High school/club: Four-year player at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, N.C. … received the team’s coaches award in 2011 … earned the Scholar Athlete Award all four years and graduated in the top 10 percent of her class … was also on Grimsley’s swimming and cross country teams … was in the top five for cross country as a sophomore … was a captain for the Greensboro United Futbol Club and for her summer league team in SoccerOP.

Personal: Klarie Marie Ake … born Dec. 11, 1992, in St. Petersburg, Fla. … daughter of Alan and Joanne Ake … has a younger brother, Alan, and a younger sister, Jeannie … majoring in fine arts with a concentration in painting.