2025 West Virginia University Women's Soccer Guide
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SINCE THE PROGRAM’S FIRST SEASON IN 1996, THE WVU WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM HAS POSTED A WINNING RECORD IN 28 OF 29 SEASONS.
A CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM
ADDITIONALLY, THE MOUNTAINEERS HAVE DEFEATED A TOP-25 TEAM IN 16 OF THE LAST 19 SEASONS.
CHAMPIONSHIP PROGRAM
2016 NCAA
COLLEGE CUP
IN 2016, THE MOUNTAINEERS ADVANCED TO THE NCAA COLLEGE CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY. AFTER DEFEATING NORTH CAROLINA, THE SPORT’S MOST DECORATED TEAM, WVU FELL TO USC AND FINISHED AS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER-UP.
NCAA SUCCESS
THE MOUNTAINEERS MADE AN APPEARANCE IN THE
NCAA TOURNAMENT
IN 23 OF THE LAST 25 SEASONS, INCLUDING 21 CONSECUTIVE BERTHS FROM 2000-2020.
WVU ADVANCED TO THE NCAA COLLEGE CUP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 2016 AND HAS MADE THREE APPEARANCES IN THE ELITE EIGHT.
SUCCESS
25 MOUNTAINEERS HAVE EARNED 60 ALL-AMERICA HONORS ALL-TIME.
ALL-AMERICANS
LASTING IMPACT
OLYMPIANS, ALL-AMERICANS AND NOW PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS
KADEISHA BUCHANAN AND ASHLEY LAWRENCE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS TWO OF THE BEST TO DON THE OLD GOLD AND BLUE.
PROFESSIONAL MOUNTAINEERS
44 MOUNTAINEERS HAVE USED THE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME THEY GAINED UNDER NIKKI IZZO-BROWN TO PAVE THEIR WAY TO PROFESSIONAL SOCCER RANKS.
COACHING STAFF
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN-COACHED TEAMS ARE ORGANIZED AND WILL NEVER BE OUTWORKED IN THE PURSUIT TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
COACHING PHILOSOPHY
FAMILY – HARD WORK – DEDICATION – MOTIVATION
“MY APPROACH, MY PHILOSOPHY, IS THAT YOU DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. IF YOU’RE GOING TO BE THE BEST SOCCER PLAYER, THE BEST FRIEND, THE BEST STUDENT OR THE BEST DAUGHTER YOU CAN BE, YOU HAVE TO DO IT RIGHT. WHATEVER YOU DO, IT HAS TO BE DONE WITH 100 PERCENT COMMITMENT, SACRIFICE AND PRIDE.” -NIKKI IZZO-BROWN, HEAD COACH
PHILOSOPHY
GAME DAY
IN MORGANTOWN
FANS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND THE MOUNTAINEER MANIACS COME OUT TO CHEER ON THE GOLD AND BLUE. MOUNTAINEER FANS PACK THE STANDS
TO BE THE EXTRA MAN, KNOWING THEIR VOICE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
DREAMSWORK FIELD
FIELD
OPENED IN THE FALL OF 2011, DREAMSWORK
FEATURES THE SAME CUSTOM, NATURAL GRASS SURFACE AS THE GAME FIELD AT DICK DLESK SOCCER STADIUM.
DREAMSWORK FIELD
THIS FIRST-CLASS SOCCER FACILITY FURTHER DEMONSTRATES WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY’S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN WOMEN’S SOCCER
DICK DLESK SOCCER STADIUM
TOP 10 CROWDS AT DICK DLESK Rk Date Crowd Opponent Result
THE 2025 SEASON IS THE MOUNTAINEERS’ 22ND COMPETING AT DICK DLESK SOCCER STADIUM, ONE OF THE NATION’S FINEST COLLEGE SOCCER FACILITIES.
CAPERTON INDOOR FACILITY
THE CAPERTON INDOOR FACILITY PROVIDES A BIG PLUS FOR ALL OF WEST VIRGINIA’S STUDENT-ATHLETES NEEDING AN INDOOR TRAINING SITE. EQUIPPED WITH A 90-YARD FIELDTURF PLAYING SURFACE WITH SEVEN YARDS OF SAFETY ZONE SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE FIELD, THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE FACILITY FROM WALL TO WALL IS 105 YARDS, AND THE MOUNTAINEERS’ SPARKLING INDOOR FACILITY EXCEEDS 75,000 SQUARE FEET OF TRAINING ROOM.
STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
WVU’S STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING STAFF ENSURES ALL STUDENT-ATHLETES ARE ON YEAR-LONG PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO CONTINUE IMPROVING THE FITNESS CAPABILITIES NEEDED IN THEIR SPORTS.
MOUNTAINEER LIFE
THE MOUNTAINEERS’ LIFESTYLE IS FIRST-CLASS. WHETHER IT’S CHARTERED FLIGHTS, TOP-OF-THE-LINE NIKE ELITE RESOURCES, PROFESSIONAL ATHLETIC TRAINING SERVICES OR UNLIMITED ACCESS TO A SUPERB NUTRITION BAR, WVU STUDENT-ATHLETES’ NEEDS ARE ALWAYS MET.
WVU HAS WON 18 CONFERENCE TITLES, INCLUDING FIVE STRAIGHT BIG 12 CONFERENCE REGULAR-SEASON CHAMPIONSHIPS FROM 2012-16.
MOST RECENTLY, THE MOUNTAINEERS CLAIMED THEIR 10TH BIG 12 TITLE AS THE 2022 BIG 12 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS.
SPOTLIGHT IN THE
WVU WOMEN’S
SOCCER IS PASSIONATE, A POINT OF PRIDE AND A WAY OF LIFE.
MOUNTAINEERS IN THE COMMUNITY
WINNING AND WORKING HARD ARE IMPORTANT TO THE WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SOCCER TEAM. BUT BECOMING SUCCESSFUL AND POSITIVE ROLE MODELS ON AND OFF THE FIELD IS JUST AS SIGNIFICANT TO THEM. THE MOUNTAINEERS HAVE RAISED MORE THAN $200,000 OVER THE LAST 18 YEARS FOR MORGANTOWN’S BETTY PUSKAR BREAST CARE FOUNDATION AND THE FIGHT AGAINST BREAST CANCER.
STUDENT-ATHLETE TESTIMONIES
CHELSEY CORROTO (2008-11)
“She calls herself Aunt Nikki because she really is a mother-figure to us. I feel comfortable talking to her about anything and everything. She is a very open and understanding. I wouldn’t trade my four years playing for her for anything in the world. I’m a better person because of Nikki Izzo-Brown.”
CHRISSIE ABBOTT (2000-03)
“During my years at West Virginia University, I came to realize what many before me have understood – WVU is the best collegiate experience in the country. They maximized my talent as a soccer player and prepared me to succeed in the real world upon graduation. I have made lifelong friendships that form the basis for most of what makes the `Mountaineer Experience’ so valuable and rewarding.”
LAURA FINLEY (2000-03)
“From the moment I stepped on campus, it felt like home. The university embraces all that is WVU, from academics to athletics. The soccer team was beginning to build a tradition of strength, integrity and pride, and I knew everything Coach Izzo-Brown reflected on her players was the type of player I wanted to be.”
NIKKI (GARZON) GOODENOW (1997-98)
“Being a student-athlete at West Virginia was one of the most rewarding decisions I have ever made. Through hard work and goal setting, we surpassed expectations and always believed in one another. I am truly grateful for the opportunity and will always cherish my time wearing the Old Gold and Blue.”
RENA (LIPPA) LINDSAY (1996-98)
“As a member of the inaugural team, I look back and treasure the challenges I faced and the amazing opportunities throughout my four years. Not only was I able to capitalize on my skills at a high level of competition, I also learned a lot about myself from the leadership of coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. Overall, my experience is one I refer back to frequently in my everyday life as I continue on as a physical educator and soccer coach.”
CAROLINE SZWED (2009-13)
“WVU women’s soccer is a program built on hard work, commitment and passion. It also is a program that exemplifies the true meaning of a family, from the staff down to the fans.”
DEVELOPMENT STUDENT-ATHLETE
18 MOUNTAINEERS HAVE EARNED 31 ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA HONORS ALL-TIME, INCLUDING BIANCA ST. GEORGES, THE 2018 GOOGLE CLOUD ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA OF THE YEAR FOR DIVISION I WOMEN’S SOCCER.
