At Delaware: Expected to see playing time at center back.

High School: A four-year defender at West Chester East High School in West Chester, PA• three-time all-league selection • team captain as a senior • played basketball and lacrosse all four years • basketball captain as a senior • lacrosse team won state title in 2007 • club team, Spirit United, ranked second in the nation as a U.S. Youth Soccer Association national finalist, Region One champion and eastern Pennsylvania champion • member of Spanish National Honor Society • honor roll student.

Personal: Ilyssa U. Friedman · born in Winston-Salem, NC • daughter of David and Terri Friedman • cites mother as major influence on soccer career • has a sister, Brienne, 19, and a brother, Drayt, 15 • elementary education major who wants to teach third or fourth grade.