Briana Scurry

Height: 5-8  Weight: 144 Position: Goalkeeper 
Born: Sept. 7, 1971, in Minneapolis, Minn.
Hometown: Dayton, Minnesota
College: University of Massachusetts

National Team: Member of the Gold Medal winning U.S. Women's National
Team at the 1996 Olympics, starting and played every minute of the USA's five
matches ... The most capped goalkeeper in U.S. Women's National Team
history ... Starting goalkeeper for the team that finished third at the 1995 FIFA
Women's World Cup in Sweden, and for the U.S. side that won the title at the
1994 CONCACAF Qualifying Championship in Montreal ... Played in 14
games in 1997 and earned seven shutouts while allowing just seven goals ...
Played 17 games in 1996, starting 16 and compiling a 15-1-1 record while
allowing only 11 goals with eight shutouts ... Played 15 of 23 games in 1995,
posting an 11-2-2 record and recording the most shutouts in a single season
in women's national team history with 11 ... Injured her back in auto accident
in summer of 1995 and was unable to compete in U.S. Women's Cup '95 ...
Named the MVP of the Chiquita Cup in August 1994 ... In her first year with
the USA, she earned seven shutouts in 12 starts ... Through 1997, the USA
had played 79 games since she debuted and Scurry had started 58 of those
matches while coming on as a substitute in one.

College/High School: The consensus top college goalkeeper in 1993, she
won two national goalkeeper of the year awards after her senior season ... A
1993 NCSAA Second-Team All-American, All-Northeast Region and All-New
England first-Team selection ... Helped lead UMass to a 17-3-3 record and to
the semifinals of the NCAA Final Four in 1993 ... She also led the
Minutewomen to titles of the Atlantic 10 Conference regular season and
tournament ... Completed her four-year collegiate career with 37 shutouts in 65
starts and had a career record of 48-13-4 and a 0.56 goals...against...average
... In her senior season, she started all 23 games and recorded 15 shutouts
and a 0.48 goals...against average, the third best in the nation ... Split time in
the nets in 1992 during her junior season, starting 13 games and earning
seven shutouts ... Played in three games in 1992 as a forward ... Started in all
19 games for the Minutewomen in 1991 as a sophomore where she recorded
12 shutouts and allowed just nine goals ... All-American from Anoka Senior
High School in Anoka, Minn ... Won 1989 state championship with Anoka in
her senior year ... Voted the top female athlete in Minnesota after her senior
year.

Personal: Full name Briana Collette Scurry ... Graduated in the spring of 1995
with a degree in political science ... Active in volunteer work for Aids
awareness and research ... Has volunteered her time with the Make A Wish
Foundation.

First Appearance: March 16, 1994, vs. Portugal
First Shutout: March 16, 1994, vs. Portugal

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