2019 Soccer Roster
Roster
Malebranche, Kristen
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Jersey Number 24
Kristen Malebranche
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School/Previous School:
- Hillsborough HS
- Hometown:
- Hillsborough, N.J.
Bio
2020Â | Senior
Played in nine matches, starting all nine with a total of 744 minutes of playing time ... Named captain by her peers for the season ... Played all 110 minutes in the season opener against Auburn (9/18) ... Saw action in game two against No. 15 Alabama (9/25) ... Played the full match at Ole Miss (10/2) and LSU (10/11) ... Photo of her hoisting the Magnolia Cup after the win against Ole Miss won NCAA Soccer Photo of the Week (10/8) ... Had 31 minutes on the pitch at No. 9 Texas A&M (10/16) ... Played 93 minutes on her Senior Night against Mizzou (10/24) ... Had a full 90 minutes against No. 9 South Carolina on the road (10/30) ... Against No. 7 Arkansas, she saw the field for the full 90 minutes (11/6) ... Faced Vanderbilt for 49 minutes in the SEC Tournament (11/15) ... Did not play in the spring season.
2019Â | Junior
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2018 | Sophomore
Played in 17 matches on the year, making 16 starts and recording 1,304 minutes … was a key part of a Bulldog back line that held opponents to a program-record 11.6 shots per game and the lowest total goals allowed in school history (17) … took two shots in 77 minutes at Stephen F. Austin (8/19) … played the full 90 minutes in the win at Memphis (8/23) … played 75 minutes while helping hold South Alabama (8/26) to just three shots … helped hold Central Arkansas (8/30) to just two shots and none on goal while playing 86 minutes … also took one shot against the Bears … helped hold Louisiana Tech (9/9), which entered the match leading the country in goals, to just one shot on target while playing 70 minutes … played 88 minutes in the overtime win over No. 13 South Carolina (9/20) … helped hold No. 19 Tennessee (9/23) scoreless for the first 87 minutes of the match … played 101 minutes in the shutout against Florida (9/28) … played 90 minutes against Arkansas (10/18) while blocking a shot in the final seconds to send the game to overtime.Â
2017 | Freshman
Contributed immediately as one of State’s starting center backs, starting 11 of her 12 matches played and totaling 991 minutes as a freshman ... played the duration of the match six times … scored a goal in an exhibition at then-No. 7 Florida (8/9) ... took one shot on the season at Alabama (10/15) ... played a season-high 110 minutes against Ole Miss (10/22).Â
High School/Club
Player soccer at Hillsborough High School (New Jersey) ... earned First Team All-Conference and Most Valuable Player honors as a senior ... in her junior season with the Raiders, she earned All-State Honorable Mention and Second Team All-Conference laurels ... netted 13 goals and added two assists playing as a defender under head coach Leeann Best ... also played as a center back in club action for the Players Development Academy (New Jersey) under coaches Tom Anderson and Larry Hart.Â
Community Service/Academics
Earned CoSIDA Academic All-District recognition in 2021 ... Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in 2018, 2019 and 2020 for the Fall ... Excelled in the classroom before enrolling at Mississippi State, earning the Paul Robeson Academic Award in 2012 and a spot on her high school's honor roll all four years of her career ... volunteered with the Catholic Heart Work Camp in 2016, spending a week helping rebuild and remodel under-privileged homes.  Â
Personal
Born Kristen Malebranche on Dec. 24, 1998 ... daughter of Herold and Sandra Malebranche ... has a sister, Tatiana, and a brother, Brandon ... majoring in biochemistry on the the pre-med track.SOCCER | Nick Zimmerman and Players Press Conference vs Louisiana Tech
Thursday, September 04
SOCCER | Highlights vs. Louisiana Tech
Thursday, September 04
SOCCER | Nick Zimmerman and Chelsea Wagner Media Session
Wednesday, September 03
SOCCER | Nick Zimmerman and Kennedy Husbands Media Session
Tuesday, August 26
