Every Friday, TCNJ Athletics will highlight one of its Hall of Fame inductees. This week it's women's soccer All-American Kimberly Faust Petke, a 1997 graduate and a 2008 inductee into the TCNJ Athletics Hall of Fame. This is her Hall of Fame profile from the induction ceremony.
 
It didn't take long for the Lions to emerge as a national power in women's soccer as the team won the 1993 NCAA Division III Championship in just their fourth season as a varsity program. The team followed that up with a second title a year later and Kimberly Petke was a major reason for the program's rise into a national power.
 
As a freshman, she helped the Lions advance to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship before the team suffered its only loss of the season during the tournament. The midfielder/defender finished her first season with one goal and five assists.
 
The breakthrough year for Petke and the Lions came in her sophomore season as the College went unbeaten through the final 15 games and was capped by a 4-0 victory over Plymouth State to garner the program's first national title. Petke finished that game with a goal and an assist as the team went an impressive 21-1-3 on the season. With all of the team's success, Petke also reeled an individual honor as she was selected to the 1993 NSCA/Umbro All-America National Second Team.
 
In 1994, a new era for the Lions began as they were members of the New Jersey Athletic Conference and they swept their way to a perfect 6-0 record against conference foes. Petke earned her place in conference history by being named the first NJAC Women's Soccer Player of the Year. Success followed the Lions into the NCAA Tournament as they repeated as national champions with an exciting 4-3 sudden-death overtime win over the University of California at San Diego. For her efforts in the tournament, Petke was tabbed to the 1994 NCAA Division III All-Tournament Team in addition to being named to the Division III/Umbro All-America First Team making her the first Lion selected first team.
 
That 1994 team finished the season with a 22-1 record and at the time set the school mark for wins in a season. That number still ranks among the best in program history having only been eclipsed once and tied on another occasion.
 
Her final season with the blue and gold, the Lions once again won the NJAC Championship, but saw their bid for a third straight title halted in the NCAA Tournament. Petke received various honors for her outstanding play throughout the season including being tabbed as the NSCAA Division III National Player of the Year. She also became the program's first three-time All-America honoree receiving first team honors for the second straight year.
 
She was then selected to participate in the Umbro Select College All-Star Soccer Classic in Florida.

The Lion standout contributed at both ends of the field for the Lions helping the team rank among the best in the country in goals against and finished with 71 career points on 25 goals and 21 assists.
Those 21 career assists still rank her among the elite in program history as she is tied for seventh on the all-time list.  She also started all 87 of her career games, missing only one game, and boasted a record of 74-6-8.
 
Once her playing career with the Lions ended, Petke moved to the sidelines serving as a graduate assistant from 1997-99. During that time, she also played for the New Jersey Stallions of the W-League and then moved into the professional ranks of Major League Soccer as marketing manager. She is a former teacher at St. John Vianney and has since moved with her family to Colorado.