Krista Turner Class: Junior Hometown: Greenwood, Mo. High School: Lee's Summit HS Height: 5-3 Position: Defender/Forward Experience: 2L

Krista Turner

"We feel that sky is the limit for Krista. She is tremendous athlete that can come in and give us something special at the outside forward position. Not only does she possess a lot of speed but she is composed around the goal. Krista is going to score a lot of goals for us over the next four years." Head Coach Brooks Monaghan

2008 (Sophomore)- Logged valuable minutes in 21 of 22 matches... Played a season-high 57 minutes at UTEP... Scored her lone goal of the season in the C-USA semifinals against UCF... Recorded assists against Alabama, Southern Miss, and East Carolina... Notched a season-high three shotsversus Alabama... Placed two shots on goal against East Carolina and UCF.

2007 (Freshman)- Appeared in 13 matches for the Lady Tigers, starting in all 13 of them...Named C-USA Offensive Player of the Week after assisting on all of Memphis' goals in a 3-0 win over Tulsa and then two days later scored the Lady Tigers' initial goal that led to a 3-1 win over SMU...Scored goals against UT Martin, SMU and Southern Miss...Finished tied for sixth in the conference with a total of six assists on the year.

Prior to Memphis - Played high school soccer for Lee's Summit...Played club soccer for the Renegades...Had a single game scoring record of seven goals in 2005...Also competed in cross country.

Personal - Full name is Krista Jean Turner...Born May 12, 1989 to Ken and Jeanette Turner...Enjoys swimming, wakeboarding and playing basketball.