Shelby Craft Season 2019

CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Season: 2019: Appeared in nine games.

Game: Played a career-high 74 minutes in a 6-0 victory over Hofstra (8/25/19).

2019 - Freshman Season
Awards: Member of the 2019 Big Ten Tournament team.

Season: Appeared in nine games on the backline.

BEFORE PENN STATE
Played club soccer for FC Dallas...Served as team captain three times...Rostered with 2017 U-16 ECNL national championship team...Won 2017 ECNL Texas conference champions...Won 2018 DA Frontier Division championship...Finished as a quarterfinalist at the U17 development academy national championship tournament in 2018...Attended Lone Star High School...Named 2016 district Newcomer of the Year...Named 2016 Lone Star High School Newcomer of the Year...Named 2017 district Defensive Player of the Year...Named 2017 Lone Star High School Defensive MVP...Earned 2017 second-team All-State honors.

PERSONAL
Full name is Shelby Lynn Craft...Daughter of Chad and Jackie Craft...Has two older brothers, Coy and Bailey...Coy has seen time with FC Dallas as a midfielder...Majoring in biobehavioral health...Born on June 21, 2001, in Abingdon, Virginia.

WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE
“There are three main reasons I chose Penn State. The humility that not only the soccer program displays, but the entire school. At Penn State, it is more about earning success opposed to showing off success, and that is a quality that I found super intriguing. The second is the connection I felt when visiting State College for the first time. Almost instantly, I fell in love with the campus, the coaching staff and the program itself. The final reason is that I could envision myself playing with the girls on Jeffrey every week, being taught by the best coaching staff in the nation, and being a part of a program that is not only going to improve my ability as a soccer player, but also my build my character as a person.”