CHARACTER
Public, land-grant institution, founded in 1867. across the three campuses of the WVu system in Morgantown, Keyser, and Beckley, WVu is changing lives and helping to create a brighter future. our purpose remains to bring education, healthcare, and prosperity to our state. WVu is one of only a few flagship, R1, land-grant, community-engaged universities in the nation.
RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION
r1: Doctoral universities – Highest Possible category, as described by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
ACCREDITATION
WVu is accredited by the Higher Learning commission. Many programs hold specialized accreditation.
GOVERNANCE
the WVu Board of Governors is the university’s governing body. the Higher education Policy commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities. Michael Benson is WVu’s 27th president.
CAMPUS LOCATIONS AND FACILITIES
the WVu system is a family of distinctive campuses united by a single mission. From the groundbreaking research of our flagship in Morgantown to the student-centered focus of WVu Potomac state college in Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVu institute of technology in Beckley, we are creating a better future for West Virginia and the world.
the WVu institute of technology offers 30+ majors, including undergraduate engineering programs that have consistently ranked among the top in the nation according to u s news & World report.
WVu Potomac state college offers 60+ majors and combines the personal attention of a small college with the affordable benefits of a major university.
the WVu system also includes Health sciences locations in charleston and Martinsburg; school of nursing campuses in Morgantown, charleston, Keyser, Bridgeport and Beckley; farms and forests throughout the state; and WVu Jackson’s Mill state 4-H camp.
the WVu Morgantown campus is in a town that was named the “no. 1 small city in america” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Morgantown was also rated the ninth best college town in america by Business insider.
STUDENT PROFILE
Fall 2024 WVu system enrollment was 25,000+
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
WVu recipients of prestigious scholarships include 25 rhodes scholars, 142 Gilman scholars, 82 Fulbright scholars, 53 Goldwater scholars, 44 critical Language scholars, 30 Boren scholars, 27 truman scholars, 6 Morris K. udall scholars, 5 usa today all-usa college academic First team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 3 Department of Homeland security scholars, 4 George c. Marshall (British) scholars, 39 national science Foundation Graduate research Fellowships, one Jack Kent cooke Foundation Graduate scholar and one schwarzman scholar.
R1 RESEARCH INSTITUTION HIGHLIGHTS
WVu is one of only 187 colleges and universities to attain a ranking of r1, or the highest possible research category, alongside such institutions as Harvard, Yale, columbia and Johns Hopkins.
WVu researchers are exploring the frontier in neuroscience research at the WVu rockefeller neuroscience institute, doing groundbreaking work on alzheimer’s disease and addiction treatment using focused ultrasound to safely open the blood-brain barrier (reported by “60 Minutes,” the new York times, new england Journal of Medicine, the Washington Post and more).
WVu researchers are exploring the farthest reaches of the universe: dozens helped uncover evidence of ripples in space-time. mWVu is one of two or three universities that serve as a major hub for all branches of science contributing to nanoGrav – a galaxy-sized detector that is beginning to detect the gravitational universe.
Maura McLaughlin, eberly Distinguished Professor of Physics and astronomy, an internationally renowned WVu astrophysicist was selected as a member of the national academy of sciences, one of the highest honors in the scientific world.
Duncan Lorimer, Professor of Physics and astronomy, was selected as a Fellow of the royal society of London.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
twelve Morgantown colleges and schools offer 302 majors in agriculture and natural resources; applied and human sciences; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts and media; dentistry; engineering and mineral resources; law; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; and public health. Hundreds of distance education and online classes are available.
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
students can choose from more than 450 student organizations or participate in an active intramural program and a variety of club sports.
SERVICE AND LEARNING
the center for service and Learning develops and organizes service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty. WVu is one of only 75 schools recognized by the carnegie Foundation for the advancement of teaching for community engagement (recognized since 2010).
PARENTS CLUB
the Mountaineer Parents club, with 20,000+ members, connects parents and families with the student experience.
ALUMNI
chartered in 1873, the WVu alumni association is made up of more than 210,000+ graduates worldwide (in 135 nations).
