Stephanie Sparkowski

Class:
Graduate Student
Position:
GK
Height:
6-0
Hometown:
East Meadow, N.Y.
High School:
East Meadow

At Michigan
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2023, 2024)
• Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week (Sept. 19, 2023)
• Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Week (Sept. 12, 2023)
• Four-time Academic All-Big Ten (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)

Grad Student (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• U-M starting goalkeeper, played in all 18 matches, starting 17 this season
• Collecting 1,490 minutes played
• Recorded her first double-digit save performance with 10 saves against No. 12 Penn State (Sept. 12)
• Made four saves and led team to clean sheet in 1-0 win against #22 Alabama (Sept. 8)
• Saved 66 goals this season

Senior (2023)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Burst on to scene as U-M's starting goalkeeper, earning nod in all 18 matches
• Totaled six clean sheets, a 1.12 goals-against-average, and a save percentage of 81
• Made six saves and led team to a clean sheet in 2-0 win over #18 Northwestern (Sept. 21)
• Set a new career high in saves with nine in 3-2 win over Western Michigan (Sept. 10)
• Recorded seven saves in 1-0 shutout win at #11 Notre Dame (Sept. 7)
• Had a career-high seven saves in 1-0 win over Boston College (Aug. 31)
• Made two saves and recorded a clean sheet in 0-0 draw at #5 Virginia (Aug. 24)
• Recorded six saves in 1-0 loss to #22 USC (Aug. 17)

Junior (2022)
• Finished with 135 minutes and allowed only one goal on a 87.5% save percentage
• Started her first collegiate match at Toledo (Sept. 11)
• Played her first collegiate minutes during the second half at Central Michigan (Sept. 4)

Sophomore (Fall 2021)
• Did not see time in goal

Freshman (Spring 2021)
• Did not see action in the spring 2021 season

Prep
• Prepped at East Meadow High School where she was four-year letterwinner
• Was a four-year New York State Public High School Athletic Association Scholar Athlete and a four-time Newsday 10 Long Island Girls Soccer Player to Watch
• Earned the Howard Gould Most Outstanding Goalie award as a senior
• Garnered New York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization for Girls Sports All-State first team as a senior and fourth team as a junior
• Earned Allstate All-American honors as a junior and TopDrawerSoccer.com All-American second team
• Played in both the 2019 Girls’ High School All-American game and was selected for the TopDrawerSoccer.com All-American game Best XI
• Named to the United Soccer Coaches Fall High School Girls All-American team as a senior
• Was a Newsday Top 100 Long Island High School Girls Athlete of the 2010s selection
• Helped her team to a co-county championship as a junior
• Named all-county three times and was a three-time co-captain
• Earned Newsday All-Long Island First Team twice and second team as a sophomore
• Notched Nassau County Girls Soccer Coaches Association Conference AA1 Goalkeeper of the Year honors as both a junior and a senior

Academic/Extracurricular
• Was a member of National Honors Society and the National Social Studies Honor Society Rho Kappa
• A member of the Mathematics Honor Society Mu Alpha Theta
• Was in the EMHS concert band and marching band
• Joined Athletes Helping Athletes
• Part of a music mentorship program and was a peer math tutor
• Member of the honor roll

Other Sports
• Played soccer, basketball, lacrosse and football for East Meadow High School

Club
• Named to the U.S. Soccer Federation Under 16 Girls National team roster and participated in training camps
• Also participated in training camps with the U.S. Soccer Federation Under 14 team
• Selected to the All-Star team and named Best Goalkeeper at the U.S. Youth Soccer Association ODP 2015 Inter Regional Tournament
• Selected to the all-tournament team and earned the Golden Gloves at the Super Y League 2015 North American Finals
• Helped that team to a national championship

Personal
• Full name is Stephanie Elisabeth Sparkowski
• Born April 18, 2002
• Daughter of Charles and Kristen Sparkowski
• Has one brother who played collegiate soccer at SUNY Morrisville
• Enrolled in the College of Engineering