UNLV REBELS

Anita Pedford

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Class: Senior Hometown: Ontario, CA High School: Ontario HS

Height: 5-4 Position: Midfielder Birthdate: 08/12/1980 Experience: 3V

UNLV: One of the Rebels' top returning scorers...Holds school records in nearly every scoring category...Will continue to rewrite the record books in her final season...Exceptionally fast and will once again be among the team's most dangerous scoring threats...Possesses speed and the ability to attack the goal...2000 (Junior): Played in all 20 games of the season with 16 starts...Finished third on the team in scoring with five goals and four assists for 14 points...Led the team with 48 shots on goal...1999 (Sophomore): Named First Team All-Mountain West Conference...Scored four goals and four assists for 12 points...Fired a team high 43 shots...Had game-winners against Wyoming and a dramatic goal in double overtime against Cal State Northridge...1998 (Freshman): One of just two players to start all 19 games as a rookie...Named WAC Freshman of the Year after leading the team in every statistical scoring category, including shots (54), goals (5), assists (6) and total points (16)...Scored two goals in the Rebels' 3-2 victory at Utah State, including the game-winner in the 72nd minute to break a 2-2 deadlock...Scored the game-winner at Air Force to break a 1-1 tie in the Rebels' first-ever victory over the school.

High School: Graduated in 1998 from Ontario High School in Ontario, CA...A four-year starter at both striker and midfielder...Led the Jaguars to first, second and third place finishes in the Mt. Baldy League...Named Mt. Baldy League Most Valuable Player as a freshman, sophomore and junior...A four-time First Team All-League selection...Earned First Team All-CIF accolades as a senior...Was an officer of the Black Students Union.

Personal: Anita Marie Pedford...Goes by "Pita"...Born August 12, 1980 in Fontana, CA, to parents Earl and Zoe Pedford...Has one brother and one sister...Her sister, Morgan, played goalkeeper at Cal State Los Angeles from 1996-98...Communications major at UNLV.