2020-21 Soccer Roster
Roster
Mankowski, Sophia

Jersey Number 9
Sophia Mankowski
- Position:
- F/MF
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Louisville, Ky.
- Previous School:
- Sacred Heart Academy
Bio
Awards and Honors
2021: Saw action in 14 matches, starting three before suffering a season-ending injury...Recorded her first career assist in the game's only goal at SIUE (October 10)...Tallied five shots in five different matches...Ended the year with a shot-on-goal clip of .600...Played 329 minutes, the most since her freshman stint in 2019.
2020-21: Played in five matches and started in two for the Skyhawks…Scored zero points…Earned starts against SIUE (March 12) and Morehead State (March 16)…Played 133 minutes, including a season-high 58 minutes against SIUE (March 12)…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester.
2019: Played in 16 matches for the Skyhawks while earning two starts…Started against Austin Peay (Aug. 29) and SIUE (Oct. 6)…Tallied one goal and zero assists…Scored two points…Posted a goal against Jacksonville State (Oct. 27)…Tallied nine shot attempts while placing three on goal…Played 424 minutes, including a season-high 54 minutes at Austin Peay (Sept. 29)...Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the spring semester.
Before UTM: Was a key piece to the prestigious Sacred Heart Academy program that produced a pair of state championships (2015, 2018) during her playing career...During Mankowski's senior season, Sacred Heart was named the No. 1 high school girls soccer team in the nation by MaxPreps...Was a four-year varsity member who played under head coach Libbey Smith as a senior and head coach Jaclyn Puntillo for her first three seasons...Helped the Valkyries post a 25-1-1 season record and a Region 7 championship in 2018...Also was part of a Sacred Heart program that won back-to-back region championships in 2016-17, advancing to the state semifinals as a junior and to the state quarterfinals as a sophomore.
Personal: Born on April 20, 2001...Daughter of Peter Mankowski and Katarina Watson...Has two older siblings, Henry and John...Majoring in biology.
- Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Spring 2020, Spring 2021)
2021: Saw action in 14 matches, starting three before suffering a season-ending injury...Recorded her first career assist in the game's only goal at SIUE (October 10)...Tallied five shots in five different matches...Ended the year with a shot-on-goal clip of .600...Played 329 minutes, the most since her freshman stint in 2019.
2020-21: Played in five matches and started in two for the Skyhawks…Scored zero points…Earned starts against SIUE (March 12) and Morehead State (March 16)…Played 133 minutes, including a season-high 58 minutes against SIUE (March 12)…Named to Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the spring semester.
2019: Played in 16 matches for the Skyhawks while earning two starts…Started against Austin Peay (Aug. 29) and SIUE (Oct. 6)…Tallied one goal and zero assists…Scored two points…Posted a goal against Jacksonville State (Oct. 27)…Tallied nine shot attempts while placing three on goal…Played 424 minutes, including a season-high 54 minutes at Austin Peay (Sept. 29)...Named to Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the spring semester.
Before UTM: Was a key piece to the prestigious Sacred Heart Academy program that produced a pair of state championships (2015, 2018) during her playing career...During Mankowski's senior season, Sacred Heart was named the No. 1 high school girls soccer team in the nation by MaxPreps...Was a four-year varsity member who played under head coach Libbey Smith as a senior and head coach Jaclyn Puntillo for her first three seasons...Helped the Valkyries post a 25-1-1 season record and a Region 7 championship in 2018...Also was part of a Sacred Heart program that won back-to-back region championships in 2016-17, advancing to the state semifinals as a junior and to the state quarterfinals as a sophomore.
Personal: Born on April 20, 2001...Daughter of Peter Mankowski and Katarina Watson...Has two older siblings, Henry and John...Majoring in biology.
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Skyhawk Sports Talk - Season 3, Episode 1
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