2017 Women's Soccer Roster
Stratton, Amanda
Jersey Number 13
Amanda Stratton
- Position:
- D
- Class:
- Senior
- Major:
- Bioengineering
- Hometown:
- Dublin, Ohio
- High School:
- Dublin Coffman
Bio
WHY LEHIGH? “I chose Lehigh for the combination of great athletics and great academics. The team and coaching staff were so inviting and made me feel right at home, not to mention the campus is beautiful and the engineering program is one of the best in the country.”
AS A SENIOR (2017): Started all 18 games as a staple in Lehigh’s backfield … Posted three points on the season via first-career goal and an assist … Fired five shots, three on goal … Named a third team All-Patriot League honoree … Part of a Mountain Hawks’ defense which allowed 12 goals in 18 games, the exact same mark as the year prior … Lehigh’s 0.67 GAA led the Patriot League and its 12 goals allowed were six fewer than anyone else in the league … Lehigh pitched nine shutouts to increase its total to 21 since the beginning of 2016, among the best marks in the nation and just one shy of the most combined shutouts in consecutive seasons in program history (22 from 2004-05) … Pitched league shutouts against Army West Point, Boston University, American, Lafayette, Loyola and Holy Cross … Named the team’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for third consecutive season … Was also a CoSIDA Academic All-Region honoree … Had two shots, one on goal at UMBC (9/18) … Assisted the game’s first goal, fired a shot and made a huge defensive play on the goal line in the final minutes to preserve 2-1 road win at St. John’s (9/10) … Scored first-career goal at Delaware (9/3) … Fired a shot on goal in season opener vs. Monmouth (8/18).
AS A JUNIOR (2016): Played in all 18 games, with five starts, playing primarily defensive midfield … Fired three shots, two on goal … Named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team … For a second straight year, earned the team's Scholar-Athlete Award at annual end-of-season banquet ... Key member of a defense which began the season with eight straight shutouts and posted a shutout streak of 832:31 dating back to the 2015 season … Mountain Hawks were the last team in the nation to allow a goal this season … Ended the season with 12 shutouts, allowing just 12 goals in 18 games (Patriot League best 0.67 per game) … Started Patriot League games at Colgate (9/24), vs. Army West Point (10/1) and at Loyola (10/8) … Made first start of season against Temple (9/20) while also starting vs. Princeton (10/4).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015): Played in all 18 games, with 17 starts, as a staple on defense … Part of a back line, which finished the season with six shutouts, allowing just 1.28 goals per game … Tallied two assists, six shots and three shots on goal for the season … Earned the team’s Scholar-Athlete Award at annual end-of-season banquet … Fired two shots vs. Lafayette (10/21) … Had a shot on goal in historic win at Penn (10/5) … Tallied two shots, one on goal, in the Patriot League opener vs. Holy Cross (9/19) … Dished an assist in dominant 4-0 win at Binghamton (8/30) … Had an assist in 7-0 season-opening victory against Mount St. Mary’s (8/21).
AS A FRESHMAN (2014): Saw action in 15 games with 13 starts as a key member of the Lehigh defense … Defense held opponents to just 16 goals in 16 games including just six in nine Patriot League games … Mountain Hawks finished with six shutouts for the season … Tallied an assist and three shots (all on goal) for the season … Had first-career point (an assist) in win at archrival Lafayette (10/1) … Fired a shot on goal at Bucknell (9/26) … Posted two shots on goal in collegiate debut during season opener vs. Binghamton (8/24) … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Four-year letterwinner for Dublin Coffman High School … Helped lead the Shamrocks to three consecutive Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) championships … Stellar senior year as team captain … Member of This Week’s Super 12 Team … School record for fewest goals allowed in high school regular season in 2012 and 2013 (two goals) … As a junior, helped the Lady Rocks tie a school record for least goals against in a season and become only the second girls' soccer team in Coffman history to go undefeated … Recognized by the OCC the past three seasons with an All-Conference second team nod as a sophomore and first team honors as a junior and senior .... Also received All-District honors the past two seasons … Garnered All-Ohio second team and All-City "Super 12" first team accolades in senior campaign … Ten-year member of Ohio Premier Soccer Club, which competes in the ECNL, and is coached by Matt Ogden and Chris King … Squad qualified for the 2013 ECNL National Championship … Also a three-year member of Ohio's Olympic Development Program state team … Honor roll student, a member of National Honor Society and a four-year participant in Coffman's Student Council … Graduated Summa Cum Laude as Dublin Coffman’s Valedictorian … Garnered the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award.
