring record, for men and women, on May 16, 1999, against Brazil in Orlando, Fla. with her 108th career goal
Is the second most caped player in the world, only behind Kristine Lilly.
Appeared in the 1991, 1995 and 1999 Women's world cup where the team finished first, thrid and first.
Scored three goals in the 1999 Women's World Cup but two were game winners.
She put the ball in the back of the net from her penalty kick when the game remained tied after overtime. This despite not wanting to.
Named to the All-Women's World Cup Team.
She was present during both the 1996 and 2000 Olympic games where the US came home with gold and silver medal.
She had scored 51 goals in her 63 matches from 1993 to 1997.
Has been named U.S. Soccer's Chevrolet Female Athlete of the Year five years in a row from 1994-1998.
Ended 1999 as the world's all-time leading scorer with 114 goals and 93 career assists for 321 points.
In 1999 she appeared in 26 national team matches scoring 13 goals and 16 assists, the most on the team that year.
In 1998 she finished with 20 goals and 20 assists.
Made more soccer history on Sept. 18, 1998,when she scored her 100th career goal in a 4-0 victory over Russia, becoming just the third player to do so.
Scored five of the teams 7 goals to lead the US to it's first-ever Goodwill Games gold medal. She scored both goals in the 2-0 final over China
In 1998 she recorded her 8th and 9th career hat tricks in internatinal play.
Led the team in scoring three years in a row, with 19 goals and 18 assists in 1995, nine goals and 18 assists in 1996, and 18 goals and six assists in 16 games in 1997.
Named MVP of U.S. Women's Cup in 1997, scoring six goals, three of them against Canada.
In the 1996 Olympics Hamm scored one goal and ended up spraining her ankle in the first game, but continued to play.
Named MVP of U.S. Women's Cup '95, when she scored three goals from free kicks.
At the 1995 World Cup she scored twice playing in all five US games for a thrid place finish. She had the opprotunity to play Keeper after Scurry was ejected, and the US had no subs remaining.
The youngest member of the 1991 Women's World Cup team at 19, she started five of six games and scored a pair of goals.
The youngest woman ever to play with the USA at the age of 15.

WUSA Stats

A founding player and Captain of Washington Freedom

University of North Carolina

In 1994 her UNC jersey number, 19 was retired.
Named to Soccer America's College Team of the Decade for the 1990's.
Won the Missouri Athletic Club and Hermann Award twice in 1992 and 1993.
A member of the four time NCAA championship soccer team from the University of North Carolina, winning in 1989, 90, 92 and 93.
Three-time NSCAA All-American.
Recorded 103 goals, 72 assists and 278 points at UNC where she is the ACC all time leading scorer.
She won the NCAA's Broderick Award in 93/94. Given to the top athlete in all female college sports.

High School Stats

NSCAA All-American while at Lake Braddock Secondary School

Misc

In 1997 was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People magazine.
Featured on the cover of the second-ever Sports Illustrated for Women.
Named the Women's Sports Foundation Athlete of the Year in 1997.
Won the 1998 ESPY Award for Outstanding Female Athlete.
In 1999 she started the Mia Hamm Foundation to benefit Bone Marrow Research.
Nike named their largest building at their Beaverton, Ore World Headquaters after her in 1999.
Wrote the soccer book: Go for the Goal: A Champions Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life

Other US National Team Members

Julie Foudy #11 Kristine Lilly #13 Tiffeny Milbrett #16 Shannon MacMillan #8

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