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Illinois State University Athletics

2020 Soccer Roster

Dennis Banks
David Freeborg

22 Abby Basler

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-1
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Ursuline Academy (Kolping St. Louis/Elite Girls Academy)
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.

Biography

 
Career Highlights
2x All-MVC First Team ('18, '20)
2x MVC All-Tournament Team ('18, '20)
2x MVC Scholar-Athlete Team ('18, '20)
4x MVC Player of the Week
2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District Team
2019 All-MVC Honorable Mention

 

2020-21: All-MVC First Team ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team ... 2x MVC Offensive Player of the Week (Feb. 23, Mar. 9) ...  CoSIDA  Academic All-District Team ... started in all 12 games and played in all but five minutes the entire season, logging 1,108 minutes on the pitch ... netted four goals and added three assists to bring her to 11 points on the season ... took 43 shots, putting 20 on frame (.465 SOG%) ... led the team in nearly every offensive category including goals, assists, points, shots and shots on goal ... had two goals in ISU's 3-0 win over Missouri State (Mar. 5) ... had a three-game stretch in which she added a point in each game (tallied assists at Loyola Chicago (Mar. 21) and at Southern Illinois (Apr. 3), scoring the second goal in ISU's 2-0 victory over UNI at home on Mar. 25) ... one of her four goals was a gamewinner ... converted ISU's first penalty kick in its MVC quarterfinal match vs. UNI, helping the Redbirds advance to the semifinals on the shootout, 3-0 ... concluded her Redbird career in several of ISU's top-10 lists, ranked sixth in career assists (16), eighth in total points (52) and ninth in career goals (18).

2019: All-MVC Honorable Mention ... MVC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 22) ... started and played in 17 games this season ... played over 1000 minutes, averaging 70 minutes per game ... tallied four goals and six assists, bringing her to 14 points on the season ... took 35 shots, placing 20 on goal (.571 SOG%) ... recorded her second career hat-trick at North Florida on Sept. 20, also adding an assist in that game ... assisted on the second goal in the 4-3 overtime win at Missouri State in the MVC Tournament semifinals ... converted on her only penalty kick.

2018: All-MVC First Team ... MVC Scholar-Athlete Team Honorable Mention ... MVC All-Tournament Team ... MVC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 22) ... MVC Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award ... started in all 21 matches for the Redbirds ... finished with a team-high five goals, leading the team with four assists as well ... had a brace on Oct. 21 in Evansville, the second multi-goal game of her career.

2017: Redshirt

2016:  Appeared in all 23 matches with eight starts ... recorded her first career goal against Eastern Illinois Aug. 28 ... tied for third on the team with five goals ... recorded three assists ... had a hat trick at Chicago State on Oct. 1 ... played 1,233 minutes with a season high 91 minutes at Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Ursuline Academy: Four-year starter for head coach Annie Beekman … named team MVP the past three seasons, including her freshman season, which made her the first freshman to ever win the award … Ursuline's leading scorer each of the past three seasons with career totals of 33 goals and 27 assists … named MWAA All-Conference First-Team 2013-15 … first-team all-city, all-district and all-region 2013-15...named to Class 3 all-state second-team in 2013 and 2014 … named to Class 3 all-state first-team in 2015 … played club soccer for head coach Tony Schmitt at Kolping St. Louis and for head coach Marcus Kelcher at Elite Girls Academy … member of National Honor Society and president of the Mu Alpha Theta Math Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Dan and Julie Basler … has three siblings (Brett, Sarah and Luke) ... majoring in Elementary Education.

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Historical Player Information

  • 22

    2016Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    22
  • 22

    2017Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    22
  • 22

    2018Redshirt Sophomore

    Midfield
    5'1"
    22
  • 22

    2019Junior

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    22
  • 22

    2020-21Redshirt Senior

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    22