Marisa Viggiano

Photo by: S. J. Carrera, Inc.

Height:
5-4
Class:
Senior
High School:
Macomb Dakota
Hometown:
Macomb Township, Mich.
Major:
Communication Studies

2018: Finished with 20 career assists, tied for the second-most in program history ... Started 83-consecutive matches to end her career, the third longest streak in program history ... United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Second Team ... United Soccer Coaches First Team Scholar All-North/Central Region ... All-Big Ten First Team honors ... Played in 17 games this season, starting in them all ... Led Northwestern with five assists and 40 shots ... Scored the lone goal in a 1-1 draw against Iowa (Oct. 21) ... Registered a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over Illinois (Oct. 18) ... Assisted a goal ina 1-2 loss to Maryland, her fourth of the year (Oct. 7) ... Marked a season and career high in shots on goal with three in a 0-1 loss to Rutgers (Oct. 4) ... Assisted the lone goal of the game in a 1-0 win over Penn State (Sept. 20) ... Tallied a career high in shots in a 1-0 win over Missouri with five (Aug. 30) ... Named to the Big Ten Preseason Honors List and the Mac Herrman Trophy Watch List ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2017: Started all 23 games of the season ... Awarded first team All-Big Ten honors ... Ranked first on the team in assists, with eight, and second in shots, with 32 ... Netted first goal of the season against Loyola Marymount (8/27) ... Posted game-tying goal and a season-high four SOG in victory over Missouri (9/7) ... Assisted the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Ohio State (9/17) ... Recorded two assists in a 2-0 victory over Maryland (9/24) ... Assisted on game-winner in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament against Purdue (10/29) ... Played the full 90 minutes or more in all but four games ... Saw over 2,000 minutes of action.

2016: Started all 23 matches … Finished fourth on the team in points with seven … Recorded an impressive five assists to lead the team in the category … Also led the team in shots from her midfield position with 34 … Tallied three points in the win over Maryland with a goal and an assist each to her name … Recorded the assist from the corner kick that was scored by Kayla Sharples to give Northwestern the win over Illinois and the regular season conference title … Assisted on two of the three goals in the 3-0 win over Kent State in the first round of the NCAA tournament … Named to the All-Great Lakes Region third-team by the NSCAA ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2015: Named to the Big Ten All Freshman Team … Started every game of the season … Took 2 shots in 55 minutes of action in the season opening 2-1 win over Saint Louis … Recorded 3 shots in 45 minutes in a 1-0 victory over Purdue … Assisted a goal in the 4-0 win over Iowa.

Before Northwestern: Ranked as the No. 25 recruit in the nation and the No. 5 recruit in the Great Lakes Region by TopDrawerSoccer … 2015 U.S. Women's U20 Youth National Team Player Pool … Played three seasons of club soccer for Michigan Hawks ECNL with future Northwestern teammate Brenna Lovera, competing against future teammates Hannah Davison, Kayla Sharples and Aspyn Repp … Hawks ranked Top-10 nationally in 2014 … National Honor Society

Personal: Parents Tom & Lisa …Father played ice hockey at Kent State University and was inducted into the KSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013 … Sister Natalie won 2014 U14 National Championship with Michigan Hawks ECNL … Major is Communication Studies, minor in Business Institutions and certificate in Integrated Marketing Communications.