Player Bio: Kendyl Pele - University of Washington Official Athletic Site
April 18, 2013 | Women's Soccer
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2010 (Senior): Third-Team All-Pacific Region ... Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic ... NSCAA Scholar All-West Region ... Second-Team NSCAA Scholar All-American ... team captain for the third-straight season ... ranks second all-time in school history in games started (80) and tied for fifth in games played (82) ... started in 80-straight games in her career before an injury before the UCLA game this season made her miss the final three Pac-10 games and limited her play in the NCAA Tournament ... played 11 minutes vs. Oklahoma in the NCAA First Round game on Nov. 12 and three minutes at Boston College on Nov. 27 in the NCAA Elite 8 ... had one goal, two assists, four points, five shots and three shots on goal on the year ... scored her second career goal, the game-tying goal, vs. Wisconsin on Sept. 5 in the 80th minute ... assisted Kate Deines on the game-winning goal in the 30th minute vs. Penn State on Sept. 10 ... also assisted Annie Sittauer vs. Oklahoma in the 82nd minute.
2009 (Junior): An honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic selection for the second-straight season ... Third-Team Academic All-Region ... one of four Huskies to start all 22 games ... named the team's Defensive MVP for the second-straight season ... has helped UW's defense become one of stingiest in the conference, allowing just 1.00 goals per game, an improvement over their 1.38 GAA in 2008 and 1.82 in 2007 ... UW allowed just 12 goals in Pac-10 play, tied for third-fewest in the league ... was named the Husky Nike Invitational's Defensive MVP, helping the Huskies shutout Columbia, 3-0, and defeat Colorado College, 3-1 ... the Columbia game was one of seven shutouts for the Huskies on the year ... contributed one assist, which came in the season-opening 2-1 win over Seattle ... set up Alex Kirk for the game-winning goal in the 72nd minute ... led UW to a 1-0 shutout of Ole Miss in the NCAA First Round.
2008 (Sophomore): Named the team's Defensive MVP ... named Honorable Mention Pac-10 All-Academic and was also named an Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar ... continued to be the heart of the Husky defense, starting all 22 games on the back line ... led the team to a 1.38 goals against average, an improvement over the team's 1.82 average in 2007 ... led the team to six shutouts ... scored her first career goal in the first game of the season, which was UW's first goal of the season ... took a pass from Alex Kirk and sent the ball far post from the top of the box for what was ultimately the game-winning goal ... also took a shot in UW's 2-1 win over Gonzaga ... one of three Husky captains, along with fellow defenders Lindsey Kasser and Dana Stirn.
2007 (Freshman): Named the team's Rookie of the Year ... one of three players to start all 19 games and the only freshman to play in every game ... anchored a Husky defense that had three shutouts during the season and held opponents to just one goal in four other contests ... defense finished with a 1.82 goals against average ... took three shots during the season.
Kamiakin High School:
Four-year letterwinner ... listed as a top-150 national recruit in the SoccerBuzz.com rankings ... served as team captain as a senior ... earned First-Team All-Big Nine recognition and first-team all-area honors three times ... compiled 39 goals and 35 assists in her four-year career at Kamiakin ... amassed 14 goals and 10 assists during her senior season after tallying 16 goals and 14 assists as a junior ... also lettered in track & field, placing sixth in the 100 meters at the state championship meet ... anchored Kamiakin's state championship 4x200 relay squad and the second-place 4x100 group.
Personal:
Born in Tacoma, Wash. ... parents are Robin and Fujio Pele ... brother, Jason, played soccer at Evansville and another brother, Matthew, played at Western Washington ... a cousin of former Washington State and NFL quarterback Jack Thompson ... a National Honor Society member her junior and senior years of high school ... played club soccer former Huskies Nikki Murray and Chelsea Bumbaugh ... played club soccer for FC Eastside ... participated in the Olympic Development Program, winning the 2004 ODP regional and national tournaments.
Coach Gallimore on Pele:
"Kendyl is physically very dominating. She is such a bright player and so coachable. It's exciting to us how much time she has left and how much better she can still be."
KENDYL PELE'S CAREER STATISTICS
| Year | GP/GS | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | GWG |
| 2007 | 19/19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2008 | 22/22 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 2009 | 22/22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 19/17 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | TOTALS | 82/80 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
GETTING TO KNOW KENDYL PELE
| Nickname | Samoan, Ken, Pele |
| Favorite song | To sing:"I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston |
| Guilty pleasure | Jon and Kate Plus 8 |
| Strangest thing a coach ever said to you | Our entire dinner conversation between Kellye, Jim and myself in Rio. |
| Favorite dance move | Bump and Grind |
| Most embarrassing soccer moment | When Kellye Joswick snipered me with an elastic band during morning workout |
| Favorite part of being a Husky | Being able to see my best friends everyday |
| Favorite restaurant in Seattle | Delfino's |
| Favorite place to hang out in Seattle | The Kappa house on pizza Friday |
| Favorite place on UW campus | Soccer field |
| Current cell phone ring tone | Anyone who has seen my phone knows that it's only capable of playing the standard generic ring. |
| Zodiac sign and one trait you possess typical of that sign | Obviously Scorpio... mysterious and sexy. HA |
| If you could guest star on a TV show, what would it be? | American Idol, as a contestant |
| Biggest celebrity crush | James Franco |
| Store where you would like to spend a $10,000 gift card | Barnes and Noble or the Gap |
| If you could have dinner with one person, who would it be | Oprah |
| Why did you choose your number | Because 10 was taken |
| What is the weirdest thing you will admit to having done in the past | When I was a senior in high school, I came home around 10 p.m. on a Friday night and discovered my parents weren't home. After waiting a half hour I started to worry that something had happened so I called everyone I knew trying to find them. I guess I started freaking out and overreacted a bit because I got in my car and drove around town looking for them. After 30 missed calls, my mom - who was bowling with some friends - finally called me back. Unfortunately, by that time I was in a fit of hysterics crying on the side of the road. My parents ended up leaving early to come home and console me (when they walked in the house I was still crying on the couch). |
| Random fact people wouldn't know about Kendyl Pele | I'm directionally challenged. I once went on a run and was lost for two hours trying to find my way back! |
| If you could trade places with a teammate for a day, who would it be and why | McKenna Waitley. I've always wondered what goes on inside that girls head |
| Best thing about playing for Coach Gallimore | Being around her, it's obvious that she loves what she does and believes in us as individual players and as a team. Her natural leadership abilities and her passion for the game makes it easy to not only play for her but trust her. |
