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Natalie Mitchell Season 2023

PositionF/M
Height5-7
ClassSophomore
HometownTemecula, Calif.
High SchoolTemecula Valley

2023
• Season Notes: Started all 18 matches for the Hokies… Named Third Team All-ACC… Led the team in goals (9) and points (19)... Her .500 goals per game ranked third in the ACC… Also ranked 10th in the ACC as she averaged 1.06 points per game… Recorded a team-high 22 shots on goal and led Tech with a .611 shots on goal percentage.
• Tallied a goal and an assist in Tech’s 3-0 win at Butler (Aug. 17).
• Scored one goal and converted her lone penalty kick attempt of the season in the Hokies’ 3-0 win over James Madison (Aug. 24).
• Recorded the game-winning goal in Tech’s 1-0 win at Navy (Sept. 7).
• Scored both goals, along with a season-high four points, in Virginia Tech’s 2-1 win at Boston College (Sept. 21).
• Tallied one goal in the win over Syracuse (Sept. 24).
• Played a season-high 81 minutes against Wake Forest (Sept. 29).
• Tallied a goal in the Hokies’ 4-1 win against NC State (Oct. 5).
• Scored the game-winning goal and recorded a season-high four shots on goal in the Hokies 3-0 win against Miami (Oct. 22).

2022
• Season Notes: Started in 19 of 19 matches... Tallied three goals and eight assists during her freshman campaign ... Logged the most minutes among the Hokies' freshman class (1,2221) ... Was one of nine Tech players who eclipsed 1,200 minutes of match time throughout the season... Ranked fourth in the ACC with eight during the regular season. 
• TopDrawerSoccer Second Team Freshman Best XI... Ranked #11 on the Top 100 Freshman List. 
• Recorded an assist against #3 North Carolina, Hokies won the match 2-1(Oct. 1). 
• Assisted Taylor Price's goal in the 1-0 victory over #22 NC State (Sept. 22). 
• Recorded one goal and one assist versus Northern Colorado (Sept. 11). 
• Logged 72 minutes against South Carolina scoring a penalty kick goal in the 19th minute (Sept. 8). 
• Scored her first collegiate goal at Elon (Aug. 28). 
• Assisted for Tori Powell on the Hokies first goal of the season in the 15th minute in her collegiate debut, Hokies won 4-3 against William & Mary (Aug. 18).

Club:  Member of the Arsenal Club for four years, playing for coaches Scott Hollis and Kevin Koptieff... Led the team in goals scored all four years... Named ECNL Player to Watch... Invited to the ENL Conference Selection Program... 2018 US Club National Cup Semi-Finalist... In 2021 she played for San Diego Surf ECNL... Scored 33 goals including five hat tricks, and once scored five goals in a single game. 

High School: Played for Temecula Valley under coach Jennifer Guinn, earned three varsity letters...  Named CIF Southern Selection D1 Player of the Year, Enterprise Inland Empire Player of the Year, Citrus Belt Area and TVHS Female Athlete of the Year... Earned First team All-League honors in 2021 and 2020, TVHS Offensive Player of the Year and Breakout Player of the Year.  CIF State  D1 Champions in 2022.. Holds the school record for most goals in a single season (35) and most points in a season (87)... Ran track for four years, qualified for the 2022 CIF in the 200m and 4x400m. 

Personal: Natalie Mitchell … Born January 6, 2004 in Temecula, Calif. … Daughter of Spike and Julie ... Has two brothers, Jake and Jordan, Jake played soccer at Oregon Tech and was a First Team All-American… Majoring in criminology ... Aiming for a career as a professional soccer player and then working for the FBI.