Returning 3-year starter on the midfield line where she has played 49 games with 48 starts during that time… Has also been one of the Florida Southern athletic department’s top academic performers throughout her career.

As a junior (2013)… NCAA Division II Academic Achievement Award Winner… Capital One Academic All-District Team... Sunshine State Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Florida Southern Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award winner for women’s soccer for the second year in a row… One of seven Moccasins to start all 20 games… Both of her assists came on crucial late-season goals against conference opponents… Helped start the Mocs’ comeback from a 2-0 deficit in the final 30 minutes against Lynn, with the game eventually ending in a 3-3 tie (Oct. 26)… Assisted Kira Rainbow’s overtime goal in the first round of the SSC Tournament that beat #14 Tampa, 1-0 (Nov. 5)… Took a career-high six shots in a 1-0 loss at Eckerd (Oct. 8)… Turned in her best defensive effort of the season by dominating the game in 0-0 tie with top-ranked West Florida (Sept. 15)… Had similar efforts in a 2-1 non-conference win over Saint Leo (Sept. 18) and another 0-0 tie with Webber International (Sept. 24)… Averaged 80 minutes per match.

As a sophomore (2012)… NCAA Division II Academic Achievement Award Winner… SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Florida Southern Athletic Director’s Scholar-Athlete Award winner for women’s soccer… Started all 14 games in which she played, missing four games early in the season due to injury… Averaged 67 minutes per match… Assisted the game-tying goal early in the second half of a 1-1 tie at Lynn (Oct. 6)… Assisted the final goal in the 84th minute to seal the Mocs’ 3-1 win over Eckerd (10/13)… Also stood out on defense in that match with a pair of big clearances on late corner kicks that protected a one-goal lead at the time… Clinched the penalty kick tie-breaker against Lynn in the first round of the SSC Tournament after playing one of her best games of the season throughout regulation and overtime (Oct. 30)… Had two shots saved by defenders in a 1-0 loss at Barry (Oct. 17)… Defensively, helped the Mocs post a 1.16 goals against average.

As a freshman (2011)… SSC Commissioner’s Honor Roll… Started all but one game as a midfielder for the Moccasins, coming off the bench in only the season finale against Rollins when Florida Southern started its entire senior class… Led the team’s freshmen in minutes played and starts… Tied for second on the team with three assists… Picked up two of those assists in back-to-back games against Armstrong Atlantic (Sept. 4) and Palm Beach Atlantic (Sept. 9)… Also helped the Moccasin defense record three shutouts and a 1.10 goals against average… Averaged 76 minutes per match.

In high school… 2011 graduate of Vero Beach High School where she played four years for coach Jose Gibert… Selected All-Region by the NSCAA as a senior and was a 3-time All-State selection… Led the Indians to the Class 6A state championship game as a senior captain, where the Indians fell to Oviedo in penalty kicks… Scored seven goals with 16 assists on the season… Team won its first district and regional championship… Had 13 goals and 12 assists as a junior when she was First Team All-State, first team all-area and all-region, team captain and team MVP… Scored seven goals with nine assists as a sophomore when she was Second Team All-State, first team all-area, the team’s midfield player-of-the-year, and co-MVP… Won all of those awards after missing her freshman year due to a knee injury… Graduated with honors in the top 5% of her class… National Honor Society member… Played her club soccer for IRSA from 2002-07 (coached by Marty Rasmussen and Scott Deal), and for Melbourne Beach Tsunami/MEGU from 2008-11 (coached by Adrian Moo and Julie Williammee)… Club teammate of fellow Moccasin sophomore Kirra Rainbow.

Extra... Born 3/26/93… Daughter of Ray and Denise Metz… The third of five children in the family with two younger brothers (Matt and Sam), one older brother (Mark) and one older sister (Amanda)… Grandmother, Linda, also attended Florida Southern in the 1950’s… Three of her former teammates went on to sign with SSC rival Nova Southeastern (Melissa Madden, Shadia Blair, and Kaitlyn Cauffman)… Biology major with a minor in Chemistry.