Women?s Soccer Adds Libby Jandl To 2009 Roster

4/15/2009 3:15:00 PM | Women's Soccer

By: Duke Sports Information

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DURHAM, N.C. ? Duke University Women's Soccer Head Coach Robbie Church announced on Wednesday the addition of Libby Jandl of Mission Hills, Kan., to the 2009 Blue Devil roster.

“We're very excited to have Libby join our program,” said Church. “One of the things that drew us to her was her athleticism. That is something which is important in our program and that we want to continue to bring in. Her versatility is another thing. Libby can play a number of positions. She's most familiar playing in the back line either in central defender or the wide defender. With our graduation of six seniors, she's going to have an opportunity to come in and have an immediate impact on our program.”

Jandl will join Tara Campbell of Cincinnati, Ohio, Kim DeCesare of Massapequa Park, N.Y., Maddy Haller of South Salem, N.Y., Erin Koballa of Wrightsville Beach, N.C., Nicole Lipp of Lake Forest, Ill., and Callie Simpkins of Concord, N.C., who all signed in February to attend Duke University in the fall and play soccer.

“Libby is a very aggressive and a very hard working player,” commented Church. “She has a legacy here at Duke with her two sisters being graduates and Duke is the place she wanted to be. Libby made it perfectly clear that wanted to join our program. We're excited about her coming to Duke. We feel like she's going to have an opportunity to complete early in our preseason for some of the positions our graduating seniors are leaving.”

A profile of Jandl is listed below--

Libby Jandl
5-7 * Defender * Mission Hills, Kan. * Shawnee Mission East High School

Prep: Four-year letterwinner and starter for Shawnee Mission East H.S. ... earned All-Conference honors as a sophomore and junior ... has led her Shawnee Mission East squad to a 3-0 mark so far in 2009 ... named second team All-Sunflower League in 2008 ... earned the captain nod during her junior and senior seasons ...as a junior, led her team to a 14-4 record ... chosen as Shawnee Mission East High School's Athlete of the Year as a freshman ... led her team to a Kansas State Championship victory in penalty kicks in 2007 ... contributed to a Kansas Regional Championship as a freshman ... sophomore year her team notched an 11-6 record and posted a 13-5 mark as a freshman ... served as team captain for her club soccer team, the Dynamos, which were ranked 33rd nationally and won the 2008 Kansas State Championship ... with the Dynamos, she netted seven goals and had four assists as a central defender ... also excelled as a four-year letterwinner and starter in basketball ... as a junior guard, earned second team All-Conference and honorable mention All-Johnson County honors while ranking fourth in the conference with 70 steals and in the top 10 leaders in Sunflower League scoring ... during her senior basketball season, was team captain, ranked third in conference with an average of 5.1 assists per game, and entered the Shawnee Mission East record books as sixth all-time assist leader with 212 ... earned All-Conference and All-State accolades as a senior hoopster ... led her hoops team to a 62-24 record, which is a school record over a span of four years ... led her H.S. team to the state championship for the first time in 19 years with a 19-5 record.

Personal: Elizabeth Gould Jandl was born March 27, 1991 in Kansas City, Kansas ...daughter of George and Ann Jandl ... has two sisters, Kate (24) and Brooke (22), who are both Duke graduates ? Kate graduated in 2002 and Brooke graduated in 2004 ... her brother, John (19), is a sophomore on the soccer team at DePaul University ... member of National Honors Society ... earned an International Baccalaureate Degreed Diploma ... named a Kansas Governor's Scholar.

As a team, Duke advanced to the 2008 NCAA College Cup quarterfinals for the second straight year and notched 15 victories. The Blue Devils finished No. 9 in the national rankings.

Duke will lose six seniors to graduation but return a solid nucleus in 2009 that includes leading scorers KayAnne Gummersall and Elisabeth Redmond to go along the following starters -- defender Gretchen Miller, Ashley Rape, midfielder Jane Alukonis, forward Cody Newman and midfielder Marybeth Kreger. Also returning who started matches during the season are defender Meaghan FitzGerald, who started eight of the final 10 matches, and midfielder Kendall Bradley, who started six matches on the season. Overall, Duke returns 15 student-athletes who saw action on the field in 2008.