Coastal Carolina University Athletics

Honors
2007 Big South All-Freshman Team


2010 (Senior)

• Played in and started all 20 matches on the season
• Totaled 1831 minutes of game action on the year
• Totaled three points on one assist and one goal
• Recorded eight shots on the season, putting four on goal for a .500 shots on goal percentage
• Scored a goal in the 4-2 win at the College of Charleston
• Registered an assist on the game-winner in the 1-0 win over Presbyterian College
• Tallied a season-high four shots in the 0-0 double-overtime draw at Gardner-Webb

2009 (Junior)

• Was one of three Chanticleers to play and start all 21 matches in 2009
• Totaled three assists on the year
• Assisted on the game-winning goal in the Chanticleers' 1-0 win over Winthrop
• For the third year in a row, she recorded an assist in the season opener, feeding Tori Strengari in the 2-1 win over Jacksonville
• Also tallied an assist in the 3-0 win over VMI
• Recorded 12 shots on the year, six of which were on goal
• Attempted a season-high five shots in the Big South Championship Tournament quarterfinals match against VMI

2008 (Sophomore)

• Appeared in all 12 matches, earning 18 starts
• Finished the season tied for second on the team with four assists
• Was named to the Winthrop Invitational All-Tournament team
• Had an assist in the season opener against UNC Greensboro
• Also recorded an assist in each of the Big South games against Liberty and High Point
• Attempted five shots on the year in the midfield, three of which were on goal

2007 (Freshman)

• Earned a spot on the Big South All-Freshman team
• Had two assists on the year, which was tied for the fifth-most on the team
• Recorded an assist in the season opener against Wofford
• Also added an assist in a 2-0 win over USC Upstate
• Totaled six shots on the year

Prior to Coastal Carolina

• Was a four-year starter for Elgin High School in Elgin, Ill.
• Was a three-time Daily Herald All-Area selection
• A team captain her last three seasons
• A two-time team Most Valuable Player
• Earned All-Upstate Eight Conference honors three times
• Named to the all-sectional team in 2007
• Was Elgin High School's Athlete of the Year in 2006-07 and is in the Maroons' Hall of Fame
• Also played basketball and volleyball
• Was an all-conference selection in basketball her senior year
• Played with fellow Coastal Carolina teammate Kelsey Havell for the KUFC Premier club soccer team from 2005-07
• Helped her club team win a U.S. Soccer National Championship in 2005
• Played for the Chicago United Breeze in the WPSL in the summer of 2007
• Was a three-time Academic All-Upstate Eight selection
• Also a member of the National Honor Society

Personal

• Full name is Sara Carolyn Niles
• Daughter of Steve and Sue Niles
• Mother, Sue, played soccer at Texas A&M
• A member of the Coastal Carolina Student-Athlete Advisory Committee