Honors

• Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week (8/23)

Senior - 2016

• Played in nine games for the Illini, earning eight starts
• Shutout three opponents, Morehead State (8/19), Illinois State (8/21) and Evansville (9/11)
• Grabbed a career high 10 saves against Illinois State 
• Was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Aug. 23
• Finished the season with a 3-5-0 record

Junior - 2015

• Did not appear for the Illini 

Sophomore - 2014

• Made four appearances for the Illini including two starts as goalkeeper
• Finished the season with a 2-1 record
• Made 10 saves total against Notre Dame (5), Louisville (4) and Oakland (1)

Freshman - 2013 (At Bowling Green)

• Played in two matches off the bench
• Was between the posts for a total of 112:59
• Both matches came in MAC play, as she appeared in the Kent State and (Sept. 29) and Western Michigan (Oct. 6) matches on back-to-back Sundays
• Played just under 68 minutes at KSU, making three saves
• Played the second half of the WMU game and had six stops

High School

• Played two years at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (`13)
• Named the team's Rookie of the Year as a freshman and was the Raiders' MVP as a junior
• Did not play in her sophomore and senior years as she trained with the Canadian National Development Program
• Also played field hockey, volleyball and track and field
• Captained both the soccer and field hockey teams
• Helped the Raiders to the league (Greater Halton Athletic Conference) finals on two occasions
• Was a GHAC finalist in the high jump in track
• A four-year member of the Honor Roll

Personal

• Full name is Michelle Kathleen Denley
• Born on March 28, 1995
• Parents are Larry and Kelly Denley
• Youngest of three children and has a brother and a sister
• Father played collegiate hockey at York University
• Has played at the Canadian National Training Center
• Major is undecided