Sarah Datta '22 Recruiting Profile
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IASAS 2019 Highli...Personal Statement
Having played most of my athletic career in Singapore, I will bring a unique perspective, playing style, mindset, and set of skills to your team.
I grew up in Singapore, which is not a country with well funded women's sports. I played on boys teams, women's pro teams, and any pick-up teams I could find through my adolescence. This unique experience lends itself to my competitive spirit, unwavering grit, and mature approach to the game.
Through my early experience, I was scouted to the Singapore National U15 and U17 women's soccer teams, where I played for four years pending dual citizenship with my pre-existing US passport. I discontinued my participation on the team when my Singapore citizen ship was sadly denied. After leaving the national team, I played in the Singapore Women's Premier League as both an underage and overseas player, the youngest on the current league champions, Lion City Sailors FC.
Living in Singapore also gave me the opportunity to play internationally in Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines, Thailand, Sweden (at Gothia Cup, where I finished as a cup semi-finalist), England (where I was invited to train with Chelsea Women's U17 team), and the US (where I played in the Surf Cup U19 division when I was 15). My leadership skills also run deep, as shown by my captaincy of my ESA club team and my high school varsity soccer, touch rugby, and track teams. To continue to grow as a player and a leader, I have also been a coach of teams between the ages of 6 and 12 for over four years now.
After graduating from Singapore American School, I was given the opportunity to play on the Pepperdine University women's soccer team in the 2022 season as an outside back. Although I made friends for life on the team and the coaches were all I could have ever dreamed of, my experience at the University as a whole is not what I hoped it would be. Consequently, I am currently looking to transfer from Pepperdine to find a school that is a better fit for what I am looking for. Hopefully, I will be able to play soccer there too.
Athletics
High School Information
- Years w/ Varsity
- 1 year
- Varsity Starter
- 1 year
- 2022 Varsity Team
- Starter- Jersey: #10
Individual Awards
- 1st Team All-Conference, Captain (11,12)
Team Awards
- Conference Champs, Regional Champs, Sectional Champs, State Champs, National Champs
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 4 seasons
- 2022 Eurosoccer Academy (Travel )
- Training/league season cancelled due to COVID-19, therefore there is no schedule to upload. Training restarts on August 18th, when Singapore allows more than 2 individuals in a group together.
- 2022 JSSL Arsenal Academy Singapore (Elite Academy)
- Played with this club from age 9 to age 15. Contributed most to my early development but decided to leave to another club after plateauing. I played in multiple international tournaments with this club, including in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Sweden at the Gothia Cup, where we were semi-finalists in the cup.
- 2022 Lion City Sailors (Singapore Women's Premier League )
- Season canceled due to COVID-19, therefore there is no schedule or jersey number to upload. Training begins when Singapore allows more than two people in a group together.
- 2022 Singapore National U15, U17, U19 Team (National Level )
- Played for the Singapore National Team for four years while pending a Singaporean passport for dual citizenship (with my US passport). After my request was denied, I could no longer play for the team. I continue to play with the coach of the National level teams of my age group with her club team, which I now play for (Lion City Sailors).
Coach References
- High School Head Coach
- Geoffrey Rodocker
- Club Director
- Mohamed (Mido) Zakaria Yousif
- Athletic Director
- Justin Teves
- Travel / Club Coach
- Sheau Shyan
Training
- Crossfit
- 2 years
- Joined a CrossFit gym during Singapore's COVID-19 lockdown. Continued to train in Crossfit and olympic Weightlifting through my senior year of highschool and through college.
Additional Sports
- Track
- 4 years
- Varsity Team
- Interscholastic Association of Southeast Asian Schools (IASAS) Runners up (2019). Season canceled due to COVID-19 in 2020 and 2021.
- Rugby
- 7 years
- Varsity Team
- Touch Rugby high school varsity player since freshman year. Received the "IASAS Spirit" award for "demonstration outstanding sportsmanship" at the 2019 IASAS Touch Rugby tournament. Touch Rugby bronze medalists at IASAS 2019, silver medalists at IASAS 202
Statistics
Academics
Grades
Test Scores
High School Information
Academic Accomplishments
Are you in honor classes?
Yes. Honors Biology (9), Honors Precalculus (11)Are you in AP/IB classes?
Yes. AP Seminar (10/4), AP US History (11/5), AP Research (11/5), AP English Lang & Comp (11/4), AP Biology (11/3), AP Compter Science A (12/5), AP Calculus BC (12/5, AB Subscore: 5), AP Statistics (12/4)Registered with the NCAA Eligibility Center?
YesAwards and Activities
- AwardsTri-M Music Honors Society, Science National Honors Society, Honor Roll, IASAS Scholar (Varsity for two seasons while maintaining Honor Roll status for both semesters), Athlete of the Year (2022)
- ActivitiesStudent Government House Representative (10, 11), Student Body Vice President (12), Pitches Acapella club (10, 11), Caring For Cambodia Service Club (Member (9), President (10, 11, 12)).
