Imani McDonald

Position:
GK
Height:
5-6
Class:
Senior
Major:
Communications
Hometown:
Long Beach, Calif.
High School:
Long Beach Poly HS
Prev School:
Long Beach Poly HS

2017 BIG WEST SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP AWARD RECIPIENT

2018 (Senior): Started all 20 matches, playing 1830:05 of a possible 1962 minutes for Long Beach State ... Went 11-6-3 with a 1.23 goals against average ... Made 88 saves and recorded five shutouts ... Finished career third in school history in wins (22), third in career shutouts (12.3), fourth in career saves (158), and eighth in goals against average (1.16) ... Named Academic All-Conference.

2017 (Junior): Saw action in 12 games with 11 starts in goal … Recorded five saves in her first game against CSUN (Aug. 18) and twice more against San Diego State (Aug. 27) and at Cal (Sept. 3) … Tallied 35 saves on the year in over 1000 minutes of play … Finished with a record of 6-3-2 … Tallied five shutouts on the year … Was named Big West Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 28) after leading the Beach to a pair of shutout victories over Northwestern and San Diego State the week before ... Named Academic All-Conference.

2016 (Sophomore): Started in three of four matches at goalkeeper … Recorded a season-high four saves in a 5-1 win over DePaul (Sept. 11) …Tallied eight saves on the year in 273 total minutes for a save percentage of .615 … Finished the year with a 1-2-0 record collecting her only victory in the win over DePaul … Owned a 1.65 goals against average in her sophomore season.

2015 (Freshman): Started five of six games played ... Earned a 1-0 shutout victory in her first start of the year at CSUN on Oct. 22 ... Had a season-high seven saves in a 3-2 win vs. Hawai'i (Oct. 25) ... Picked up her second solo shutout in the Big West Tournament semifinals against UC Riverside on Nov. 5 ... Finished with five stops in the 1-0 overtime victory vs. the Highlanders ... Also played 79 minutes of a 2-0 triumph over UC Davis (Oct. 29) ... Compiled a 4-1-0 record on the season ... Totaled 27 saves, an .871 save percentage and a 0.74 goals against average.

High School: Four-year starting goalkeeper at Long Beach Poly High School ... Led the Jackrabbits to three Moore League titles, including back-to-back championships in 2014 and 2015 ... Reached the CIF-Southern Section Division I semifinals as a senior ... Garnered All-CIF and Press-Telegram Girls' Soccer Dream Team honors ... Earned the Grunion Gazettes All-City award ... Four-time Moore League Goalkeeper of the Year ... Club: Played for Beach Futbol Club ... Back-to-back National Cup and California Regional League champions (2014-15) ... Won the U16 U.S. Youth Soccer national title in 2014 ... Selected to the 2014 NSCAA Fall Girls' All-West Region Team ... Earned runner-up honors at the U17 national championships in 2015 ... Claimed the U17 National League Red Division crown.

Personal: Majoring in communications … One of six inaugural Big West Service and Leadership award winners.