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MALIBU, Calif. - Pepperdine women's soccer alum Roxanne Barker will be making her second trip to the Olympics as she was recently named to the South African women's soccer roster for the 2016 games in Rio.

Barker became the first Wave to compete in the Olympics when she played for South Africa in the 2012 Olympic Games in London. She has been serving as the starting goalkeeper for Banyana Banyana in the national team's recent friendlies against the United States and The Netherlands.

Barker was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa and has made 28 caps for the national squad. She is one of 10 players on the 2016 team who also competed in the 2012 Olympics. Barker started Banyana Banyana's opening match of the 2012 games while she was heading into her senior season at Pepperdine.

Barker played for the Waves from 2009 to 2012 and was eventually drafted by the Portland Thorns FC in the fourth round of the 2013 NWSL Draft. She had been playing professionally for Thór/KA Akureyri in Iceland and recently signed a one-year deal with SC Heerenveen Vrouwen in the Dutch Eredivisie.

While at Pepperdine, Barker was a four-time All-WCC selection and helped the Waves to a conference title and Top 10 national ranking in 2011. She is still the program's all-time leader in wins (47) and starts (79), and ranks second in goals against average (0.87), shutouts (31.0) and saves (311). Barker is also seventh in saves per game (3.93) and compiled a career record of 47-22-10 during her time in Malibu.

South Africa will be in Group E at the 2016 games, along with Sweden, China and Brazil, and will open the competition on August 3 against Sweden.