Athletics success at Illinois State is broad-based. With 19 intercollegiate sports, the Redbird program constitutes one of the largest in the Midwest. With 142 league titles since 1982, it also represents one of the most successful. Read More [+]
By winning the 2010 Valley All-Sports Trophy, the Redbirds have finished in the top-five of the Valley's All-Sports race for 28-straight years and have won the award in two of the last three seasons. Read More [+]
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2011: NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Second-Team selection...All-MVC First Team honoree...MVC Elite 18 Award winner, awarded to the player with the highest GPA in a Valley Championship...MVC Scholar-Athlete Team honoree...named to the CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-District V Second Team...State Farm MVC Good Neighor Award recipient...MVC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 18)...started all 19 games, recording 19 points on five goals and nine assists...her nine assists were the second-most in a single season at ISU...tallied a season-high four points on two goals at Indiana State (Oct. 14)...recorded a season-high two assists against Missouri State in the championship match of the State Farm MVC Tournament (Nov. 6)...tallied nine points in a five-game span from Oct. 4 to Oct. 27.
2010: All-Missouri Valley Conference Honorable Mention...All-MVC Freshman Team selection...appeared in 15 games, making 13 starts after missing time due to an injury she suffered against Iowa State...netted her first collegiate goal, a game-winner, against DePaul (Aug. 29)...recorded her first-career assist in ISU's 2-1 win over Kansas (Sept. 5)...tallied the game-winner in a 1-0 win at Northern Illinois (Sept. 10)...recorded five points in a three-game span before suffering an injury...provided an assist on the game-tying goal in the Redbirds' State Farm MVC Tournament semifinal game against Missouri State (Nov. 5).
Prior to ISU: Four-year starter at Portage Northern ... three-time all-conference, all-district, all-region and all-state honors (2007, 2008, 2009) ... nominated team MVP (2008, 2009) ... first-team all-state (2008, 2009) ... team was district champions in 2007 and 2008 ... team was regional champions in 2008 ... member and team captain of club soccer in 2009 ... team was 2009 State Cup semi-finalists ... Regional League D2 Champions (2009) ... attended 2008 Thanksgiving Interregional with Region II ODP team ... member of Kalamazoo Outrage W-League team ... she also participated in basketball and golf in high school ... she received highest honors with a 4.5 weighted grade-point-average ... member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Anna Marie Stinson ... born Feb. 6, 1992 ... daughter of Edward and Marjorie Stinson ... her mother participated in track and basketball at Hope ... her father played baseball, football and golf at Hope ... major: exercise science.