Kerry Abello Season 2021

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Named CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year (2020-21)...Named to three CoSIDA Academic All-America teams (2018, 2019, 2020-21)...Earned All-North region honors twice...Selected to All-Big Ten teams as a sophomore (2018), junior (2019) and graduate (2021)...Member of three Big Ten Championship teams...Won two Big Ten Tournament Championships...Named to three Academic All-Big Ten teams...Earned three Big Ten Distinguished Scholar honors. 

Season: 2021 (Fall): Started 20 games for the Nittany Lions. 2021 (Spring): Started 12 games for the Nittany Lions and the 10 at center back...Registered an assist in the season opener against. 2019: Finished third on the team with eight goals...Set a career-high with four points (2G) against Rutgers (10/3)...Netted final goal of NCAA first-round win over Stony Brook (11/15). 2018: Tied for the team lead with 19 points...Scored seven goals and finished with five assists. 2017: Appeared in 15 matches as a freshman. 

2021 Fall - Senior+ Season
Awards: Earned First Team All-Big Ten Honors... Named to the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team...Earned All-North Region First Team honor. 

Season: Started 20 games for the Nittany Lions.

At West Virginia (9/2): Netted first goal since 2019 in a 2-1 win. NC State (9/12): Assisted game winning goal in a 1-0 win. Northwestern (9/23): Netted one goal. Monmouth (11/12): Tallied one assist in a NCAA First Rounds win 3-1. At #11 USC (11/19): Tallied one assist in NCAA Second Round. 

2021 Spring - Senior Season
Awards: Named CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year, becoming the first women's soccer student-athlete in program history to earn the distinction...Earned first-team Academic All-America honors for the second time...Named Senior CLASS award second-team All-American...Selected as Big Ten Medal of Honor recipient...Named Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award winner...Named CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team...Earned third Big Ten Distinguished Scholar award...Member of Academic All-Big Ten for third year.

Season: Started 12 games for the Nittany Lions and the 10 at center back...Missed four games due to injury...Registered an assist in the season opener against Rutgers.  

at Rutgers (2/19): Recorded first assist of season. 

2019 - Junior Season
Awards: Named CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-American and CoSIDA Academic All-District...Tabbed Second-Team All-North Region...Earned First-Team All-Big Ten honors...Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Member of Academic All-Big Ten team for second year.

Season: Made 24 starts...Finished third on the team with eight goals...Added three assists...Finished fourth on the team in points (19)...Scored three game-winning goals against Long Beach State, Indiana and Illinois. 

Hofstra (8/25): Netted first goal of season in 6-0 win. at Long Beach State (8/30): Scored in second-straight game in 3-1 win. Michigan St. (9/22): Finished with three points (1G, 1A) in 5-1 win. Rutgers (10/3): Set career high with four points (2G).  at Indiana (10/10): Scored game-winning goal in 1-0 for head coach Erica Dambach's win No. 250. Illinois (10/17): Scored game-winning goal in 68th minute in 2-1 win. Stony Brook (11/15): Scored final goal in 3-1 in first round of NCAA Tournament. 

2018 – Sophomore Season 
Awards: Named Google Cloud Second-Team Academic All-American...Named Google Cloud Academic All-District II First Team...Honored on National Team of the Week (10/23)...Dubbed All-North Region Third Team...Tabbed as Third Team All-Big Ten...Named Big Ten Player of the Week (10/25)...Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors...Titled Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.

Season: Appeared in 23 games with 19 starts...Finished season tied for team lead with 19 points...Scored seven goals and tallied five assists...Notched game-winning goals against Maryland and Minnesota.

Duquesne (8/19): Recorded then-career-high three points (1G, 1A) and first career goal in a 6-0 win. at James Madison (8/30): Matched a career-high three points in 3-0 victory. Syracuse (9/6): Tied a career-high three points (1 G, 1 A) in a 4-0 win. Maryland (10/12): Scored game-winning goal in 1-0 win. Minnesota (10/21): Scored both goals in 2-0 victory.

2017 – Freshman Season
Season: Played in 15 matches.

BYU (8/18): Made debut in season opener and played 24 minutes. Hofstra (8/20): Played a season-high 45 minutes.

U.S. NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE
Traveled to Australia for training camp and three matches with U.S. U-18 WNT (July 2017)...Attended training camps with the U.S. U-19 WNT (June 2017, May 2017 & February 2017)...Rostered on U.S. Women’s National Team at the U-14, U-15, U-17, U-18, and U-19 levels...Played for the U.S. U-18 WNT at the 2016 Women’s International Cup in Ireland (Oct. 2016).

BEFORE PENN STATE
Ranked No.12 overall, and as the No.2 defender, in the 2017 class by TopDrawerSoccer...Named a three-time NSCAA All-American (2014-16)...Played club soccer for Eclipse Select...Played one year of high school soccer at Benet Academy.

PERSONAL
Full name is Kerry Margaret Abello...Daughter of Kim and Oscar Abello... Has two older sisters, Michelle and Stephanie, and one older brother, Michael..Earning degrees in science and Spanish...Enrolled in the Schreyer Honors College...Born on September 17, 1999, in Elmhurst, Illinois.

WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE
“I chose Penn State because of its high-end academics, competitive soccer program, and most importantly, the people surrounding the program who truly make Penn State what it is. I chose Penn State because it’s home.”