2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster
Allison LaPoint
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Royal Oak, Mich.
- High School:
- Shrine Catholic
2023 (Soccer): Started all 15 appearances, missed season-opener due to injury, playing all but the final 10 minutes of the season ... posted 84 saves (t-4th all-time for single season) ... moved into sixth all-time in career saves (187) ... tied her career high of eight saves three times (Sept. 21 vs. Eastern Mich.; Sept. 24 at Miami (OH); Oct. 19 at Bowling Green) ... posted two shutouts (Aug. 27 vs. Wright State; Oct. 15 vs. Akron) … named Academic All-MAC
2022 (Soccer): Did not play due to injury
2021 (Soccer): Started all 18 games … played every minute in all 18 games … ranked second in the MAC with a .816 save percentage … finished third in the league with a .937 goals against average and 18 goals allowed … ranked fifth in the MAC with six shutouts … ranked sixth in the league with 4.44 saves per game … posted three consecutive shutouts vs. Morehead State (Sept. 3), IUPUI (Sept. 9) and Eastern Illinois (Sept. 12) … earned MAC Co-Defensive Player of the Week for performances against IUPUI and Eastern Illinois … recorded back-to-back shutouts against Northern Illinois (Sept. 30) and vs. Western Michigan (Oct. 3) … made season-high eight saves against Michigan (Aug. 29) and Miami (Ohio) (Sept. 23) … earned Academic All-MAC honors.
Spring 2021 (Soccer): Named the MAC Defensive Player of the Week (March 23) after posting back-to-back shutouts of Western Michigan and Northern Illinois … started all nine games, logging every available minute in goal (827:22) … posted 0.98 goals against average and .719 save percentage … totaled 23 saves … recorded three shutouts … registered a season-high five saves in home win over Ball State (March 7).
High School (Soccer): Graduated top-ten in her class from Shrine Catholic High School in 2020 … three-year letterwinner and team captain for the Knights … first freshman at Shrine Catholic to be named a captain … recognized with MIHSSCA First Team All-State honors in 2019 … three-time Archdiocese of Detroit Varsity Soccer All-Catholic … in 2019, helped make school history by winning SCHS' first Division 4 district, regional and state championships … also claimed the 2019 Division 4 Catholic High School League title … named second team all-state in 2018 and all-state honorable mention in 2017
High School (Basketball): Also earned three letters in basketball … team captain as a junior … received Archdiocese of Detroit Varsity Basketball All-Catholic honors and Detroit News All-Area North Basketball Honorable Mention (2018-19) … Division 3 District and Regional champions and state quarterfinalists in 2018-19 … Division 3 Regional basketball finalists (2017-18) … Shrine Catholic National Honors Society Officer (2019) and National Honors Society member (2017-19) …
Club: Played with Vardar Soccer for eight years … qualified for ECNL national playoffs in 2018
Personal: Daughter of Steven ‘91 and Marianne LaPoint ‘93 … has one older sister, Bridget ‘22, and one younger sister, Jackie … both parents and older sister graduated from Central Michigan … played the lead in her eighth grade musical … won Taylor Swift tickets in a radio contest as a sophomore in high school waiting for an ID camp
Why CMU?: “I attended a PDP camp for soccer at Central Michigan University going into my freshman year of high school and walked around the campus with my dad. I immediately loved the campus, and it was so fun hearing all the stories my dad told about his and my mom’s times at CMU. When I started looking at schools, I couldn’t find anything that beat my short time at CMU. It was a perfect distance from my hometown so my parents could still come watch my games, and when I visited Central for soccer, I loved the environment and thought it was a perfect fit for me. I couldn’t be happier with my decision to come to CMU.”
Story Time: “One of my favorite recent memories on campus is when my roommate Jaelyn and I used the electric scooters around campus and then went to Dairy Queen. It was during finals week, so it was just such a nice, carefree moment with my best friend during a stressful time.
