Undoubtedly the best female soccer player in Lafayette history, Heidi Caruso '94 also left an impressive mark on the basketball court. On the soccer pitch, she is the school's all-time leading scorer and owner of eight women's soccer school records.
|
|
Caruso led the team in scoring each year and was named the Patriot League Player of the Year in 1991 following a sophomore campaign in which she netted a school-record 18 goals and five assists. A four-year starter, Caruso tallied 63 goals and 17 assists over a 69-game career, accounting for over 46 percent of the Leopards' goals. A Maroon Club Scholar-Athlete, Caruso earned first-team Patriot League honors three times and was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/Umbro All-Central Region Second Team in 1993. Perhaps her most impressive effort came in a non-conference game versus Gettysburg College in 1990 when she tallied a school-record four goals in a 9-1 Lafayette victory. On the basketball court, Caruso directed the offense as the starting point guard for a Leopard program that posted a 66-47 mark during her four-year residence. At one time she held the NCAA records for steals in a game (14), career (532), and season (168) and owned the record for highest steals per game average in a season (6.0).