LIBRARIES
the WVu Libraries encompass seven libraries statewide. Facilities in Morgantown include the Downtown campus Library, evansdale Library, Health sciences Library, Law Library and the West Virginia and regional History center. onsite collections include more than 936,000 books, 1.5+ million e-books and 700+ databases.
PRIVATE SUPPORT
The WVU Foundation recorded $282.6 million in gifts and pledges in fiscal year 2024. as of June 30, 2024, total Foundation assets stood at $3.04 billion, including long-term investments for the benefit of WVU and assets managed by the Foundation for other WVU-affiliated organizations.
EXTENSION
throughout the year in West Virginia’s 55 counties, WVu extension funds and delivers West Virginia’s 4-H program, which reaches more than 68,000 youth each year through county and state camps, special interest clubs, in-school activities and other programs.
ADMISSION AND APPLICATION TIMELINE
it’s painless to apply — no required essays or recommendations, students are automatically considered for scholarships and can be admitted with or without act or sat scores. test scores may be required for certain majors or scholarships. apply directly to WVu or use the common application. WVU offers a rolling admission (there is no official application deadline). applications are processed beginning in late august for admission the following fall. March 1 is the deadline for West Virginia residents to submit Promise scholarship applications. Visit admissions.wvu.edu to learn more, including how to submit official transcripts and test scores. Graduate admission (for degree-seeking applicants) requires a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university with a cumulative GPa of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale for regular admission. in addition, an applicant must meet the minimum admissions criteria determined by their program of interest.
VISITORS CENTER
the WVu Visitors center is the front door to campus, providing the warm hospitality that Mountaineers are known for in a modern, welcoming space. tours led by current students are offered Monday through Friday and select saturdays. Details are available at visit.wvu.edu.
quick facts
Date of Birth: May 4
Hometown: Rochester, N.Y.
Alma Mater: Rochester, 1993
Year at WVU: 30th
Coaching Career: West Virginia Wesleyan, assistant coach, 1993; West Virginia Wesleyan, head coach, 1994; West Virginia University, head coach, 1996-present
Record at WVU: 402-143-76 (.709)
Overall Record: 415-148-76 (.709)
Playing Career: (defender) Rochester, 1989-92
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
HEAD CoACH • 30tH SEASoN
Entering her 30th season as the only coach in Mountaineer women’s soccer history, Nikki Izzo-Brown has built a one-time infant program into one of the nation’s elite teams. In 29 seasons, Izzo-Brown has coached 43 players who went on to play professionally, 25 different players to 60 total All-America honors, 17 different players to 30 total Academic and Scholar All-America accolades, 24 conference players of the year and 23 Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy candidates. She also coached the 2016 Hermann Trophy award winner, the 2016 espnW National Player of the Year, a pair of Olympic Gold and Bronze Medalists and FIFA Women’s World Cup participants, as well as a FIFA Women’s World Cup Best Young Player honoree.
The 2016 season remains the team’s best-ever campaign, as the squad made its first NCAA College Cup appearance and finished as the NCAA National Runner-Up. WVU has appeared in the NCAA Tournament in 23 of the last 25 seasons, including a 21-year streak from 2000-20.
To date, Izzo-Brown has led the Mountaineers to an impressive 402-143-76 overall record and a 173-55-33 conference mark that includes 10 regular-season titles and eight tournament championships, including most recently the 2022 Big 12 Soccer Championship title. The Mountaineers won the conference regular-season title in each of their first five years as members of the Big 12 (2012-16), and a title sweep in 2016 was the third time the squad earned both championships.
Women’s soccer won the school’s first Big 12 championship in 2013 and was the only WVU program to win multiple Big East Tournament titles.
Izzo-Brown’s teams have been a consistent force in the national rankings and reached new levels in 2016, as the program earned its first national No. 1 ranking. WVU spent eight weeks ranked No. 1 nationally and was never ranked lower than No. 7. Additionally, WVU has defeated at least one top 25 opponent in 16 of the last 19 seasons.
In addition to the success she has enjoyed with the Mountaineers, Izzo-Brown has several years of experience with U.S. Women’s National Teams, including serving as an assistant at the teams’ 2012 training camps with the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 squads. She also served as a scout for the 2017 U.S. U-20 squad.
