3  Megan Brigman
	Class: Junior Hometown: Laurinburg, N.C. High School: Scotland Height: 5-8 Position: Defender Birthdate: 11/07/1990 Experience: Two-Year Letterman Major: Communications

General
Two-year returning letter winner who started 23 games in the flat back three defense in 2010 at the right back position • after Rachel Givan was injured in the opening game of the season against Texas A&M Brigman came on for the valuable senior and stayed in the back line the remainder of the campaign • the UNC coaches consider her one of the most improved players on the team over the past two seasons • possesses tremendous speed and is dangerous on set pieces.
Sophomore Season (2010)
Played in all 24 games for the Tar Heels last season and started the last 23 games of the campaign • named to Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week on September 20, 2010 after a pair of UNC wins in the Duke Nike Classic • led UNC in minutes played with 2,125 • went the entire way in 18 of 24 contests • scored the first goal of her career in UNC's 7-2 win over Tennessee on September 4 off a corner kick • assisted on a goal against Middle Tennessee.
Freshman Season (2009)
Played in three games as a freshman, seeing 36 minutes of action in the defense against Wake Forest, NC State and Clemson • logged a season-high 20 minutes versus the Wolfpack.
ODP, National Teams & Club Soccer
Played with the Charlotte Soccer Club in 2007 and 2008 • competed with Sandhill Soccer Club in 2006 and with the Scotland Claymores from 1996-2005 • her first club team coach was Lisa Duffy Blalock, a former UNC player, Class of 1987 • served as team captain for the CSC and the Claymores • member of North Carolina ODP Team.
Prep
Graduated from Scotland High School on June 12, 2009 • was the school's female athlete of the year in 2008-09 • four-time soccer letter winner • holds the school record for goals scored with an astounding total of 171 • an all-conference and all-region performer four straight years • named All-State in 2008 • was the conference's co-player the year as a junior • was her team's two-time offensive player of the year and two-time MVP as well as serving as team captain • a three-sport athlete • played two years of tennis and made the all-conference tennis team her freshman and sophomore years • was a guard on the basketball team for four years • was an all-conference basketball choice three times and earned her high school squad's MVP award three times • earned the conference player of the year accolade as a senior • a four-time team captain.
Personal
Megan L. Brigman is the daughter of Patty and Tommy Brigman • was born November 7, 1990 in Laurinburg, N.C. • majors in communications.

Up Close With Megan Brigman
Section #1: Soccer
1. The best thing about being a Tar Heel soccer player is the friendships.
2. My favorite thing about competing for Coach Dorrance is his honesty.
3. Since my last competitive season, the aspect of my training I've worked on the most is my technical abilities.
4. My best friend on another college soccer team is Sara Beth Jones at Queens.
5. My greatest strengths as a soccer player are my speed and aggression.
Section #2: Interests
1. Away from the pitch and academic pursuits, I like to spend time relaxing and sleeping.
2. On a long bus trip, I'd like to watch Love and Basketball.
3. If I could compete in another sport at UNC it would be basketball.
4. If I received free concert tickets via a radio/internet promotion I would love to see Jesse McCartney.
5. The one interest I have that people would be surprised to know is I liked to play the punch bug game in the car.
Section #3: Food & Beverage
1. After a game at Fetzer I'd love to see a buffet spread at McCaskill that included Chik-fil-a nuggets, cookies, blue Gatorade and oranges.
2. My favorite beverage is Mountain Dew.
3. I'm allowed to enter a room with unlimited snacks, one room has the salty stuff, the other sweet stuff. I enter The Sweet Room because I'm a chunk.
4. My favorite food made by a relative is my Mom's stew beef.
5. On my birthday, I'd love to be treated by my friends to dinner at Kanki.
Section #4: Personality
1. If I possessed the gift of time travel I would go back to see Harry Houdini perform.
2. My most prized personal possession is my stuffed animal named Lucia.
3. My iTunes library includes hip hop and JMac.
4. In a perfect world where making money was not a consideration my dream job would be ESPN sports analyst.
5. The most interesting person I've met in my time at UNC is Lucy Bronze.

Date	Opponent	G	A	PTS
9/4	Tennessee	1	0	2
9/17	Middle Tenn.	0	1	1
2010 TOTALS		1	1	3