Nilani Duarte Class: Junior Hometown: Costa Mesa, Calif. High School: Costa Mesa Height: 5-4 Position: Midfield

Drake comments: "Nilani has a superb work ethic in the central midfield. She has a lot of creativity on the ball and flare to her game. She continues to develop 1v1 attacking saavy."

Nilani Duarte enters her third season at George Mason and is expected to start along the midfield line... Majoring in psychology.

2006: Played in all 19 games and started 18 of those contests... Was tied for fifth on the team in scoring and points... Mason was 3-0 when she recorded a point... Had two goals and an assist on the season with five points... Had first goal of the season in a 2-0 win over Georgetown, scoring the insurance goal in the 58th minute... Had an assists in a 4-2 win over Georgia State, setting up L.J. Williams' goal in the 64th minute... Scored the game-winning goal in the 72nd minute of a 1-0 win over Delaware... Took only 13 shots on the year and six of them were on-goal... Led the team with four yellow cards.

2005: Played in all 19 games and started 14 contests for the Patriots... Started the final eight games of the season... Had two goals, fifth-most on the team... Had one assist to finish the year with five points, also fifth-best on the team... Scored first game-winning goal of her career against Northeastern (Oct. 7) in a 6-5 win... First collegiate goal came against St. Joseph's (Sept. 6) on her second collegiate shot... Had first career assist against East Tennessee State... More than half of her 19 shots were shots on goal... Took season-high four shots in win over Northeastern, with three of those on goal.

High School/Club: Earned four varsity letters from Costa Mesa High School... Garnered first-team honors from the California Interscholastic Federation for three consecutive seasons (2003, 2004 and 2005)... Chosen two-time Premier League offensive MVP in 2004 and 2005... Selected first-team all-Premier League as a sophomore, junior and senior... Two-time Daily Pilot High School Athlete of the Week... Selected a 2005 senior all-star... Named Kiwanis Athlete of the Month in December 2004... Earned second-team all-League accolades as a freshman... Member of the Mustangs' 2003 CIF championship and three-time undefeated Premier League (Southern California) championship teams... Member of the Slammers FC club soccer team for seven years... Participated on four championship club teams (Slammers Classic, Suff Girls Cup, Premier League, Score at the Shore).

Personal: Full name is Nilani Anais Duarte...Born June 8, 1987... Daughter of Maricela and Jose Duarte... Has one brother, Franco... Father Jose played four years of collegiate soccer at Lewis University... 2005 graduate of Costa Mesa High School where she also lettered in cross country... Member of the Principal's Honor Roll, the National Honor Society and the Society of High School Scholars... Enjoys music, going to the beach, movies and shopping... Plans on attending graduate school... Chose George Mason over Illinois, Pennsylvania, George Washington and Dayton.

CAREER STATISTICS
Year	GP/GS	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	GWG
2005	19/14	2	1	5	19	1
2006	19/18	2	1	5	13	1
Totals	38/32	4	2	10	32	2