Kristin Luckenbill

{{Short description|American soccer player (born 1979)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Kristin Luckenbill | image = | fullname = Kristin Stewart Luckenbill<ref name="Virginia">{{cite magazine |url=https://majorevents.virginia.edu/sites/majorevents2017.virginia.edu/files/Finals%20Program%202012.pdf |title=Graduates and Degree Candidates – Darden Graduate School of Business Administration, Conferred May 20, 2012: Masters of Business Administration |magazine=One Hundred and Eighty-Third Final Exercises |publisher=University of Virginia |page=18 |date=May 20, 2012 |access-date=December 24, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220195020/https://majorevents.virginia.edu/sites/majorevents2017.virginia.edu/files/Finals%20Program%202012.pdf |archive-date=December 20, 2021}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|05|28}} | birth_place = Paoli, Pennsylvania, United States | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}} | position = Goalkeeper | collegeyears1 = 1997–2000 | college1 = Dartmouth Big Green | years1 = 2001–2003 | clubs1 = Carolina Courage | caps1 = 50  | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2005–2007 | clubs2 = Vermont Lady Voltage | caps2 = 25  | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2006 | clubs3 = Jitex BK | caps3 =  | goals3 = | years4 = 2008 | clubs4 = FC Indiana | caps4 = 11  | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2009 | clubs5 = Boston Breakers | caps5 = 10  | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2010 | clubs6 = Sky Blue FC | caps6 = 5  | goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = | totalgoals = | nationalyears1 = 2004 | nationalteam1 = United States | nationalcaps1 = 14 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport |Women's football}} {{MedalCountry | {{USA}}}} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalGold | 2004 Athens | Team competition}} | club-update = 07:57, November 8, 2009 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 07:57, November 8, 2009 (UTC) }}

'''Kristin Stewart Luckenbill''' (born May 28, 1979) is an American professional soccer goalkeeper and Olympic gold medalist. She previously played for the Boston Breakers and Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer as well as the Carolina Courage of the WUSA. She is a former member of the United States women's national soccer team.

==Early life== Born in Paoli, Pennsylvania and attended Conestoga High School and Stratton Mountain School in Vermont. During her final year of high school she was named All-Conference, All-County, All-Region, All-State, Regional All-American and High School All-American. She was also named Pennsylvania High School Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Academy One Goalkeeping Director - Kristin Luckenbill|url=http://www.academyonegoalkeeping.com/staff.html|publisher=Academy One Goalkeeping|accessdate=April 4, 2013}}</ref>

===Dartmouth College=== Luckenbill attended Dartmouth College from 1997 to 2000, where she was a three-time NCAA All-American, four-time First Team All-Ivy League, Ivy League Rookie of the Year and Ivy League Player of the year. She helped lead Dartmouth to two Ivy League Championships and four straight NCAA Tournaments including an Elite Eight appearance in 1998. Luckenbill recorded a Dartmouth-record 29 career shutouts and is ranked second in career goals against average at 0.73.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dartmouth Soccer Alum Kristin Luckenbill Picked in WPSL Draft| date=October 6, 2008 |url=http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=1597907|publisher=Dartmouth College|accessdate=April 4, 2013}}</ref>

==Playing career==

===Club===

====Carolina Courage==== Luckenbill was drafted to play for the Carolina Courage in the WUSA in 2001. She was the starting goalkeeper for the Courage for most of her tenure, winning the Founders Cup Championship in 2002, earning WUSA Goalkeeper of the Year and First-Team All-League honors and starting in the WUSA All-Star Game. She was also nominated for an ESPY Award in 2003 for "Best Female Soccer Player".

Her professional career spanned until 2010, playing for Jitex (Sweden), the Vermont Voltage, FC Indiana, the Boston Breakers, and Sky Blue FC.

===International=== Luckenbill became a member of the United States women's national soccer team in 2004, and won an Olympic gold medal with the team in Athens. She finished her professional soccer career in the WPS, playing one season for the Boston Breakers and the following season for Sky Blue FC.

====International career statistics==== {| class="wikitable" style=font-size:90% text-align: center width=35% |- !rowspan=2 width=20% | Nation !rowspan=2 width=7% | Year !colspan=4 width=30% | International Appearances |- !align=center | Apps !align=center | Starts !align=center | Minutes !align=center | Shutouts |- |rowspan=1 align=center | '''United States''' |align=center | 2004 |align=center | 14 |align=center | 3 |align=center | 633 |align=center | 1 |- !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | Career Total !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 1 !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 14 !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 3 !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 633 !style="background: #DCDCDC" align=center | 1 |}

==Personal life== Luckenbill graduated from Dartmouth College in 2001 with a Bachelor of Arts in geography. She announced her retirement from professional soccer after July 2010, to pursue a master's degree in business from the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.<ref>{{cite news |last=Narducci |first=Marc |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/sports/soccer/20100724_Conestoga_s_Luckenbill_to_play_final_pro_soccer_game_against_Independence.html |title=Conestoga's Luckenbill to play final pro soccer game against Independence |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=July 24, 2010 |access-date=July 24, 2010 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729143235/http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/20100724_Conestoga_s_Luckenbill_to_play_final_pro_soccer_game_against_Independence.html |archive-date=July 29, 2010}}</ref> She graduated from Virginia with a Master of Business Administration in 2012.<ref name="Virginia"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-luckenbill-24379527/ |title=Kristin Luckenbill |via=LinkedIn |access-date=December 24, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211224204418/https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristin-luckenbill-24379527/ |archive-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref>

Luckenbill now works as a management consultant at Heidrick & Struggles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.heidrick.com/en/people/l/kristin_luckenbill |title=Kristin Luckenbill |work=Heidrick & Struggles |access-date=December 24, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224204449/https://www.heidrick.com/en/people/l/kristin_luckenbill |archive-date=December 24, 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * {{FIFA player|212400}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20091127142924/http://www.ussoccer.com/Teams/WNT/L/Kristin-Luckenbill.aspx US Soccer player profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20090705062946/http://www.womensprosoccer.com/boston/players/bios/kristin-luckenbill Boston Breakers player profile] * [https://archive.today/20130205082551/http://www.uslsoccer.com/scripts/runisa.dll?M2:gp::72011+Elements/Display+E+47105++3217344+3217345 W-League player profile] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060327171840/http://wusa.com/team/?id=33&zone=players&player_id=1170 Carolina Courage player profile] * {{Team USA|new_id=kristen-luckenbill}} * {{Olympics.com|kristin-luckenbill}} * {{Olympedia}}

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