2011: NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Third-Team
selection...Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year...All-MVC First-Team
honoree...MVC Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25)...MVC Scholar-Athlete Team
selection...started all 19 games at defender...led the ISU defensive unit to six shutouts
and a 1.14 goals against average...recorded her only point of the season on an assist in a
5-0 win over Missouri State in the championship match of the State Farm MVC Tournament
(Nov. 6).
2010: All-Missouri Valley Conference First-Team selection...started all
18 games and was responsible for marking the opposing team's best offensive player...led
the Illinois State defense to four shutouts and a 1.18 goals against average.
2009: Appeared in all 20 games on the season, recording 22 shots and
one assist...ranked seventh in the Missouri Valley Conference for shots in conference play
with 15...recorded her first assist of the season against Indiana State (Oct. 3) in
Illinois State's first conference win of 2009.
2008: All-Valley Freshman Team selection ... appeared in 20 games with
14 starts ... recorded four points on one goal and two assists ... recorded her
first-career assist in the season-opener against IPFW (8/22) ... recorded an assist against
Missouri State (10/26) ... scored her first-career goal against Eastern Illinois
(10/29).
Prior to ISU: Four-year starter at A.B. Lucas Secondary School and team
captain her senior year ... helped the Vikings to a 32-8 record in her four years ... won
two provincial and two city championships ... two-time team MVP ... received the SPECRTA
Award, given for athletic and academic excellence, as a senior ... played club soccer for
the London City Supernova ... team captain since 1999 ... won the Canadian U16 National
Championship in 2004 and 2006 ... teamed with current Redbird teammate Emily Fiddy on the
2006 squad ... two-time provincial champions ... trained at the Canadian National Training
Center from 2006-07.
Personal: Natalie A. McCabe ... born on April 25, 1990 ... daughter of
David McCabe and Linda Marnigh ... majoring in business.
