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2023 Women's Soccer Roster

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(Photo by Christopher Oertell/GN
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28 Claire Henninger

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sequim, WA
  • High School Sequim
  • Name Pronunciation hen-in-gurr

Biography

WWU Career: Six-year member of the program (2018-23) and five-year letterwinner (2019-23) ... appeared in 55 games and made 45 starts, both of which are 6th most in program history  ... Finished WWU career in the top-10 all-time in program history for wins (31), goals against average (0.59), save percentage (.820), saves (123) and shutouts (21) ... 2023 GNAC Defensive Player of the Year ... two-time All-GNAC and All-West Region selection (2022, 2023) ...  four-time GNAC All-Academic selection ... helped lead the Vikings to a GNAC regular season title, GNAC tournament title, west region title and national title in 2022, earning a spot on the NCAA all-tournament team while conceding just 3 goals in 5 postseason matches  ... captained the team in during her senior season in 2023 while leading the GNAC with a 0.61 goals against average ... during her WWU career she was a member of Viking teams that won two GNAC regular-season championships, two GNAC tournament championships, two West-Regional championships, made a national final in 2019 and won the national championship in 2022.

2023 (Senior):
  • Started 19 games in goal during final collegiate season.
  • Selected as the GNAC Defensive Player of the Year.
  • WWU co-Scholar Athlete of the Year.
  • Unanimous First Team All-GNAC selection.
  • Second Team D2CCA and United Soccer Coaches All-West Region.
  • Academic All-American (2nd team) and Academic All-District from College Sports Communicators.
  • United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American Second Team ... Scholar All-West Region First Team.
  • All-GNAC Academic selection for fourth time in career.
  • Led the GNAC with a 0.61 goals against average and tied for the lead with 9 shutouts.
  • Recorded a save percentage of 84.1% (58 saves), 9th highest in program history.
  • Made a career-high 7 saves against Seattle Pacific (9/23).
  • Selected as the GNAC Defensive Player of the Week (9/18-24).
2022 (Junior):
  • NCAA Championships All-Tournament Team selection.
  • Started 23 of 25 games at goalkeeper with 0.54 goals against average.
  • Led the GNAC with 11 shutouts to rank 5th in NCAA Division II.
  • Second Team All-GNAC.
  • United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team.
  • United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American Third Team.
  • GNAC All-Academic for third time in career.
  • Competed as a graduate student, but junior in eligibility during national championship season.
2021 (Sophomore2):
  • Appeared in five games. 
  • Did not allow a goal in 158:04 minutes of play. 
  • Recorded three saves.
  • Qualified for the GNAC All-Academic team for the second time. 
2020 (Sophomore):
  • Appeared in four games and started two during the shortened COVID-19 season. 
  • Played a total of 195:52 minutes. 
  • Made six saves and allowed 1.84 goals per game. 
2019 (Redshirt Freshman):
  • Appeared in 4 games, making one start (169:36 minutes).
  • Did not allow a goal in 169:36 minutes (4 saves).
  • Made collegiate debut vs. Central Washington (10/3/19) with 17 scoreless minutes.
  • Made first career start and recorded shutout vs. Saint Martin's (10/15/19)
2018: Utilized redshirt season.

Prior to WWU: Earned a varsity letter all four years during her prep career at Sequim High School ... team captain her junior and senior seasons … played club for Peninsula Soccer Academy in the North Puget Sound League … recorded 28 shutouts during her prep career, including 8 in 12 games during her senior season … three-time First Team All-Olympic League and two-time 2A Honorable Mention All-State … received the WIAA Outstanding Scholastic Award three times.

 
Season GP-GS Minutes GA GAAvg Saves Save% W L T Sho
2019 4-1 169:36 0 0.00 4 1.000 1 0 0 1
2020 4-2 195:52 4 1.84 6 .600 1 1 0 0
2021 5-0 158:04 0 0.00 3 1.000 0 0 0 0
2022 23-23 1992:25 12 0.54 52 .812 18 2 3 11
2023 19-19 1630:54 11 0.61 58 .841 11 4 4 9
TOTAL 55-45 4146:51 27 0.59 123 .820 31 7 7 21

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 28

    2018Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'9"
    28
  • 28

    2019Redshirt Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'10"
    28
  • 28

    2020Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'10"
    28
  • 28

    2021Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'10"
    28
  • 28

    2022Junior

    Goalkeeper
    5'10"
    28
  • 28

    2023Senior

    Goalkeeper
    5'10"
    28
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