Cara Freeman Class: Freshman Hometown: New Lenox, Ill. High School: Lincolnway Central Height: 5-7 Position: Forward

Prior To MSU: Three-time high school team MVP...The 2007 IHSCAA High School Player of the Year...Earned three all-state honors in Illinois...Totaled 96 career goals...Scored 38 goals and added 26 assists, the 22nd-best mark in Illinois history, as a senior...Led Lincoln-Way to a fourth-place finish in the state...A member of Chicago Tribune's All-State First Team and the Chicago Sun-Times All-Area First Team as a senior...Was the Daily Southtown Player of the Year award as a junior and senior...Helped lead Lincolnway Central to a fourth-place finish in the state and was a member of the NSCAA All-Midwest Region team as a junior after scoring 29 goals...Also a star of Lincolnway Central's basketball team...Led club team, the Windy City Pride, to the NISL League Championship, the Florida Orange Classic title and the Vardar Nike Cup Championship..Team also made the Celtic Cup finals...Scored four goals in the U-19 Gold Division title game, lifting the team to a 4-2 win over the St. Louis Metro United in the finals.

Personal: Born Jan. 24, 1989...Daughter of Dr. Deborah and Patrick Freeman...Zoology major...Finished fourth among all 17-year-olds in the Chicago Marathon.