Women's Soccer - 2005 Profile - Guilford College

Heather Ruggiero

Forward, Sr., 5-8, Lexington, MA

Ranks 10th among Guilford's career assists leaders... 2004:  Played mostly as a forward... scored the game-winning goals October 23 against Hollins and October 10 against regionally ranked Christopher Newport... ranked third on the team in scoring... 2003: Honorable mention All-ODAC selection. ranked fourth on the team in points, second in assists. her six assists stand ninth on Guilford's single-season chart. one of five players to start every match. Guilford went 6-1 when Ruggiero registered a point. scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Randolph-Macon, the Quakers' first over the Yellow Jackets since 1985. totaled a career-best four points in a win over Emory & Henry. 2002: Named the team's Freshman of the Year. notched her first college point with an assist against Peace. played mostly on defense due to a shortage of defenders... Personal: Two-time Academic All-ODAC pick. four-time member Guilford's Student-Athlete Honor Roll. played on the Quakers' 2003 lacrosse team. spent six weeks in Nicaragua during the summer of 2003 where she helped start a girls' soccer team. played soccer and lacrosse at Lexington H.S. born 9/8/82 in Norfolk, MA. daughter of Gary and Sandra Ruggiero. dean's list anthropology and life sciences double major.

Year MP/MS Goals Assists Pts Shots
2002 20/20 0 1 1 5
2003 20/20 5 6 16 33
2004 21/19 6 2 14 46
2005 22/19 9 5 23 31
Total 83/78 20 14 54 115