Chelsea Winbush Class: Senior Hometown: Allen, Texas High School: Allen HS Height: 5-7 Position: Midfielder Club Team: Sting 88 Royal

Chelsea Winbush Photogallery From The 2008 Season 2007 (Sophomore)
Talented defender who earned 20 starts on the year, helping UTEP's defense limit the opposition to 1.28 goals per game ... aiding those efforts were six shutouts ... both of those rank as the seventh best at UTEP in program history ... showed off toughness by playing 80 minutes per game, which placed her fourth on the squad ... often called on to mark the opposition's top threat.

2006 (Freshman)
Talented newcomer who earned a starting nod in all 21 matches of the year ... key member of vaunted Miner defense, which established school records in goals allowed (20), goals against average (0.93) and shutouts (11) ... six of those whitewashings were consecutive, also a program best ... was on the field for 1599 minutes, the second most of any player on the squad ... played a key role in UTEP's triumph against No. 25 Colorado College ... single-handedly marked CC's Emily Beans, who had entered with 11 goals, limiting her to just one shot on goal ... named to the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week, in addition to being tabbed as the Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week for her efforts versus the Tigers ... scored her first career goal in 11-0 rout against Grambling State ... registered seven shots on goal on the campaign ... named to C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Allen High School
Four-year letterwinner for coaches Karen Hunnicutt (sophomore-senior) and Mike Wiersma (freshman) at Allen High School ... named first-team all-district 8-5A at defender following her senior season ... the Lady Eagles went 20-3 and advanced to the area round of the state playoffs ... helped Allen rank second in the area with 0.4 goals per match ... netted a goal against Plano West (2/7) in a 5-0 victory ... converted a penalty kick in a 4-1 win at Lewisville (3/3) ... scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win at The Colony (3/17) ... 2005 team MVP, All-Region team for District 8-5A and NSCAA All-Region team ... named the MVP of the 2005 Lady Eagles Winter Classic and the 2006 Duncanville Kick-off Classic ... current teammate Jordan Freiberg was also a member of the AHS team.

Club
Played most recently for the Sting Soccer Club's 88 Royal squad, which is coached by Eric Dade ... also competed with the Longhorns 89 Girls and the 89 NSC Heat II ... member of the 2005 ODP 88 Girls North Texas Spring State Pool team, the 2004 ODP 88 Girls North Texas State team and the 2001 ODP 89 Girls North Texas All-Region team.

Personal
Full name is Chelsea Winbush ... an English and American literature major ... born on Oct. 5, 1988 ... daughter of Thale and Joyce Winbush ... has a sister, Akeila (23) ... began playing recreational soccer at age seven and competitive at age 11.