Erin Baxter

Erin Renee McCorkle (née Baxter; born August 9, 1977) is an American former professional soccer player. A combative defensive midfielder, she played for Carolina Courage of Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).

Erin Baxter
Personal information
Full name Erin Renee McCorkle
Birth name Erin Renee Baxter[1]
Date of birth (1977-08-09) August 9, 1977
Place of birth Littleton, Colorado, United States[2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre back / Defensive midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1998 Florida Gators 85 (26)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–2000 Tampa Bay Extreme
2001–2003 Carolina Courage 55 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baxter played college soccer for the University of Florida "Gators". She was inducted to the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in April 2009.[3]

Baxter was the Carolina Courage's fourth draft pick ahead of the inaugural 2001 season of the Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA).[4] Described as a "tireless blue-collar worker",[5] versatile Baxter featured as one of the best defensive midfielder in 2001 before switching to central defense in the Courage's 2002 WUSA Founders Cup-winning campaign. When starting midfielder Hege Riise suffered a knee injury early in 2003, Baxter was moved back into midfield.[6]

Following the demise of WUSA, Baxter retrained as an accountant and began working for Ernst & Young in her native Littleton, Colorado. In 2009 she was living with husband John, with whom she has two kids, daughters Kylie Grace and Sydney Harper.[3]

References
  1. "NCAA names 107 postgraduate scholarship recipients". National Collegiate Athletic Association. July 19, 1999. Archived from the original on February 5, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2023.
  2. "23 - Erin Baxter". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on November 27, 2003. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. "Gator Soccer's Erin Baxter McCorkle Inducted Into UF Athletics Hall of Fame". Florida Gators. April 17, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  4. "Rating the eight WUSA teams" (PDF). Soccer America. December 25, 2000. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  5. "Bruising Baxter a blue-collar worker". Women's United Soccer Association. 2001. Archived from the original on March 10, 2004. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  6. Dry, Fred (May 16, 2003). "Baxter is ready for anything". Women's United Soccer Association. Archived from the original on March 10, 2004. Retrieved May 16, 2021.


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