Alfred University Athletics

Julie Francis is perhaps the top goalkeeper ever to play women's soccer at AU.

A four-year starter from 1989-92, she holds school career records for saves (542) and shutouts (22). She also holds the school records for lowest goals-against average in a season (.98, set in 1990). Francis was a First Team New York State Collegiate Women's Athletic Association All-Star in 1992 and a First Team Empire Athletic Association All-Star in 1991 and 1992.

As a freshman in 1989, she was named team Rookie of the Year. That season, she helped lead the Saxons to an 11-6-2 record and the ECAC Mid-Atlantic Championship, which she describes as the greatest thrill of her career as an AU student-athlete.

She had eight shutouts in 1989, with three coming in the ECAC playoffs.

Francis graduated from Alfred in 1993 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.