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Ali Hall 9                 Class: Sophomore Hometown: Hawthorn Woods, Ill. High School: Adlai Stevenson Height: 5-7 Position: Defender

AS A FRESHMAN (2009): Played in 19 matches, starting 10, during her initial campaign as a member of the Big Orange...Registered a pair of assists while recording 17 total shots and three on frame...Played 101 minutes in the backline during Tennessee's 1-0 (2OT) loss to #10 Florida (11/4) at the SEC Tournament, also tallying a pair of shots...Played 29 minutes at Alabama (10/25)...Credited with a shot against #5 South Carolina (10/18) in 30 minutes of sub work and garnered 38 valuable experience minutes versus #11 Florida (10/16)...Subbed in against both Mississippi State (10/9) and Ole Miss (10/11), seeing 80 minutes of action versus the latter...Recorded her second assist of 2009 on Chelsea Hatcher's goal against Western Carolina (9/13)...Was a big contributor on defense during UT's shutout skein of 323:36 from Pepperdine (8/30) through almost 60 minutes against Memphis (9/11)...Drew a red card for a collision in midfield at 58:52 against #19 Minnesota (9/4)...Tallied the first point of her career at UT by assisting on fellow freshman Jayden Barrett's goal against Arizona State (8/28) that granted the Big Orange a 2-0 lead at 53:50...As a freshman Hall earned a start in her very first match at Rocky Top during Tennessee's 2-0 shutout of ETSU (8/22), helping the backline limit the Bucs to just five shots overall and three on goal...Also posted three total shots in the match with ETSU.

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB: Hailing from Hawthorn Woods, Ill., Ali Hall is a 5-7 defender and a four-year letterwinner at Adlai Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill...In 2008, Hall led the Patriots to a section title while earning all-conference, all-area, all-state and all-section honors...Hall played her club soccer with Eclipse Select...The 2007 NSCAA/adidas All-American helped guide Eclipse to a national championship (2005), two appearances in the national finals, two U.S. Youth Soccer Region II titles, the 2008 Illinois state title, the 2008 Disney Showcase U18-19 championship, second place at the U17 Nationals and both 2008 U17 regional and state titles...Hall has participated in U.S. Youth National Team training camp five times and was an ODP national pool player in 2005 & 2006...Hall was also selected to the Region II ODP pool in 2004 and 2005.

PERSONAL: Enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences...Considering opening a business after her collegiate career...Aspires to make the U.S. women's national team...Chose to attend Tennessee over Santa Clara...Models herself after former U.S. National Team player Michelle Akers on the pitch...Has played the piano for over five years...Had both an uncle and a grandfather that played football for Drake University...Has one sister: Lauren, 15...Alexandria Elizabeth Hall was born March 27, 1991, in Parkridge, Ill....Parents are Hilton and Karin Hall.