| Najma Homidi |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Fremont, Calif.
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| High School:
Washington HS
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| Height:
5-4
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| Position:
MF/F
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| Experience:
3L
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CAREER: A senior in 2009 ... Has appeared in 59 games during her career, posting 10 goals and 23 points ... Leading returning scorer for Oregon State after posting four goals and nine points as a junior ... Has posted four career game-winning goals.
OSU 2008: Played and started all 19 contests at the forward position as a junior ... Led the team in goals scored (4) and points (9) ... Scored the game-winning goal in back-to-back victories over Utah State and Utah ... Scored a goal in the win over New Hampshire ... Scored Oregon State's goal in a 1-1 tie with Fresno State ... Recorded an assist on the game winning goal in a 1-0 win over North Florida ... Registered a season-high seven shots against Northern Colorado ... Led the team with 52 shots on the season, putting 29 on goal ... Played nearly 1600 minutes on the season.
OSU 2007: Played in 20 games as a sophomore, starting 16 ... Ranked second on the team with four goals and nine points ... Scored the game-winning goal in the victory over UC Riverside ... Added her second game-winner of the season in the win over Lamar ... Tallied her first multi-goal contest in the tie against arch-rival Oregon, scoring both goals for Oregon State while taking only three shots ... Posted an assist in the win over Montana ... Took 28 shots on the season with 14 coming on goal.
OSU 2006: Proved herself to be a quality Pac-10 player as a freshman ... Played in all 20 games, starting 12 ... Had two goals and one assist (five points) while taking 22 shots ... Scored her first goal vs. Alabama-Birmingham ... Her other goal came vs. Portland State in the 88th minute, sending the game into overtime, where the Beavers ended up winning ... Her assist came in OSU's win at Arizona State ... Made the all-tournament teams at the WSU Cougar Classic and the OSU Nike Invitational.
ODP: Played on the ODP state team as an U-15, U-16 and U-17 ... Also part of the U-17 regional pool and U-16 regional team ... Attended U-16 national team camps in Washington and Florida.
CLUB: Won two State Cups with the Pleasanton Rage ... Was a Far West Regional semifinalist ... Lists her career highlight as scoring a game-winning goal in the 2005 State Cup.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Washington High School in Fremont, Calif., in 2006 ... Played four years on the varsity ... Scored 74 goals in 48 career games ... Was an all-league pick all four years (three times on the first team) and led the league in scoring three times (19 goals as a senior, 18 as a junior and 21 as a sophomore) ... Three-time league player of the year ... Helped Washington win league titles all four years ... Academically, was in the top 10% of her graduating class.
PERSONAL: Born in Livermore, Calif. ... Daughter of Nasima and Mukhtar Homidi ... Mother is a hair stylist, father is a chemist ... Siblings include Kai, Ahmad and Fara ... Chose Oregon State because "I love the coaches."
FAVORITES: Sports hero is former NFL star Barry Sanders ... Favorite soccer player is Ronaldinho ... Favorite book is The Kite Runner ... Favorite movie is King Kong ... Favorite TV show is America's Next Top Model ... Favorite type of food is Afghan ... Favorite ice cream flavor is chocolate ... Favorite thing about soccer is "the thrill of making people think you're going to do one thing, but doing something else."
