As a graduate student: After being forced tosit out the 2012-13 season due to injury, appeared and started in24 games until suffering a season-ending injury on Feb. 17…Ranked fourth on the team in scoring at 10.3 ppg, third inrebounding at 6.4 rpg, and second in assists and steals with 2.5apg and 1.5 spg … Hit the double-digit scoring plateau 16times on the year, posting a season-high 17 points at Mount St.Mary’s on Jan. 25 … Put up 15 points, 14 rebounds,seven assists, and shot 4-of-4 from three point territory in just23 minutes vs. UMass Lowell on Dec. 20 … Ranks in the topfive in Division I program history in points (964), rebounds (709),assists (250), steals (154), blocks (35), and games played(109).
As a senior: Missed the entire 2012-13 seasondue to injury.
As a junior: A regular in the lineup,appearing in all 29 games and earned 27 starts ... Averaged an even32.0 minutes per game ... Shot 36.1 percent from the field (95-263)and hauled an 238 rebounds (8.2 rpg) ... Dished 74 assists andtotaled nine swats and 38 steals ... Nearly averaged double figureswith 9.2 ppg ... Was an assist shy of recording the program's firsttriple-double since 2007 when she garnered 12 points, 11 boards anddished nine helpers against Robert Morris on Jan. 9 ... Finishedthe season with four double-doubles ... Posted a three-gamedouble-double streak from Nov. 30 to Dec. 7 ... Set a new personalbest in blocks with two rejections against Iona on Nov. 15 ... Seta career-high scoring mark with 20 points against Rhode Island onNov. 30 ... Also hauled down 10 boards in that game over the Rams... Matched that scoring output with 20 against Columbia on Dec. 30... Posted a 14-point, 14-rebound performance at Quinnipiac on Dec.3 ... Scored 16 points and garnered 12 boards in a win at Dartmouthon Dec. 7 ... Registered an impressive 18 points at Mount St.Mary's on Jan. 14 ... Finished with 14 points in a victory at St.Francis (NY) on Feb. 4 ... Recorded double-digit scoringperformances 11 times on the season.
As a sophomore: Appeared in all 29 games,including 28 starts as a sophomore ... Finished the season first onthe team with 7.3 rebounds per game ... Dished out a team-high 72assists... Averaged 10.0 points per game ... Hit a team-high 403-pointers for a .328 percentage from beyond the arc ... Had 15double-digit performances on the season ... Recorded fourdouble-doubles on the season ... Matched a career-high 18 pointsvs. Dartmouth on Nov. 28, 2010 ... Also recorded a career-high 15boards against Dartmouth... Finished the season with 939minutes played.
As a freshman: Appeared in 27-of-29 games,including making 16 starts in her freshman campaign … EarnedAll-Northeast Conference Rookie Team Honors … Finished herrookie campaign ranked fifth on the team in points per game with6.0 ... Also finished the year ranked fourth in rebounding,averaging 3.9 per game … Averaged 7.3 ppg and 4.4 rpg in NECgames ... Averaged 35.4 percent from the field and recorded 29steals ... Scored a career-high 18 points against St. Francis (PA)going 8-13 from the floor and pulled down a career-high 11 reboundsagainst Monmouth … With Soper in the starting lineup, theBulldogs went 10-6 on the year … Finished her freshmancampaign with 567 total minutes played.
Before Bryant: A 2009 graduate of ArlingtonCatholic High Schoo l... Also attended Winthrop High School herfreshman and sophomore years ... Four-year starter and captainsenior year in basketball ... Won the CCL and Division 2North Championship her senior year ... Division 2 Northsemi-finalist sophomore year ... Division 3 North semi-finalistand finalist her freshman and sophomore years, respectively... Recorded over 1000 rebounds and 1200 points ... McDonaldAll-American nominee ... Co-MVP of CCL ... Four-year all conference... Named Agganis All-Star in 2009 ... Also lettered in soccer,track, cross country, and volleyball ... Was captain andNamed CCL All-Star for volleyball her senior year ...Earned Presidents Top 10% Educational Award ... Honor rollstudent.
Personal: Daughter of Mike and Debbie Soper ...Meredith Leigh Soper was born November 2, 1990 ... Has one brother,Michael, who attends Bentley University ... Mother playedbasketball at Saint Anselm College ... Father played baseball atthe University of New Haven ... He went on to pitch for the TexasRangers organization ... Plans to major in marketing at Bryant.
CareerHighs
Points: 20, 2x rec. at Columbia (Dec. 30, 2011)
Field Goals Made: 8 vs. Saint Francis U. (Feb.11, 2010)
Field Goals Attempted: 15, twice, last vs. Iona(Nov. 15, 2011)
3-Point FG Made: 4, 2x rec. at Robet Morris (Feb.7, 2011)
3-Point FG Attempted: 9, 2x rec. at RobetMorris (Feb. 7, 2011)
Free Throws Made: 6, 4x rec. vs. FDU (Jan 4,2014)
Free Throws Attempted: 9, 2x rec. at Columbia(Dec. 30, 2011)
Rebounds: 15 vs. Dartmouth (Nov. 28, 2010)
Assists: 9 vs. Robert Morris (Jan. 9, 2012)
Steals: 6, 3x rec. at Mount St. Mary's (Jan. 25,2014)
Blocks: 3 vs. St. Francis Brooklyn (Jan. 20,2014)
Minutes: 44 vs. Dartmouth (Nov. 28, 2010)
