Montana State University Billings Athletics

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Career Single Game Bests

Category	Total	Date	Opponent
Goals	3	10/5/17	vs. Simon Fraser
Assists	1	10/5/17	2 times
Points	7	10/5/17	vs. Simon Fraser
Shots	5	10/5/17	vs. Simon Fraser
Shots on Goal	3	10/5/17	2 times
Minutes	102	9/23/17	at Western Oregon
Corner Kicks	5	10/19/17	at Saint Martin's

*Date of last occurrence if multiple

Multi-Goal Games

Date	Opponent	Goals	Minutes
10/5/17	vs. Simon Fraser	3	86
9/8/17	vs. Black Hills State	2	44

 2 Total; Gold: 2017 (Junior, 2)

Awards

All-Tournament	Season
Rimrock Classic	2017 (Junior)
Team Awards	Season
Newcomer of the Year	2015 (Freshman)

2017: Tied for the team lead with five goals as a junior…ranked second on the squad with 11 points…had one assist…had first career hat trick in a 4-1 win over Simon Fraser on Oct. 5…tied for the fifth-most points in a single game in MSUB history with seven against the Clan…had first-career multi-goal game with a two-goal effort in a 4-1 win over Black Hills State on Sept. 8…ranked second on the team with 19 shots, placing 14 on frame for a shots-on-goal percentage of 73.7…had one game-winning goal…logged 1,225 minutes, while starting all 17 matches in third season in the program…played a season-high 102 minutes in MSUB’s 1-1 double-overtime draw at Western Oregon on Sept. 23…finished campaign tied for 10th in MSUB history with 13 career goals.

2016: Tied for fourth on the team with two goals scored…had one assist, against Western Oregon on Sept. 22…scored fifth-career game-winning goal on Sept. 29 at Northwest Nazarene…played in 12 games and started five in second year with the ‘Jackets…totaled 680 minutes for an average of 56.7 per game…played a season-high 91 minutes against Concordia on Sept. 24…took 14 shots and placed six on frame for a SOG percentage of 42.9…had season-high three shots in three different games.

2015: Led team and ranked No. 6 in the GNAC in goals as a true freshman with six…had 12 points in first season…finished tied for second in the GNAC in game-winning goals with four…started 14 games and played in all 17 as a forward…totaled 1,212 minutes and averaged 71.29 minutes…ranked second on team in shots (32) and placed 18 on target…scored game-winning goal against Central Washington in final game of the season to help ‘Jackets clinch berth in GNAC tournament…played season-high 95 minutes at Concordia University on Oct. 22…had season-high four shots at Academy of Art on Sept. 12 and at Northwest Nazarene on Oct. 8.

Jefferson Academy Secondary High School: A three-sport standout, lettered four times each in soccer and basketball and once in track and field…during her prep career as a forward on the Jaguars’ soccer team, helped the squad to a 30-15 record under head coach Denise Sutton…as a junior was a first-team all-Metro League and all-state selection after earning all-league honors as a freshman and sophomore as well…was team captain as a junior, and played in an all-star game…single-season bests include 29 goals and 16 assists for 74 points, while her career marks were 63 goals, 24 assists and 150 total points…as a small forward in basketball, was voted team MVP and an all-league honorable mention selection as a junior…in basketball, scored a single-season best of 197 points and a career total of 358…in track and field, her best place was seventh in the state in the 800 meters.
 
Wright on choosing MSUB: “I chose MSUB because being born in Montana, I will be closer to family that I haven’t seen very often. Also, the campus has an environment that I feel will be very beneficial to me."