Angie Muir

Classroom

Muir boasts a 3.831 grade point average as a secondary education major and Spanish minor. She was named to the CoSIDA ESPN The Magazine All-District V Second Team in both 2006 and 2007 and was voted to the Academic All-Horizon League Team as both a sophomore and junior. She is a member of the Horizon League’s Academic Honor Roll every semester she was eligible by maintaining at least a 3.20 during her career.

Character

Head coach Tari St. John describes Muir’s selflessness, perseverance and leadership. “Before I had even met Angie Muir in person I knew an exceptional person was joining our team.  My first indication that we had recruited somebody very special was from a story a local club coach told me about Angie.  In 2004, Angie’s club team was involved in a near-fatal high-speed van accident.  When help arrived, Angie, in a severe amount of pain, urged them to assist with her other teammates.  ‘I’m ok, I’m ok. There are others that need more help than me.’ As it turned out, Angie urged the rescuers past her while she laid contorted in the van with a dislocated hip, cracked vertebrae and a lost tooth.  But Angie was right; there were others that were worse off than she. Although probably the most traumatic, the van accident wasn’t the only obstacle Angie faced in her collegiate career.  During her freshmen season, Muir endured the first of two ACL reconstructions.  She came back to earn first team all-conference honors in her junior season.  Riding the high of her best collegiate season, she was playing some of her best soccer in the spring of her junior year.  In early April 2008, she tore her other ACL.  I’ve never seen a player respond to the news with such grace.  She rehabbed throughout the early fall in an attempt to be ready by midseason, but we decided it would be best for her to finish her career fully healthy. Angie, a player blessed with talent, was also blessed with humility.  It is this combination that I believe lent herself to be a leader since her freshmen year.  She was able to earn the respect of her elders through her strong work ethic and willingness to compete.  At the end of her sophomore year, she was voted team captain and was voted captain again as a junior and senior.

Community

Muir organized for her dorm floor to adopt a family through the United Way of Indiana. The floor raised and spent $500 spent on the family. She also worked 15 hours a week during her second semester senior year for Kids Corner Pre School, a preschool run through her alma mater Carmel High School.  Her daily tasks included making lesson plans, physical activities, games and introducing the mainly five-year-olds to science, math, writing, reading and health.  The school had 16 students that came to school three times a week from 8 to 11 a.m. She has helped coach a youth soccer program as well. She also volunteered at her mother’s preschool.  Two teachers were usually utilized, but when one was unavailable or had an appointment, Muir would step in to assist.  The curriculum would include an introduction to basic math, English, science, etc. and a supervised free-play.  She also helped at family functions, such as pizza night and the annual Christmas show.  She volunteered at Gleaners Food Bank and coordinated efforts for the women’s soccer team to work a food drive at Lucas Oil Stadium in November 2008.

Competition

The Bulldogs’ active leader in goals scored (22), assists (16) and total points (60), Muir ranks sixth all-time in assists and points and seventh in goals. She was named to the All-Horizon League first team as a junior in 2007. She is a member of the all-league second team and newcomer team as a freshman. She has led the team in points in all three seasons she has been on the roster. She was named to the league’s all-tournament team in 2006 and is a two-time Horizon League Player of the Week. She has scored seven game-winning goals in her career, including a team-high four as a junior in 2007. She led the team and ranked third in the league with 10 goals and 26 points as a junior. Her six assists also paced the squad and tied her for third in the conference.