27 Facts About Nikki Marshall

Nicole Sue Marshall was born on June 2,1988 and is an American retired soccer player.

Nikki Marshall attended Skyline High School in the nearby city of Longmont and was the leading scorer for the soccer team.

Nikki Marshall was named All-State three times during her sophomore, junior and senior years and was a three-time Longmont Times-Call Soccer Player of the Year.

Nikki Marshall finished her high school career with 100 goals and 38 assists.

Nikki Marshall graduated as the top scorer in the school's history.

Nikki Marshall scored 23 goals and served 10 assists during her senior year alone and was named 2006 Northern Conference Player of the Year, all-region soccer player of the year, and Skyline Falcon of the Year.

Nikki Marshall currently holds seventeen school records for the University of Colorado, and is the all-time leading goal scorer for the Colorado women's soccer team.

Nikki Marshall was on Soccer Buzz's All-American Fourth Team, All-American Freshman Team, All-Central Region First Team, All-Central Region Freshman team, and Freshman of the Year.

Nikki Marshall was on the Freshman All-American Team in Soccer America and National Player of the Week in Soccer Times.

In 2007, Nikki Marshall led the Buffaloes in scoring for the second-straight year with nine goals, even though she had played defender that year for Colorado.

Nikki Marshall was runner-up in the most playing time on the team, totaling 1,927 minutes on the season.

Nikki Marshall was ranked Pre-season All-Big 12 by the Big 12 Conference.

Nikki Marshall led her team second in the Big 12 Tournament and a bid to the NCAA Tournament.

In 2009, Nikki Marshall was again ranked a Pre-season All-American by Soccer America.

Nikki Marshall was captain of the Buffaloes along with fellow senior Kara Linder.

Nikki Marshall led the Buffs in scoring with a total of eight goals on the season.

Nikki Marshall let the team in number of shots taken, 53.

Nikki Marshall finished the season with another First Team All-Big 12 accolade.

Nikki Marshall was the first draft pick for the Washington Freedom in the 2010 WPS Draft.

Nikki Marshall remained with the club in 2011 when they relocated to Florida and became magicJack under new ownership.

Nikki Marshall played in eight games for magicJack before being traded to the Boston Breakers.

In February 2013, Nikki Marshall signed with Portland Thorns FC for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League.

Nikki Marshall was on the starting lineup as a defender in all of the Thorns' 22 games as the team finished third in regular season play and received a berth to the playoffs.

Nikki Marshall was waived by the Thorns during the post-season and picked up during the waiver draft by the Washington Spirit.

Thorns management clarified that Nikki Marshall was put on waivers due to a cap issue.

Nikki Marshall announced her retirement in February 2015, citing low pay.

Nikki Marshall was a member of the United States under-20 women's national soccer team that competed in the 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Chile.