Staci Wilson

Staci Wilson

Personal information
Date of birth	July 8, 1976 (age 39)
Place of birth	United States
Medal record Women's football (soccer) Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team competition

Staci Wilson (born July 8, 1976) is an American soccer player and Olympic champion. She is an alumna of Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (Alexandria, Virginia) and the University of North Carolina.

She received a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.^[1]

Wilson was an All-American soccer player during high school in Virginia.^[2] She was a dominant defensive player as a member of the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team. There, among other honors, she was the 1994 National Freshman Player of the Year.^[3] In March 2001, the team retired Wilson's jersey number 27.^[4]

In March 2012 Wilson became an assistant coach for women's soccer at Florida Atlantic University.^[5]

References

1. "1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Soccer". databaseolympics.com. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
2. "Staci Wilson Reflects on Olympic Experience, Coaching". Florida Atlantic University. July 3, 2012.
3. "Defensive Great Staci Wilson". tarheelblue.com. Archived from the original on May 23, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
4. "Wilson's #27 Retired By University". goheels.com. March 8, 2001.
5. "Staci Wilson". Florida Atlantic University. Retrieved January 19, 2015.

External link

• Staci Wilson – FIFA competition record
• Staci Wilson at databaseOlympics.com