Freshmen Have Memorable Debuts

Aug. 24, 2009

NORMAN, Okla. -- The Sooner soccer team started three freshmen over the opening weekend and saw three record points and another post two shutouts in goal as OU went 2-0 over the weekend.

The heralded 2009 recruiting class has displayed its skills early in the season and have shown that the Sooners not only have a bright future, but have a deep and talented squad this season.

Freshmen Kelsey Devonshire (GK), Dria Hampton (MF) and Olivia Staff (D) started each of the two contests over the weekend and played a majority of the minutes.

Hampton recorded two assists over the weekend, including one on the team's first goal scored in 2009, while Devonshire posted back-to-back shutouts with a combined three saves.

Freshman forward Jessican Johnson scored the most athletic goal of the opening weekend as her diving header gave OU a 3-0 lead on Friday night over Missouri State. In addition, Brianna Turang (D/MF) and Leslie Shurtleff (D/MF) also saw time over the weekend.

Below is a list of other past debuts made by Sooners over the years in the first game or weekend in an OU uniform:

Dria Hampton
Freshman | Height: 5-6 | Position: MF
Hometown: Piedmont, Okla.
High School: Piedmont High School

2009
Dria Hampton assists on the Sooners' first goal in 2009 in the 3-0 win over Missouri State at home. Two days later, Hampton provides her second assist of the season as OU tops Sam Houston State, 3-0.

Kelsey Devonshire
Freshman | Height: 5-7 | Position: Goalkeeper
Hometown: North Richland Hills, Texas
High School: Richland Senior High School

2009
Kelsey Devonshire becomes the first Sooner to record a shutout in her debut in goal as OU records a 3-0 win over Missouri State. Devonshire makes two saves and follows it up with another shutout in the same weekend against Sam Houston State.

Kelsey Kraft
Sophomore | Height: 5-11 | Position: F
Hometown: Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.
High School: Rancho Santa MargaritaHigh School

2008
Kelsey Kraft scores the Sooners' lone goal in the season opener at Colorado College (L, 3-1).

Whitney Palmer
Junior | Height: 5-5 | Position: F
Hometown: Plano, Texas
High School: Plano High School

2007
Whitney Palmer nets one of OU's eight goals in the 8-0 win over Alabama A&M as the Sooners tie a single-game high for goals scored. In the same weekend, Palmer records her first multi-goal game with two scores in 4-1 win over Oral Roberts.

Katie Corbitt
2005-2008 | Height: 5-8 | Position: D
Hometown: Highland Village, Texas
High School: Marcus High School

2005
Katie Corbitt, who would go on to play defense in 70-plus games at OU, scores the lone goal of her career in her first game as a Sooner. The score was also the game-winning goal in a 2-1 overtime game at Saint Louis.

Savannah Scott
2003-06 | Height: 5-8 | Position: F
Hometown: Norman, Okla.
High School: Norman High School

2003
Savannah Scott provides an assist on a game-winning goal scored by Logan Womack in a 2-1 over New Mexico in overtime.

Lauren MacIver
2002-05 | Height: 5-5 | Position: MF
Hometown: Tulsa, Okla.
High School: Jenks High School

2002
Lauren MacIver finds the back of the net in her first OU game and provides the game winner in a 2-0 win at Tulsa.

Logan Womack
2000-03 | Height: 5-3 | Position: F
Hometown: Norman, Okla.
High School: Norman High School

2000
Logan Womack, OU's all-time leading goal scorer, is held scoreless in season opener but bounces back with a goal two days later as the Sooners top Oral Roberts, 3-1.

Jonette Coquat
1998-2001 | Height: 5-8 | Position: F
Hometown: Carrollton, Texas
High School: Newman Smith High School

1998
Jonette Coquat has one of the best opening weekends in Sooner history with three goals and two assists in her first two games in a Sooner uniform. Coquat had two goals and an assist in the season-opening win at Tulsa (6-2) and then followed it up with a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win at Arkansas.