Amber Brooks

Started 19 games for the Tar Heels, missing only the Clemson game when she was away training with the National Team • was Carolina’s third-leading scorer with 14 points • tied for the team lead in assists with eight • had the game-winning assist on a goal by Courtney Jones to beat Notre Dame in overtime • had two assists in the win over Houston • scored the game-winning goal at Ohio State on a penalty kick • had a great weekend in Florida, recording a goal and an assist in wins over Florida State and Miami • she notched the game-winning goals in both of those contests assisted on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 triumph over Duke • copped first-team All-ACC honors • second-team All-Southeast Region selection by the NSCAA • named a second-team Capital One Academic All-America by College Sports Information Directors of America • also earned Academic All-District honors •  All-ACC Academic Team selection • named to the 2012 ACC Academic Honor Roll, the fall semester 2011 Dean’s List and the 2012 spring semester Dean’s List • named by Top Drawer Soccer To Its Preseason Top 100 list for 2011 • named the team’s top midfielder and won the “Gift of Fury” Award.

A second-team All-ACC selection • copped honors on the second-team NSCAA All-Southeast Region squad. • named to the 2010 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List • 2010 Top Drawer Soccer preseason Player To Watch in the ACC • tapped for the Dean’s List in both semesters of the 2010-11 school year • named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll for the second straight year • mentioned on the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week on October 18, 2010 • named a CS360 Primetime Performer on October 18, 2010 • named to first-team CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District Team for District III • one of UNC’s most durable performers in 2010, she started all 23 games and played 1,701 minutes • was Carolina’s sixth-leading scorer with 16 points and tied for fifth on the team with seven goals • scored the first goal of her career in 3-0 win at Texas A&M on August 20 • her second-half goal proved to be the game-tying tally in a 2-2 decision against Stanford on August 27 • assisted on Kealia Ohai’s game-winning goal against Virginia Tech on September 26 • had first multi-goal game in win over Miami with a pair of tallies • scored the game-winning goals versus Clemson on October 21 and in NCAA Tournament second round win over James Madison on November 14.

Played in 27 matches as a freshman • started four successive matches against Auburn, Duke, Wake Forest and Boston College and started again at Florida State • then started the last 10 games of the season at playmaking center midfield as the Tar Heels went 10-0 in those matches en route to the ACC Tournament and NCAA Tournament titles • was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team • a Soccer America first-team All-Freshman Team choice • tapped for Top Drawer Soccer’s second-team All-Rookie squad •  played 1,591 minutes, including a season-high 84 minutes against Boston College in the ACC Tournament semifinals • assisted on three goals, one each against UCLA, UCF and the regular-season win over Wake Forest •  reaped significant academic honors • was named to the ACC Academic Honor Roll • tapped for the All-ACC Academic Women’s Soccer Team • a Dean’s List selection in both the fall semester 2009 and the spring semester 2010 • won team’s rookie of the year award.