Sharon F. McMurtry (formerly Remer; born October 31, 1960) is an American retired

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player and was a member of the

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from 1985 to 1986. She was the first recipient of the U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year award in 1985. McMurtry was raised in

Bothell, Washington Bothell () is a city in King and Snohomish counties in the U.S. state of Washington. It is part of the Seattle metropolitan area, situated near the northeast end of Lake Washington in the Eastside region. It had a population of 48,161 reside ...

, and attended

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, where she played

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and

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, in addition to soccer on the boys' team. She was also a member of the Tacoma Cozars club team. At

Seattle University Seattle University (Seattle U or SU) is a private Jesuit university in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the largest independent university in the Northwestern United States, with over 7,500 students enrolled in undergraduate and grad ...

, she played

for the Redhawks, not soccer. After one year of college, she dropped out to pursue a short-lived semi-professional basketball career in the Netherlands. She later played and coached in Australia. In 2016, McMurtry was included in the Top 50 Women Players ranking by Washington Youth Soccer.

References

* Grainey, Timothy (2012), ''Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer'', University of Nebraska Press, * Lisi, Clemente A. (2010), ''The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story'', Scarecrow Press, * Nash, Tim (2016), ''It's Not the Glory: The Remarkable First Thirty Years of US Women's Soccer'', Lulu Press, 1960 births Living people United States women's international soccer players Seattle University alumni Soccer players from Washington (state) People from Bothell, Washington Women's association football midfielders American women's soccer players Seattle Redhawks women's basketball players American women's basketball players Basketball players from Washington (state) American expatriate basketball people in the Netherlands American expatriate basketball people in Australia 21st-century American women 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-women-footy-midfielder-stub

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