• In 2006, became the first player to reach 300 international caps, earning the 300th against Norway at the Four Nations Tournament in China. She had a goal and an assist in the game.
• World’s All-Time Caps Leader (Man or Woman), Two-Time World Cup and Olympic Champion
• Second all-time leading scorer in U.S. and world history
• All-time leader in minutes played (nearly 27,000 minutes)
• Has come off the bench only 12 times in her 21-year international career
• Ranks second all-time in assists (98)
• Finished second in the 2006 FIFA Women’s World Player of the Year voting
• Named U.S. Soccer Female Athlete of the Year in 1993, 2005 and 2006
• Played in five FIFA World Cups, winning the championship in 1991 and 1999
• Competed in three Olympic Games - capturing Gold in 1996 & 2004 and Silver in 2000
• Named MVP at the 2006 Peace Queen Cup in South Korea
• Became the fifth player in world history to score 100 international goals in 2005 when she tallied against New Zealand in October
• A member of the 2004 Women’s Olympic Gold Medal Team, assisting on the game-winning goal
• Led the Women’s National Team to a World Cup Title in 1999, scoring two goals and tallying one assist
• Cleared a crucial header off the line in extra time in the 1999 World Cup final versus China
• Became the fourth player in history to score 20 goals in one year
• Became most capped player in the world in 1998 after earning her 152nd cap

• Named to the Soccer America’s College Team of the Decade for the 1990’s
• Winner of the 1991 Herman Trophy and was a finalist in 1992
• UNC’s Athlete of the Year as a senior
• Four-Time First-Team NSCAA All-American
• Four-Time First-Team All-ACC and All-South Selection
• Had her number 15 UNC jersey retired in 1994
• Twice named the Offensive MVP of the NCAA Championship (1989, 1990)
• Led UNC to four NCAA titles, from 1989-1992
• Finalist for the 1991 Broderick Award as the outstanding female athlete in all of college sports, and was second leading scorer in the nation with 15 goals and four assists
• Completed collegiate career with 78 goals and 41assists

• Full name is Kristine Lilly Heavey
• Got engaged to David Heavey, a firefighter from Brookline, Mass., on January 24, 2006, the day after returning from the Four Nations Tournament in China, and was married on October 20 of 2006
• Daughter Sidney Marie was born in July, 2008
• Graduated from UNC with a degree in Communications
• Her hometown of Wilton, Conn., dedicated a day to her and honored her with a parade after she won the 1996 gold medal
• When she returned to her home state play for the USA on July 14 of 2007, the governor of Connecticut proclaimed it “Kristine Lilly Day”
• Road sign entering her town reads, “Welcome to Wilton — Hometown of Kristine Lilly, Olympic gold medalist”
• After winning the gold at the 2004 Olympics, Wilton named a street after her near her high school - Kristine Lilly Way
• Runs the Kristine Lilly Soccer Academy every summer in Wilton and Nantucket
• Wilton High School soccer field was named after her following the 1999 Women’s World Cup victory
• Enjoys music, reading, movies and shopping
• Has the cutest golden retriever in the world named Scribner, after the street on which she grew up
• Has run several road races, including her first 5K at the end of 2003, in which she ran a 20:48 (beating one of her best friends Jodi Sorrells by 15 seconds)
• Also ran a half-marathon in Atlanta in 2000 with her other best friend Elizabeth DeRosa
• In December of 2004, she climbed Mount Kilamanjaro in Tanzania, the tallest peak in Africa, with Jodi and her husband Steven, but came up short of reaching the 19,340-foot summit by about 1,000 feet. Called her ascent “one of the most amazing experiences of my life”
• Is a super-aunt of her brother Scott’s four kids
• Teamed up with Special Olympics of Connecticut to host an annual fundraiser dinner called the Lilly Awards to recognize extraordinary women in the state and help raise money for Special Olympics
• Is on the board of a nonprofit organization called Clifford’s Gift that helps raise money for the homeless
• Has a web site at www.kristinelilly13.com

TV Shows:

1. Dog Whisperer
2. Private Practice
3. Ellen

Place to Shop:

1. Babies R US
2. Target
3. Nordstroms

Restaurants:

1. T Anthony’s
2. Silvertone
3. Charley’s Sandwich Shoppe – best French Toast

Professional Athletes:

1. Tiger Woods
2. Kerri Walsh
3. Derek Jeter

Cities (in any country):

1. Las Vegas
2. Boston
3. Dublin – haven’t been but would like to go!