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  Mariella Romano

Mariella Romano

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Whitestone, N.Y.

High School:
Townsend Harris

Height:
5-3

Position:
MF

Birthdate:
08/10/1990

Club Team:
Rockville Centre Royals

2008: Was the lone freshman to appear in all 20 games for Fordham... Made 13 starts in the midfield, registering a goal and four assists... Had a pair of assists in a win over Saint Louis (9/28)... Scored her first collegiate goal at Saint Joseph's (10/17)... Had one assist in games at Dayton (10/31) and at Xavier (11/2)... Named to the 2008 Atlantic 10 All-Championship team... Preseason Atlantic 10 All-Rookie team selection.

Before Fordham: Four-year varsity soccer player at Townsend Harris High School... Earned Rookie of the Year honors in 2004 and the Coaches Award in 2005... Played club soccer for the Long Island Rough Riders, helping them to three straight league championships from 2004-06, and currently plays for the Rockville Centre Royals... Member of NYS ODP from 2003-07... Selected to the Region 1 Team four times (2003-04, 2006-07), and was a part of the National Team Event Invite in Boca Raton, Florida in 2005... Member of the Super Y-League National Pool from 2004-06... Also ran cross country and track in high school... Earned a National Merit Scholarship and was Honorable Merit Summa Cum Laude in Latin.

Personal: Majoring in Biological Sciences... Has one brother who also attends Fordham.