Kim Kemper

Classroom

Kemper has a 3.93 grade point average and will graduate in May with a degree in liberal studies with kinesiology as a concentration. Her career goal is to be an elementary school teacher/ youth soccer coach. She is a Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society member and has been on the Dean’s Honor list four times. She was named to the 2008 ESPN Academic All-Region VIII second team.

Character

Kemper is a two-time Sacramento State women’s soccer team captain (junior and senior years). She is also the women’s soccer representative for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee at her school.

Community

Kemper’s community service activities include: Marshall Elementary School classroom volunteer; participant in Run to Feed the Hungry 2008, Lou Gehrig’s Roseville Run 2009,  Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure 2009 and the Shriner’s Hospital Summer Solstice Run 2009. She also is a youth soccer personal trainer and has been a soccer camp counselor for three years. She is also a member of the Sac State Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Competition

Kemper was voted her team’s most valuable player in 2008, as well as being selected the team’s offensive MVP the past two years. She was selected to the Big Sky Conference first team twice and as a junior received the conference’s Golden Boot Award, recognizing her as the conference’s leading scorer against other league schools. As a junior, she made the Big Sky all-tournament team. She ranks fifth in school history in goals with 14 while also ranking fifth in career points with 38. She collected seven assists in 2007, tied for the most in single-season school history.