ACADEMIC ALL-BIG TEN (2016)
2016
Academic All-Big Ten...Made appearances in nine games during the 2016 season...Played a season-high 57 minutes against San Diego State (9/9).
2015
Played in nine matches...Recorded a season-high 27 minutes against Indiana (10/11) and Illinois (11/1).
BEFORE PENN STATE
Invited to the U.S. U-18 Women’s National Team training camp in August 2013...Earned three letters for Phoenixville Area...Two-time team captain...Phoenixville Area career assists leader (32)...Recorded 24 points her senior season when the team won the PAC-10 Frontier Division Championship and was a PIAA District 1 AA Finalist...All-Pennsylvania Soccer Coaches Association first team, Pennsylvania Female All-State Team, PAC-10 All-Academic Team honoree that season...Two-time All-PAC-10 and The Mercury Newspaper All-Area first team selection...Played for Penn Fusion Soccer Academy 96G for five years...Team went undefeated in 2012-13 en route to a North East Conference Championship.
PERSONAL
Cecilia Frances Knaub was born on Jan. 11, 1996, in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania...Parents are Jim Knaub and Kathy Knaub-Hardy...Kathy graduated from Penn State in 1984...Information sciences and technology major.
WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE
“I chose Penn State for the opportunity to compete for one of the top programs in the country and to be a part of the Penn State family.”