30  Alyssa Telang
	Class: Junior Hometown: Shelby Township, Mich. High School: Eisenhower Height: 5-6 Position: Midfielder Experience: 2L Club: Michigan Hawks

2010: Academic All-SEC ... Started every match she played tallying a personal-best 1,703 minutes ... Played full complement of minutes 11 times including 110 minutes three times ... Assisted on a goal against Indiana ... Assisted on game-winning-goal against No. 15 Virginia Tech ... Took a season-high nine corner kicks against Coastal Carolina and Mississippi State ... Scored first career goal against Marshall, it was the game-winning-goal.

2009: Started every match her freshman year ... Played full 110 minutes at Morehead State ... Took a personal best four shots at Morehead State ... Also took three shots against Tennessee Tech ... Tallied shot against LSU ... Took two shots at Alabama

Pre-College: Played her club ball for the Michigan Hawks ... Spring of 2009, traveled to Brazil with the Region II ODP team where they competed against various World Cup teams ... Helped lead the Hawks to the 2008 and 2009 State Cup Championship ... Prior to playing with the Hawks, was a member of the Michigan Gators, who she helped lead to the 2007 State Cup championship game, and the 2006 State Cup Championship ... A Member of the Region II Olympic Development Program (ODP) pool, 2008 ... A member of the Michigan state ODP team, 2002-2008 ... Named to the 2008 and 2009 Michigan All-State Dream Team, as well as being named a First Team All-State performer her junior and senior seasons ... Named Third Team All-State her sophomore season, 2007

• Full Name: Alyssa Renee Telang
• Place of Birth: Royal Oak, Mich.
• Parents: Ray and Karen Telang
• Siblings: Justin and Trey
• Club Team/Coach: Michigan Hawks/Dough Landefeld
• High School Mascot: Eagles

Telang's Q & A

What is your nickname, why? T-Pain ... because my voice sounds like a synthesizer.

Why did you choose UK? The high expectations to be a great person, student, and soccer player. I love the soccer field and love CATS.

Better bicycle kick: Pele or Rooney? Even though Cristiano left, I'm still a ManU fan so I'd have to go with Rooney.

Would you rather make a nice, hard clean-tackle to stop a goal or execute a perfect corner kick that leads to a goal? You can't win if the other team scores more goals than you, so I'd rather stop a goal.

Would you rather win the World Cup or an Olympic gold medal? World Cup

Who is your favorite athlete? Rafael Nadal, Lebron James, Messi

What do you want to be when you grow up? Follower of Jesus & either Anesthesiologist or Pediatrician

When you were 10, what did you want to be when you grew up? Mia Hamm

What is your favorite vacation destination? Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

What is your prized possession? Bible and my family

What is your guilty midnight snack? Double stuffed oreos and milk

When you leave Kentucky, what do you want people to say about you? A compassionate leader of courage and honesty.

Without looking it up, what's a rutabaga? Rotten bagel?

Who has the quickest temper on the team? I wouldn't mess with Kio-dre (she'd power clean me).

What's one thing you've always wanted to do, but have never been able to? I've always wanted to go on a mission trip to a foreign country to help change lives and to see them smile.

People would be surprised to know that I ... can eat a lot.

What is one interesting story in your life? When I was in seventh grade I was hit above my eye with an axe and had to get 16 stitches inside and outside.