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Natalie Yass

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Waukesha West
Hometown:
Waukesha, Wis.
Prev School:
Northern Illinois

2019 (GS): Started 12 of the 17 matches in which she appeared as a graduate student and played 1,090 minutes ... Did not record a point during the regular season but scored twice in Marquette's exhibition opener against the University of Regina (8/14).

Prior to Marquette:
2018 (Jr. - at NIU): Earned Academic All-MAC honors … Appeared in all 19 matches, making 11 starts … Scored one goal and tallied one assist for three points … Netted a goal against Ball State (Oct. 4) … Registered an assist against Eastern Illinois (Sept. 9) … Recorded 11 total shots, including five on goal … Played 1,118 total minutes, including the full 90 minutes in five matches.

2017 (So. - at NIU): CoSIDA Academic All-District Second Team… MAC All-Academic Team… Played in all 19 games, making 16 starts… Scored two goals with three assists… Had an assist in NIU’s 3-0 win at Green Bay on Sept. 3… Scored on a penalty kick in the 2-0 win at Buffalo on Sept. 24… Assisted on two Huskie goals in overtime win at Ball State on Oct. 8… Tallied the game-winning goal in NIU’s 1-0 win over Ohio on Oct. 15.

2016 (Fr. - at NIU): Played and started in all 21 games for the Huskies as a freshman…led the team in assists with five on the season with two multi-assist games…she assisted on three of the four goals NIU scored during the MAC tournament including tying goals against Ball State (Oct. 30) and Western Michigan (Nov. 4) while also assisting on the go-ahead goal against WMU…another two-assist game came in the Huskies’ 4-0 win against Central Michigan (Sept. 23).

High School: Prolific forward that scored 23 goals with 22 assists in 22 games in 2015 at Waukesha West High School ... Helped the Wolverines go 16-3-3 in her junior season while winning the Classic Eight Conference championship ... Named First Team All-Classic Eight in 2015 and Second Team All-Conference in 2014 ... Finished second in the state at Division I as a freshman and sophomore ... Owned 97 career points in high school on 34 goals and 35 assists entering her senior season ... Four-time High Honor Roll honoree... Also member of Key Club and National Honors Society.

Club: Member of SC Waukesha... Had 15 goals and 12 assists in 20 games while helping her team win the Wisconsin state title in the fall of 2015... Coached by Marcio Leite.

Personal: Born February 17, 1999... Daughter of Ken and Michelle Yass ... Graduated from Northern Illinois with a bachelor's degree in biomedical sciences in 2019.