Ani Sarkisian

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
M/F
Height:
5-8
Hometown:
Cresskill, N.J.
High School:
Cresskill

Last Updated: Nov. 6, 2017

At Michigan
• Two-time Team Captain (2016-17)
• All-Big Ten second team (2016)
• Two-time Big Ten Preseason Honors list (2016-17)
• Finished her career ranked fifth all-time in career assists at Michigan with 21
• Played in 75 of 79 possible games in her career, starting 70 consecutive games from the start of her freshman season through mid-way through senior year
• All-Big Ten first team (2015)
• Big Ten Player to Watch (2015 preseason)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2014)
• Two-time Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 15, 2014 and Oct. 13, 2015)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Sept. 15, 2014)
• Recorded one career hat trick (Oct. 11, 2015 vs. Illinois; W, 3-1)
• Led the Big Ten in assists as a freshman (2014) with 12
• Transferred to Michigan for the 2014 season after attending Florida State University for the 2013-14 year (missed the 2013 season and redshirted due to injury)

Fifth-Year Senior (2017)
• Team Captain
• Big Ten Preseason Honors list
Season
• Started all 14 matches played -- missed four games due to injury
• Recorded two goals and one assist
• Scored the game-winning goal in the 83rd minute against Toledo (Aug. 27)
• Assisted on the game-winning goal against Indiana (Sept. 17)
• Was 1-for-1 on penalty kicks, converting on Senior Night, her final home game, against Illinois (Oct. 21)

Senior/Junior (2016)
• Team Captain
• All-Big Ten second team
• Big Ten Preseason Honors list
Season
• Started all 20 games
• Finished third on the team in points with 17 on six goals and five assists
• Scored three game-winning goals, including the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Michigan State (Sept. 24) and a 3-2 win at Indiana (Oct. 26) that helped U-M secure fourth place in the Big Ten standings.

Junior/Sophomore (2015)
• All-Big Ten first team
• Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 13)
Season
• Started all 21 games (one of four players to do so in 2015)
• Finished the season tied for first on the team with 17 points on seven goals and three assists
• Tallied her first career hat trick against Illinois (Oct. 11) and was named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week for her efforts
• Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 89th minute against Iowa (Sept. 20)
• Recorded two assists in a 5-0 victory at Portland (Sept. 4)

Sophomore/Freshman (2014)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week (Sept. 15)
Season
• Started all 20 games
• Second on team in points (20) with four goals and 12 assists -- her 12 assists rank first in the Big Ten
• Tallied one assist on the road at Illinois (Oct. 26)
• Recorded one assist at Northwestern (Oct. 24)
• Assisted on two goals in 3-0 victory at Indiana (Oct. 11)
• Recorded two assists in home victory over Nebraska (Oct. 2)
• Tallied one assist on game-winning goal against Michigan State (Sept. 27)
• Assisted lone goal in 1-0 road victory over Maryland (Sept. 19)
• Had first multi-goal game of career against Wisconsin (Sept. 14), scoring both goals including the last-second game winner in the 2-1 victory
• Recorded second career goal against Minnesota (Sept. 12)
• Tallied one goal and one assist in first multi-point (three) effort of career against Central Michigan (Sept. 7)
• Recorded third career assist in home victory over Toledo (Sept. 5)
• Had one assist against Bowling Green (Aug. 24)
• Started in collegiate debut against CSUN (Aug. 22), also recording first career assist

Prior to Michigan
• Attended Florida State University (2013-14) -- Did not play 2013 season (redshirted due to injury)

National Team Experience
• Invited to a U-23 U.S. WNT camp in April 2017

Prep
• Cresskill High School (2013)
• Holds high school records for career goals (109) and career assists (31)
• Two-time All-State selection (both first team)
• Four-time All-County and All-League selection
• Named All-Bergen County by The Star Ledger (NJ)
• J. Barry Stanford YMCA Award (2012)
• Member of state semifinal team as a junior
Other Sports
• Also ran two years of track
• All-League, All-County and All-State selection (all on first team) in the 400-meter hurdles as a freshman
• Set new school record in the 400-meter hurdles as a freshman
• All-League (first team) as a sophomore in the 400-meter hurdles

Club
• Players Development Academy (2008-13)
• ID2 Regional Camp (2008)
• ODP State (2008-09, 2010-11)
• Participated in four U.S. Soccer Training Centers in 2011 (Orangeburg, N.Y.)
• ECNL All-Tournament Team (2010)
• ECNL National ID2 Training Camp (2012)

Personal
• Born May 18, 1995
• Daughter of Vazgen and Camette Sarkisian
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, & the Arts -- majoring in psychology