AS A FRESHMAN (2011): Saw action in the Tennessee backline in eight matches with four starts during her brief career at Rocky Top while totaling 317 total minutes of action...Played 10 minutes as a sub to wrap-up the 4-0 rout at Arkansas (10/2)...Contributed in UT's defensive effort that posted a school record five straight shutouts (#18 Texas A&M, Middle Tennessee, UNC Greensboro, Charlotte, Coastal Carolina) and a program record opponent scoreless streak of 471:10...Started and played 34 minutes in the back during the 2-0 win over Middle Tennessee (9/2)...Helped UT shutout the high-powered offense of the defending Big 12 champions from #18 Texas A&M, 1-0 (8/28).

HIGH SCHOOL/INTERNATIONAL/CLUB: Joined Tennessee soccer having earned 15 caps of international soccer experience in the starting 11 for the Canadian Under-17 Women's National Team...Earned a gold medal with Team Canada at the 2010 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship in Alajuela, Costa Rica (March 2010), also represented the Red & White at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Trinidad & Tobago (September 2010) and played in an international friendly at Chile...Clarke scored the first penalty in the U-17 CONCACAF Championship semifinal against the United States to top the Americans on kicks, 5-3, and qualify for the 2010 FIFA U-17 World Cup...Team Canada advanced on to down Mexico in the CONCACAF final, 1-0...Participated in four sports at Kelvin High School, including soccer, cross country, basketball and ultimate frisbee...Played as part of the Manitoba Provincial Team from 2005-2009 and was the team captain for the Canada Summer Games squad in 2009...Helped guide the 2008 Bonvital Flames U-18 squad, the 2009 South End United Women's and the 2010 WSA Northstars to national club titles...Among her club accolades are selections as the Winnipeg Youth Soccer Player of the Year, the South End United Female Soccer Player of the Year and the Manitoba Soccer Association Youth Soccer Player of the Year...Clarke was also nominated for the 2011 Sport Manitoba Junior Female Athlete of the Year.

PERSONAL: Currently enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences at UT...Former National Hockey League (NHL) enforcer Stu Grimson (nicknamed "The Grim Reaper"), who played 729 total games for eight different teams over a career that spanned from 1989-2002, is Clarke's uncle...Lists playing for the Canadian Senior Women's National Team as her highest ambition in the sport of soccer...Clarke has obtained her Canadian Senior Coaching License...Among former teammates playing collegiately are Sabrina D'Angelo, currently a freshman goalkeeper at South Carolina, and Kylie Davis, a rookie forward/midfielder at the University of Memphis...Chose Tennessee from a list of programs that included North Carolina and Vanderbilt...Has a sister, Emily, 21, and a brother, Hugh, 13...Alison Mary Clarke was born March 23, 1993, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada...Her parents are Brendan and Nancy Clarke.