Player Bio: Kelsey Rasmussen - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Women's Soccer
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University of Washington
Three-year letterwinner who enters the 2006 season ranked third among all-time Huskies with 191 career saves ... Has played 50 games and 4,478 minutes in goal, the third-highest figures in UW history ... Her 13 shutouts are the school's third-highest total. 2005 (Junior) - One of six Huskies to start all 20 games ... Registered a career-best 13 saves to preserve a 1-1 tie with Hofstra (Aug. 28) ... That tied for the second-highest single-game save total and was one shy of the school record of 14 ... Played 1,835 minutes between the posts, all but 25 minutes of the team's total ... Stopped 86 shots, the sixth-highest single-season total for a Husky ... Limited opponents to only one goal on 12 occasions. 2004 (Sophomore) - Had one of the finest seasons ever for a UW goalkeeper, amassing a school single-season record 10 shutouts ... Her 87 saves were the fifth-best season total in Husky history ... Posted a 1.13 goals against average to rank No. 8 in the record book ... Recorded 10 saves in a 2-0 victory at sixth-ranked Portland (Sept. 26) ... Played every one of UW's 2,148 minutes in goal ... Became just the second Husky to play every minute of every game during a season ... Tamara Browder was the only UW goalkeeper utilized during the 1993 season ... She was a major reason the Huskies advanced to the quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time ever ... Had an impressive late-season run of five consecutive shutouts, against Stanford (Nov. 5) and California (Nov. 7) to end the regular season and then in the first three postseason games, against Birmingham-Southern (Nov. 12), Auburn (Nov. 14) and Maryland (Nov. 20) ... Posted shutouts earlier in the season against UAB (Sept. 10), Weber State (Sept. 12), Portland State (Sept. 24), Portland (Sept. 26) and San Diego State (Oct. 3). 2003 (Freshman) - Played seven games, starting four of them ... Shared goalkeeping duties with Lisa Brookens who completed her career in 2003 ... Was credited with three shutouts and played parts of two others ... Compiled an outstanding 0.55 goals against average that would have been the school single-season record except that she was five minutes shy of the minimum playing time of 500 minutes required to qualify ... Surrendered only three goals in 495 minutes ... Did not allow any goals in her first 406 minutes of collegiate action before yielding three during a 16-shot barrage by Stanford (Oct. 31) ... Registered complete-game shutouts against Idaho State (Oct. 5), Oregon (Oct. 19) and Washington State (Oct. 24) ... Recorded 18 saves, including eight during a 2-0 blanking of Oregon (Oct. 19) ... Sparked a UW team that compiled a 4-0-1 record in overtime contests.
Bellarmine Prep High School
Four-year letterwinner ... Bellarmine won the state title her junior year ... Team registered two state second-place finishes, her freshman and sophomore seasons ... Garnered first-team Narrows League honors three straight seasons, from 2001-03 ... Recipient of the all-area Player of the Year award her senior year ... Named the Tacoma News Tribune Player of the Year in 2002-03.
Personal
Born February 17, 1985 in Tacoma, Washington ... Parents are Barbara and Chris ... Played for F.C. Royals in Puyallup, Wash. for 10 years ... She played with fellow UW seniors Shannon Dillon and Shaela Ward during her stint with the Royals ... Member of the United States U-16 National Team in 2001 ... An NSCAA/adidas All-America team member 2001. ... Traveled with the U.S. U-16 National Team to France 2002 ... Selected to represent the West and play in the McDonald's All-American High School game, June 15, 2003 in Charleston, S.C. ... Played during the summer of 2006 with the Seattle Sounders of the W-League.
Coach Gallimore on Rasmussen
"Kelsey is a very good goalkeeper. She is one of the top `keepers we have ever had. If we can get things going on both sides of the ball, Kelsey has a great chance to put up some really low numbers as a goalkeeper. She is a very calming presence in the back for us, she plays with her feet, and she is solid in every area of her game."
