Accolades:
All-GNAC: 3rd Team (2016)
GNAC Sportsmanship Award: 2016
GNAC All-Academic: 2015
2016: Played in 16 games and started in 15 of them as a senior forward…tallied three goals, two assists and eight points…earned All-GNAC 3rd Team and won the GNAC Sportsmanship Award…scored a goal in a win against Thomas College on September 7th…recorded two assists against Anna Maria College on October 10th…scored in back to back games against Norwich University on October 15th and against Emmanuel College on October 19th.
2015: Played in 15 games and started all 15 as a junior forward…recorded five goals and two assists including one game winning goal…netted a goal versus Newbury on September 5…posted one goal in a game versus New England College on September 20…scored a goal in three consecutive games from September 28 to October 3…named to the GNAC All-Academic Team.
2014: Played in all 20 games making 16 starts as a sophomore midfielder...took 40 shots, 23 on goal, scoring once and adding an assist for a total of three points...had an assist in a 2-2 tie against Suffolk on October 1st...scored the game-winning goal in a 2-0 win over Anna Maria on October 8th.
2013: Played in all 19 games as a freshman…scored five goals with two assists for a total of 12 points…tied for second on the squad in both goals and points and was third in shots on goal (18)…tallied three game-winners, the second-highest total on the side…recorded her first NCAA point with an assist on the Monks’ lone goal in a 1-0 win over Maine Maritime on September 1st…her first collegiate goal wound up as the game-winner in a 3-1 triumph over Emmanuel College on October 12th…notched her first NCAA brace with a pair of scores in a 6-1 victory against Rivier two days later…added another winner to help propel the Monks past Suffolk, 2-1, on October 23rd…netted her third clincher of the fall in a 1-0 win against University of Southern Maine seven days later.
High School: Played three years of varsity soccer for Westborough High School...selected as a captain her senior year...played club soccer for Charles River United and the New England Eagles and participated in the State Cup finals...helped lead her high school team to district finals her sophomore, junior and senior years…also played basketball and lacrosse…earned the "High-Five" defensive award for lacrosse…recognized as “an outstanding female athlete who exemplifies the qualities of commitment, perseverance and achievement, and who serves as a role model for girls and women striving for excellence through the participation in sports” by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association…collected All-Star honors in basketball.
Personal: Desiree Parent, born in Natick, Mass…daughter of Annette and Douglas Parent...majoring in Exercise Science.
