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Tatum Wynalda: Back from Injury and Destined for Success

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Tatum Wynalda was born ready to compete, her mother Amy Ward said.

Wynalda is a sophomore midfielder and forward on the Women’s Soccer team, who had an outstanding debut her freshman season.

Wynalda earned United Soccer Coaches All-West Region second team honors, All-WCC second team honors and was named to the WCC All-Freshman team, according to Pepperdine Athletics. She played in all 18 games and was the team’s second-leading scorer with eight goals and one assist.

“I grew up in a big soccer family, and it was kind of a given that I was gonna start playing,” Wynalda said.