14   Julie Twellman Class: Senior Hometown: Columbia, Mo. High School: Rock Bridge HS Height: 5-8 Position: Forward Birthdate: 05/03/1981 Experience: 3L

TULSA – A three-year letterwinner and starter . . . career numbers include 21 goals and 12 assists for 54 points . . . has started 45 of 52 career games played . . . begins her senior season ranked ninth among TU’s all-time leaders for goals scored and 10th on the school’s career assist and scoring list . . . a two-time all-WAC second team performer . . . a two-time member of the Verizon Academic All-District At-Large First Team.

JUNIOR (2001) – Started 13 of 16 contests despite an injury-plagued season . . . tallied one goal and two assists for four points . . . scored her lone goal of the season against Drury . . . earned one assist each against Texas Tech and UTEP . . . was selected to the all-WAC preseason team . . . named to the Verizon Academic All-District At-Large First Team and the all-WAC Academic team.

SUMMER OF 2001 – Played for the Oklahoma Outrage, a W-League member of the United Soccer League.

SOPHOMORE (2000) – Started 16 of 18 games played . . . produced 11 goals and five assists for 27 points . . . became the first TU player to lead the team in scoring in back-to-back seasons since Jenny Simms accomplished the same feat during the 1995 and 1996 seasons . . . was a repeat selection to the all-WAC second team . . . named to the Soccer Buzz Central Region Third team . . . selected to the 2000 Verizon Academic All-District VI At-Large First Team . . . was named the WAC Player of the Week on Aug. 28 . . . picked up MVP honors at the AT&T Wireless Oklahoma Shoot-out . . . turned her first career hat trick with a three-goal performance against Southwest Missouri State (9/10) . . . finished with one goal and two assists vs. Oklahoma State (8/27) . . . scored two goals against TCU (9/29) . . . tallied one goal and one assist against IUPUI (10/29) . . . was named to the all-WAC Academic team.

FRESHMAN (1999) – Started 16 of 18 games played . . . scored a team-best nine goals and five assists for 23 points . . . became the fourth TU player, and just the second freshman, to lead the team in all three scoring categories . . . was named to the all-WAC second team and to the Soccer Buzz Central Region All-Freshman team . . . in just her second collegiate game against Arkansas (8/29), she netted two goals and collected one assist for five points . . . scored the game-winning goal against Centenary (9/12) . . . collected two assists vs. UTEP (10/13), including the assist on Melissa McCormick’s game-winning goal . . . recorded at least one goal or an assist in 12 of 18 games.

PRIOR TO TULSA – Was a four-year letterwinner at Rock Bridge High School . . . holds her high school’s career goals scored record and single-season mark . . . as a senior, was the Missouri Central Region Player of the Year and was an all-state selection . . . named to the all-region team twice . . . was the recipient of the Columbia Missourian Female Athlete of the Year Award as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL – A communication major . . . a two-year member of the TU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and was named to the Dean’s List as a junior . . . a two-time all-WAC Academic team performer . . . born May 3, 1981 . . . one of two children of Ralph and Beverly Twellman.

Twellman’s Career Totals
Year	G-GS	Shots	Goals	Asts	Pts
1999	18-16	40	9	5	23
2000	18-16	39	11	5	27
2001	16-13	33	1	2	4
Totals	52-45	112	21	12	54