CAREER STATISTICS
GETTING TO KNOW AMANDA
Nickname: Stratton/Stratt
What’s your favorite thing about Lehigh? I love the campus and the library is amazing.
Major & Why: Bioengineering because I love math and science and I eventually would like to go to medical school.
Favorite Place on Campus: Library
Favorite Food: Popcorn and fried pickles
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Musical Artist: Mumford and Sons
Favorite Movie: The Harry Potter Series
Favorite TV Show: Grey’s Anatomy and Gossip Girl
Favorite Website: YouTube
Favorite Sports Broadcaster: Kirk Herbstreit
Favorite Pro Team: Columbus Blue Jackets
Favorite Athlete In Another Sport: Michael Phelps
Hobbies: Swimming, Reading, Basketball
Magazine Cover I'd Like To Be On: Sports Illustrated
Place I'd Like To Visit: Spain
Talent I’d Most Like To Have: To be able to dance or sing
Dream Job: Cardiac Surgeon
I Wear My Jersey Number Because: I like odd numbers and any number with a 3 in it is a lucky number for me.
If I Didn't Play Soccer, I Would Play: Basketball
If I Had $1 Billion, I Would: Travel the world
AS A SENIOR (2017): Started all 18 games as a staple in Lehigh’s backfield … Posted three points on the season via first-career goal and an assist … Fired five shots, three on goal … Named a third team All-Patriot League honoree … Part of a Mountain Hawks’ defense which allowed 12 goals in 18 games, the exact same mark as the year prior … Lehigh’s 0.67 GAA led the Patriot League and its 12 goals allowed were six fewer than anyone else in the league … Lehigh pitched nine shutouts to increase its total to 21 since the beginning of 2016, among the best marks in the nation and just one shy of the most combined shutouts in consecutive seasons in program history (22 from 2004-05) … Pitched league shutouts against Army West Point, Boston University, American, Lafayette, Loyola and Holy Cross … Named the team’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year for third consecutive season … Was also a CoSIDA Academic All-Region honoree … Had two shots, one on goal at UMBC (9/18) … Assisted the game’s first goal, fired a shot and made a huge defensive play on the goal line in the final minutes to preserve 2-1 road win at St. John’s (9/10) … Scored first-career goal at Delaware (9/3) … Fired a shot on goal in season opener vs. Monmouth (8/18).
AS A JUNIOR (2016): Played in all 18 games, with five starts, playing primarily defensive midfield … Fired three shots, two on goal … Named to the Academic All-Patriot League Team … For a second straight year, earned the team's Scholar-Athlete Award at annual end-of-season banquet ... Key member of a defense which began the season with eight straight shutouts and posted a shutout streak of 832:31 dating back to the 2015 season … Mountain Hawks were the last team in the nation to allow a goal this season … Ended the season with 12 shutouts, allowing just 12 goals in 18 games (Patriot League best 0.67 per game) … Started Patriot League games at Colgate (9/24), vs. Army West Point (10/1) and at Loyola (10/8) … Made first start of season against Temple (9/20) while also starting vs. Princeton (10/4).
