Whitney Sharpe
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Whitney Sharpe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | January 5, 1990[2] | ||
| Place of birth | West Des Moines, Iowa, United States | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | UCLA | ||
| 2010 | Texas Tech | ||
| 2011–2012 | Loyola Marymount | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2013–2014 | Ajax | 12 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 2007 | United States U17 | ||
| 2009 | United States U20 | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2017 | Iowa State Cyclones (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Drake Bulldogs (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Whitney Lewis (née Sharpe; born January 5, 1990) is an American soccer defender, who last played for BeNe League club AFC Ajax, and was an assistant coach for the Iowa State Cyclones.[3]
Club career
[edit]Ajax
[edit]Before signing for Ajax in January 2013, Whitney Sharpe played Soccer at college level in the United States, playing for UCLA, Texas Tech and Loyola Marymount.[4] She played a full season for Ajax helping the Women's team of Ajax to win their first trophy, by winning the KNVB Women's Cup.[5]
International career
[edit]She was a member of the United States women's youth national teams, having played on youth level from Under-15 to Under-20.[6]
Personal life
[edit]She married her husband Max Lewis in 2017.
Honors
[edit]Ajax
- KNVB Women's Cup: 2014
Individual
- NSCAA Adidas All American Youth Team: 2006 & 2007
- Gatorade Player of the Year for Iowa: 2007 & 2008
- First Team Parade All American: 2008
- No.16 National Recruit by Soccer Buzz
References
[edit]- ^ "Whitney Sharpe Bio". U.S. Women's Soccer. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20060521081434/http://www.ussoccer.com/common/stContent.jsp_84-2006U-16GNTPool.html
- ^ "Whitney Sharpe Bio". Iowa State. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "Whitney Sharpe signed by Ajax". Iowa Soccer. Archived from the original on March 19, 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ "Einde aan tijdperk Whitney Sharpe bij Ajax". Iowa Soccer. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ^ Profile on Soccer America of the USWNT Under-20 team
External links
[edit]- Sharpe profile on club website Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Sharpe profile on women's Netherlands Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
- Sharpe profile on U.S. Women's National team website Archived August 12, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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- 1990 births
- Living people
- People from West Des Moines, Iowa
- Soccer players from Iowa
- American women's soccer players
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- American expatriates in the Netherlands
- AFC Ajax (women) players
- Eredivisie (women) players
- Expatriate women's footballers in the Netherlands
- Loyola Marymount Lions women's soccer players
- Texas Tech Red Raiders women's soccer players
- UCLA Bruins women's soccer players
- Women's association football defenders
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- 21st-century American sportswomen
- American women's soccer biography stubs