Paytyn Wheeler

Year:
Senior
Height:
5-4
Hometown:
Kelso, Wash.

2013 (junior season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 19 matches, getting 11 starts ... Averaged 40 minutes per match ... Took 11 shots on the season, putting four on goal ... Recorded a season-high two shots in 1-0 shutout of Eastern Washington ... Tied for third on the team with seven corner kicks ... Played a season-high 69 minutes in 2-1 loss at Loyola Marymount.

2012 (sophomore season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 21 matches, getting eight starts ... Averaged 43 minutes per match ... Ranked second on the team with five goals and 10 points ... Tied for sixth in the Big Sky in goals and tied for 10th in points ... Scored five goals on just 15 shots ... Put 11 of 15 shots for the season on goal for a team-leading .733 shot-on-goal percentage ... Two of five goals were game-winners ... Scored the match's lone goal in 1-0 road victories at Southern Utah and Utah Valley ... Also scored in 3-1 loss at UNLV, 1-1 regular-season draw with Idaho State and 4-0 victory over North Dakota ... Took a season-high three shots against Utah Valley ... Played a season-high 66 minutes in 3-2 win over Idaho, the first of four straight matches playing over 60 minutes ... Took 15 corner kicks.

2011 (freshman season): Academic All-Big Sky Conference ... Played in all 22 matches, getting seven mid-season starts ... Averaged 41 minutes per match ... Finished fourth on the team in scoring with five points on two goals and one assist ... Assisted on India Watne's game-winning goal in season-opening 4-3 double-overtime victory at Boise State ... Scored first collegiate goal to open the scoring in 2-1 loss at North Dakota ... Sent Montana to a 1-0 win over Eastern Washington in Big Sky opener with second goal of the season in the 86th minute ... Took 25 of the team's 107 corner kicks ... Took shots in 10 matches, seven times getting off multiple shots ... Took one of the team's penalty kicks in 3-2 shootout victory over Northern Colorado in Big Sky tournament semifinal match.

Career Highs (entering the 2014 season)
Goals: 1, seven times
Assists: 1, Boise State (8.19.11)
Points: 2, seven times
Shots: 3, three times
Shots on goal: 2, two times
Minutes: 71, Utah Valley (9.24.11)

Personal: A 2011 graduate of Kelso High ... Born August 1, 1993, in Longview, Wash. ... The daughter of Joe Wheeler and John and Tara Garcia-Fromdahl ... Has an older brother, McKehen, an older sister, Sydney, and a younger sister, Sophie ... A biology major.

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