AS A SOPHOMORE (2015): Played in all 18 games, with 17 starts, as a staple on defense … Part of a back line, which finished the season with six shutouts, allowing just 1.28 goals per game … Tallied two assists, six shots and three shots on goal for the season … Earned the team’s Scholar-Athlete Award at annual end-of-season banquet … Fired two shots vs. Lafayette (10/21) … Had a shot on goal in historic win at Penn (10/5) … Tallied two shots, one on goal, in the Patriot League opener vs. Holy Cross (9/19) … Dished an assist in dominant 4-0 win at Binghamton (8/30) … Had an assist in 7-0 season-opening victory against Mount St. Mary’s (8/21).
AS A FRESHMAN (2014): Saw action in 15 games with 13 starts as a key member of the Lehigh defense … Defense held opponents to just 16 goals in 16 games including just six in nine Patriot League games … Mountain Hawks finished with six shutouts for the season … Tallied an assist and three shots (all on goal) for the season … Had first-career point (an assist) in win at archrival Lafayette (10/1) … Fired a shot on goal at Bucknell (9/26) … Posted two shots on goal in collegiate debut during season opener vs. Binghamton (8/24) … Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
BEFORE LEHIGH: Four-year letterwinner for Dublin Coffman High School … Helped lead the Shamrocks to three consecutive Ohio Cardinal Conference (OCC) championships … Stellar senior year as team captain … Member of This Week’s Super 12 Team … School record for fewest goals allowed in high school regular season in 2012 and 2013 (two goals) … As a junior, helped the Lady Rocks tie a school record for least goals against in a season and become only the second girls' soccer team in Coffman history to go undefeated … Recognized by the OCC the past three seasons with an All-Conference second team nod as a sophomore and first team honors as a junior and senior .... Also received All-District honors the past two seasons … Garnered All-Ohio second team and All-City "Super 12" first team accolades in senior campaign … Ten-year member of Ohio Premier Soccer Club, which competes in the ECNL, and is coached by Matt Ogden and Chris King … Squad qualified for the 2013 ECNL National Championship … Also a three-year member of Ohio's Olympic Development Program state team … Honor roll student, a member of National Honor Society and a four-year participant in Coffman's Student Council … Graduated Summa Cum Laude as Dublin Coffman’s Valedictorian … Garnered the U.S. Army Reserve National Scholar-Athlete Award.
CAREER STATISTICS
| Season | GP-GS | G | A | Pts. | Sh. | Shot% | SOG | SOG% | GW | PK-Att |
| 2014 | 15-13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 3 | 1.000 | 0 | 0-0 |
| 2015 | 18-17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | .000 | 3 | .500 | 0 | 0-0 |
| 2016 | 18-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 0-0 |
| 2017 | 18-18 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .200 | 3 | .600 | 0 | 0-0 |
| Totals | 69-53 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 17 | .059 | 11 | .647 | 0 | 0-0 |
GETTING TO KNOW AMANDA
Nickname: Stratton/Stratt
What’s your favorite thing about Lehigh? I love the campus and the library is amazing.
Major & Why: Bioengineering because I love math and science and I eventually would like to go to medical school.
Favorite Place on Campus: Library
Favorite Food: Popcorn and fried pickles
Favorite Color: Blue
Favorite Musical Artist: Mumford and Sons
Favorite Movie: The Harry Potter Series
Favorite TV Show: Grey’s Anatomy and Gossip Girl
Favorite Website: YouTube
Favorite Sports Broadcaster: Kirk Herbstreit
Favorite Pro Team: Columbus Blue Jackets
Favorite Athlete In Another Sport: Michael Phelps
Hobbies: Swimming, Reading, Basketball
Magazine Cover I'd Like To Be On: Sports Illustrated
Place I'd Like To Visit: Spain
Talent I’d Most Like To Have: To be able to dance or sing
Dream Job: Cardiac Surgeon
I Wear My Jersey Number Because: I like odd numbers and any number with a 3 in it is a lucky number for me.
If I Didn't Play Soccer, I Would Play: Basketball
If I Had $1 Billion, I Would: Travel the world
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