Kim Sanford

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Isaiah Walker

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Position:
Defense
Height:
5-8
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Gwynedd Mercy Academy
Hometown:
Philadelphia, Pa.
Major:
Exercise Physiology

2021: Started all 19 games…Finished her career with 84 games played, the most in East Carolina history, and 80 games started, tying her for second in the Pirate record books…Named to the AAC All-Conference Second-Team for the third straight season, becoming the first ECU player to earn three All-Conference honors in the AAC and the eighth to earn three honors in their career, regardless of conference…Had four points on a pair of goals…Scored the game-winning goal in back-to-back games, helping ECU beat Campbell (Sept. 2) 1-0 and VCU (Sept. 5) 2-0…Named the AAC Defensive Player of the Week after scoring those goals as well as helping the Pirate defense to a pair of shutouts…Finished second on the team and first among field players with 1,698 minutes played…Went the distance in 15 games, including playing 110 minutes against James Madison (Sept. 19), Cincinnati (Sept. 30) and Tulsa (Oct. 17)…Helped anchor the Pirate defense to five shutouts.

2020: Started all 11 games, playing 1,011 of a possible 1,038 minutes…Named to the AAC All-Conference Second Team for the second straight season…Became just the fourth Pirate to earn multiple AAC All-Conference honors…Also was named to the AAC Preseason All-Conference team…Went the distance in nine of East Carolina’s 11 games…Helped spearhead a Pirate defense that finished fourth in the American in goals allowed, giving up just 1.13 goals per game and recording a pair of shutouts.

2019: Started all 18 games…Named to the AAC All-Conference Second Team after anchoring the Pirate defense…Led ECU with 1,684 minutes played, sitting on the bench for just eight minutes all year…Went the distance in 17 of 18 games…Played a key role in six ECU shutouts...Named to the AAC All-Academic Team.

2018: Appeared in 18 games, starting 15 of them…Set new career-highs with two goals and three assists…Had a goal and an assist against Davidson…Also scored against Campbell...Had an assist against both SMU and Cincinnati…Her helped against Cincinnati set up Cashlin Copley’s game-winning goal that clinched ECU’s first postseason berth since 2015…Was named the AAC’s Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 27…Earned a spot on the conference’s Weekly Honor Roll on Oct. 29…Played 90 minutes or more on eight occasions.

2017: Played and started all 18 matches ... Tallied the second-most minutes played on the team (1,496) ... Scored a goal and notched an assist for a total of three points ... Helped anchor the defense to five shutouts ... Netted a goal and notched an assist in ECU's 3-0 victory over in-state opponent UNCW.

High School/Club: Four-year starter for the Monarchs … Named to the 2016 Athletic Association of Catholic Academics All-Star Team … Played five years for Penn Fusion ECNL ’98 team, with fellow ECU Signee Cashlin Copley … Prior to joining Penn Fusion played Pennsylvania State ODP Team from 2014-2015 … Competed at the Region I ODP Tournaments in Boca Raton, Fla., and Germany.