Sarah Peters

Position Goalkeeper

Height 5'10''

Class Senior

Hometown Lee's Summit, Mo.

High School Lee's Summit North HS

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SENIOR (2021)

Started four matches in goal.
Recorded three shutouts to make her first in program history with 29 career shutouts.
Posted a .938 save percentage.
Selected to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
Named Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week on Aug. 31 after two shutouts against Saint Louis and Iowa.
Holds a top-five spot on five of KU’s career records following the season including: 1, Shutouts (29), 1. Goals Against Average (0.82), T-2nd. Wins (36), 3. Save Percentage (.791) and T-3rd. Games Played (63).

JUNIOR (2020)

Started all 13 matches in goal for KU.
Tallied six solo shutouts to bring career total to 26 to sit second on KU’s all-time list.
Was a 2021 Dr. Gerald Lage award recipient for her work in the classroom.
Named to the Academic All-Big 12 First Team.
Earned Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week honors three times this season following games against Texas, Oklahoma State and Iowa State.
Recorded 41 saves in 2020, including a season-high seven against Texas on Sept. 11.
Finished with a .730 goals against average to sit second on KU’s single-season records after only allowing 10 goals in 1,225 minutes played.

SOPHOMORE (2019)

Started all 25 matches in goal for that Jayhawks.
Tallied 11 solo shutouts, tying a single-season program record.
Posted a goals-against average of 0.75, the third-lowest for a goalkeeper in program history.
Named the Most Outstanding Defender and to the All-Tournament team at the Big 12 Championship after allowing just one goal and posting 12 saves in KU’s three victories in the event.
Finished the season with a 17-5-3 record as the Jayhawk keeper, with the 17 victories ranking third in the KU record books.
Tied a season-high with seven saves in a shutout victory in the Jayhawks’ NCAA Second Round victory of Xavier (11/22).
Went 441-consecutive minutes without conceding a goal from Nov. 8-24, the fourth-longest streak in school history.
Claimed Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks (10/15, 10/22) after three-straight shutouts and 17 saves in a three-match span.
Named to Academic All-Big 12 First Team, posting perfect 4.0 GPA.

FRESHMAN (2018)

Selected to the Big 12 All-Freshman team.
Started each of the Jayhawks’ 21 matches.
Averaged 94.7 minutes per game.
Began her season with a shutout in her first-career collegiate start, blanking Pepperdine (8/17) with the help of two saves.
Became the first freshman in school history to tally a clean sheet in the first three matches of her career.
Helped the Kansas defense to post nine shutouts and four shutout streaks of 200 minutes or longer on the year.
Recorded 57 saves and 12 wins.

LEE’S SUMMIT NORTH HIGH SCHOOL

A three-year letter winner for Ryan Kelley’s Lee’s Summit North squad that has claimed three-straight district titles and is coming off a conference championship and a runner-up finish in the Class 4 state tournament last year.
Named the Class 4 Missouri Goalkeeper of the Year following her junior year in 2017 after she tallied 12 shutouts, a goals-against average of 0.69 and collected 156 saves in leading the Broncos to a 22-4-0 record.
Also garnered First Team All-State, All-Conference and All-District selections in 2017 which follow All-District honors in each of the two years prior.

CLUB (SPORTING BLUE VALLEY DEVELOPMENT ACADEMY)

Will forego playing for Lee’s Summit North as a senior after joining Sporting Blue Valley’s Development Academy for her final year before joining the Jayhawks.

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