Mekyla Spraggins
17 Mekyla Spraggins
  • Height:
    5-2
  • Year:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Grand Rapids, Mich.
  • High School:
    Forest Hills Central
  • Position:
    Defender

Bio

Bulldog Career: Career Statistics.

2008 Season (Freshman): Match-By-Match Statistics . . . Attained team's Most Improved Player Award . . . Led squad in minutes played with a 1,577 total . . . Generated a team fourth-best tying four points (all assists) . . . Started in all of squad's 19 matches . . . Assisted on game-winning goal at Northern Michigan (9/21) . . . Credited with a helper at Findlay (9/28), at Saginaw Valley State (10/24), and against Northern Michigan (11/4) in a GLIAC Tournament First-Round matchup . . . Six of her 12 shots on the year were on net for a .500 shots on goal percentage . . . Turned in a three shots on goal performance versus Northern Michigan (11/4) at the conference tourney . . . Had a shot on goal apiece against Northwood (10/5), versus Northern Michigan (10/12), and against Tiffin (10/17) . . . Most single-match action was 110 minutes at Findlay (9/28) . . . Also competed 92 minutes in home conference tilt versus Findlay (10/19) . . . Played all 90 minutes of regulation in 13 matches.   

High School: A 2008 all-state honorable mention pick in senior year at Forest Hills Central High in Grand Rapids, Mich. . . . Played under coaches Jeremy Stacy and Josh Sheldon . . . A 2008 graduate . . . Member of three (2005, 2007, and 2008) Division II state champion teams . . . Garnered all-conference, all-region, and all-district laurels as a senior in 2008 campaign . . . Captained 2008 squad and posted 16 points with five goals and six assists in helping team to a 24-1 record . . . Winner of the 2008 squad's Most Spirited Award . . . Claimed all-district and Most Improved Player Award accolades in junior season after netting 12 points with four goals and assists apiece as team went 22-3 overall . . . Tabbed as the 2006 team's Most Improved Player as a result of producing six goals with five assists for 17 points . . . A member of the varsity team for three and a half seasons . . . One of her prep teammates, Clare Stachel, is a 2008 women's soccer team member at the University of Michigan . . . Participated in volleyball at the freshman and junior varsity levels.

Personal: Daughter of Samuel and Barbara Spraggins of Grand Rapids, Mich. . . . Her father is a dentist and mom is an occupational therapist . . . Has a younger brother and a younger sister . . . Enjoys reading and writing . . . Nickname is "Meeks" . . . Played club soccer for the West Michigan Fire from 2006-08 . . . Majoring in business administration.

Spraggins' Career Statistics

 

Year MP-MS Shots Goals Assists Points
2008 19-19 12 0 4 4
Career 19-19 12 0 4 4