Troy University Athletics
2019 Soccer Roster
Roster
Kiersten Edlund
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- M/D
- Hometown:
- Gulf Breeze, Fla.
- High School:
- Gulf Breeze HS
At Troy:
• Set the all-time single season assist record (12 assists)
• Set the all-time assist record (18 assists)
• Second team All-Sun Belt Conference selection (2019)
• Appeared in 76 games, making 59 starts
• Served as a 2019 captain.
2019 (Senior):
• Played in all 19 games for the Trojans, making 18 starts
• Recorded multiple assists in five games
• Scored four goals and tallied 12 assists
• Recorded a goal in three (Jackson State, Stetson and UAB) of Troy’s first four games
• Tallied a season-best four points (one goal, two assists) on Senior Day against Georgia Southern on Oct. 6.
2018 (Junior):
• Started all 20 games for the Trojans playing 1,685 minutes
• Scored one goal and registered two assists on the season
• Scored with 10 seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at Tennessee Tech • Assisted on goals at Georgia State and Arkansas State
• Took 18 shots in the season, seven on goal.
2017 (Sophomore):
• Played in 20 games, started 14
• Registered three goals and four assists on the season for a total of 10 points, tied for second-most on the team
• Her four assists were tied for eighth-most in the Sun Belt Conference
• Served as a set piece specialist taking 62 of Troy’s 93 corner kicks
• Earned the assist on a corner against No. 16 Florida State, which gave Troy the lead in the 13thminute
• Took a season-high nine corners against Alabama State on Aug. 22
• Attempted 26 shots on the season, seven on target
• Scored equalizing goal in the 87thminute of Troy’s 1-1 draw at Louisiana Tech on Sept. 8
• Helped erase a two-goal deficit by scoring Troy’s first goal on a free kick in a 3-2 overtime win at UL Lafayette
• Converted a penalty in a 2-1 loss to Georgia Southern in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament on Nov. 1.
2016 (Freshman):
• Played in 18 games, started in eight
• Made collegiate debut at Gardner-Webb
• Made first career start on Sept. 18 against Arkansas State
• Played a season-high 86 minutes at Georgia Southern
• Scored first career goal, the game-winner, in 1-0 win over South Alabama on Oct. 7
• Took a season-high four shots against Texas State
• Finished the season with 20 total shots, eight on target.
Prep:
• Played four years at Gulf Breeze High School in Gulf Breeze, Fla.
• Led the Dolphins to the regional semifinals her freshman, sophomore and junior years and regional finals her senior season
• Named offensive player of the year her freshman and sophomore year
• Received the Gulf Breeze High School Golden Boot Award as a junior and senior
• Named Pensacola News Journal First Team All-Area as a junior and senior
• Named Max Prep/NSCAA Player of the Week on Dec. 29, 2014
• Scored 90 career goals and had 50 career assists
• Member of the Latin Honor Society and FCA.
Club:
• Gulf Coast Texans
• Along with Troy teammate Haley Roberson, played for a WPSL National Championship falling 2-1 in title game during summer of 2017.
Personal:
• Full name is Kiersten Marie Edlund
• Born June 10 ... Daughter of Elizabeth and George Edlund
• Has one brother, Deems
• Major is rehabilitation.
