Christine Nairn
Archbishop Spaulding High School
Impact Statement
If you can control your attitude, you can control your journey as a player and person.”
-Christine Nairn
Biography
The three-time Parade magazine All-American needed just three seasons to become her school’s all-time leading scorer, then extended those marks as a senior when the midfielder scored 27 goals and 13 assists. In her career she racked up 70 goals and 37 assists in just 79 games.
The Penn State University commitment, who also was a three-year starter on the girls basketball team, led the Cavaliers to an Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland Conference Class A runnerup finish as a sophomore, the championship as a junior and a semifinal berth this season with a record of 37-2-3 over her final two seasons.
The 5-foot-5 Nairn was a two-time NSCAA/adidas All-American and the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior. A member of the USSF Women’s Under-17 National Team, she also was MVP of the 2006 Nike Premier 50 camp.
Narin was the Big Ten Freshman of the Year at Penn State. She earned All-Big Ten First Team honors her sophomore and junior years. Her senior year she was named the Big Ten Midfielder of the Year and was named first team NSCAA All-America honors. Narin finished her career by being named the 2012-13 Penn State Women’s Athlete of the Year. She also excelled in the classroom and was a three time Academic Big-Ten honors recipient.
In 2013 Narin was picked as the seventh overall draft pick in the NWSL Draft. She played on multiple teams since college. In 2019 she joined the Washington Dash.
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