Kristen Hamilton

Kristen Hamilton

Personal information
Full name	Kristen Hamilton
Date of birth	April 17, 1992
Place of birth	Littleton, Colorado, United States
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Playing position	Forward
Club information
Current team	Western New York Flash
Number	17
Youth career
2010–2013	Denver Pioneers
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2015–	Western New York Flash	2	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of May 1, 2015. † Appearances (goals)

Kristen Hamilton (born April 17, 1992) is an American professional soccer player who plays for the Western New York Flash. Hamilton was drafted from the University of Denver (DU) in 2014 to the Western New York Flash. She did not play the 2014 season due to an ACL injury suffered in pre-season.

Career

Kristen Hamilton grew up playing club soccer for the Colorado Storm. She attended Columbine High School from 2006–2010 until she left to attend college at the University of Denver. Hamilton had a standout career at DU:

• Denver's All-Time leader is points (138) and goals (51).
• Only NCAA Division I athlete in history to be named player of the year in three different conferences.
• Ranks third at DU in all-time assists with 36 and fifth nationally.
• Nationally ranked No. 4 in career points and sixth in goals.
• One-of-25 NCAA players, in all divisions, to have 30+ goals and 20+ assists in their career.
• Started all 88 games at forward.
• Averaged 0.58 goals and 0.41 assists per game, ranking No. 21 in goals and No. 5 in assists per game nationally.

Awards and Honors

• 2013 NSCAA First Team All-American.
• 2013 First Team All-Great Lakes Region.
• 2013 Summit League Offensive Player of the Year.
• 2013 MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist.
• 2013 Senior CLASS Award Finalist.
• 2013 First Team All-Summit League.
• 2013 Summit League All-Tournament Team.
• 2013 Summit League Tournament MVP.
• 2013 Preseason Summit League Offensive Player of the Year.
• 2013 Preseason First Team All-Summit League.
• 2013 Summit League All-Academic Team.
• 2013 Capital One Academic All-American.
• 2013 NSCAA Scholar All-American.
• Summit League Player of the Week (08/26/13 and 09/16/13).
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (09/18/13).
• 2012 NSCAA Third Team All-American.
• 2012 First Team All-West Region.
• 2012 WAC Player of the Year.
• 2012 Preseason All-WAC Selection.
• 2012 First Team All-WAC Selection.
• 2012 College Sports Madness Fourth Team All-American.
• 2012 CS360 National Player of the Week (Week 6).
• Two-time WAC Offensive Player of the Week (9/ 10/12) and 9/24/12).
• 2011 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year.
• 2011 All-SBC First Team Selection.
• 2013 and 2011 CoSIDA Academic All-District 7 for the University Division Second Team.
• 2011 Female Athlete of the year by the University of Denver.
• 2011 DU's Most Valuable Player.
• Twice named the Soccer America National Team player of the week (8/24/11 and 10/26/11).
• Two-time SBC Player of the Week (8/23/11 and 10/25/11).
• 2011 SBC Academic Honor Roll.
• SBC Player of the week (10/21/10).
• 2010 DU Invitational All-Tournament Team.
• Earned a spot on the Sun Belt Commissioner's List by earning a 3.5 grade point average or better.

References

• Kristen Hamilton profile at Soccerway
• Kristen Hamilton's University of Denver Profile