In 31 seasons as a head coach, Izzo-Brown has 30 winning seasons and has led WVU to 24 seasons with 10 wins or more. Additionally, she has earned 13 combined conference and regional coach of the year awards since 2000.
2024 Season
Izzo-Brown and the Mountaineers had yet another successful season in 2024, earning their first at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament since the 2020-21 season. West Virginia made its 23rd appearance in the national tournament all-time, following a thirdplace finish in the final Big 12 Conference regular-season standings. The Mountaineers finished 2024 with a 12-5-3 overall record, as well as 8-2-1 in league play.
In her 29th season at the helm, Izzo-Brown and WVU surpassed 400 victories, as the squad now boasts 402 wins. The Mountaineers also recorded a nine-match unbeaten streak from Sept. 1 through Oct. 4, which included a 5-0-1 start to Big 12 play and was its best start in conference play since 2016. Five Mountaineers earned a spot on the 2024 All-Big 12 Teams, while a pair of student-athletes were recognized on the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team. At season’s end, Dilary Heredia-Beltran and Annika Leslie signed a pair of professional contracts, moving Izzo-Brown’s all-time number of professional players to 43.
It also was another great year in the classroom for West Virginia, as 13 student-athletes were named to the Fall Academic AllBig 12 Team and five were named Academic All-District selections by the College Sports Communicators.
2023 Season
The 2023 campaign was the year of the pros, as five members of a talented senior class moved on to the professional ranks at season’s end. Star goalkeeper Kayza Massey signed a professional contract with Stade de Reims in France, while Maya McCutcheon (NC Courage) and Maddie Moreau (Bay FC) joined NWSL rosters. Julianne Vallerand (Spokane Zephyr FC) and Jaydah Bedoya (Carolina Ascent FC) also reached the pros with inaugural teams in the new USL Super League.
The Mountaineer offense made its mark in the record book in 2023, setting a new single-game goals record with a 9-0 win over St. Francis (Pa.). WVU’s 23 total points in the contest marked the second-highest in program history and the most since Sept. 6, 2015. On the defensive end, Massey and the back line posted nine shutouts on the year, including six at home.
Academically, five Mountaineers were named Academic All-District selections by the College Sports Communicators. West Virginia also placed 11 student-athletes on the Fall Academic All-Big 12 Teams, with four student-athletes making the team with a 4.0 GPA.
2022 Season
After a nearly four-year stretch without a trophy, Izzo-Brown’s Mountaineers ended their drought as the 2022 Big 12 Conference Tournament champions. WVU claimed its 10th league title and 18th conference championship all-time with a 1-0, double overtime win over TCU in the Big 12 Championship final on Nov. 6, in Round Rock, Texas.
West Virginia worked its way through a tough nonconference slate with just a 3-3-3 record, leading many to question its position moving into league play. However, the Mountaineers only lost one match in conference competition, finishing with a 4-1-4 mark in the league. WVU entered the Big 12 Tournament as the No. 4 seed, defeating No. 5 Oklahoma State, No. 1 Texas and No. 2 TCU in the final to earn the title and the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. WVU earned a No. 7
seed heading into the national tournament and made its 22nd appearance all time. A pair of records were broken at season’s end, as WVU’s star “super seniors” Lauren Segalla and Jordan Brewster etched their names in the top of the record books. Segalla became the new program leader in career games played, finishing her time in Gold and Blue with 104 career appearances. Brewster finished her career with 101 starts, breaking the program record in the category.
West Virginia's defense excelled once again, recording 10 shutouts, including two in the Big 12 Championship. Goalkeeper Kayza Massey posted 77 saves and was named Big 12 Co-Goalkeeper of the Year — the first WVU netminder to earn a conference player of the year award. Massey and Jordan Brewster earned All-Big 12 First Team and All-Region honors, with Brewster collecting her third straight All-America nod. Gabrielle Robinson, AJ Rodriguez, and Dilary Heredia-Beltran were named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.
Professionally, Brewster signed with Kristianstads DFF (Sweden) and Robinson was drafted No. 15 overall by the Kansas City Current, brining Izzo-Brown’s total number of professional players to 33. Academically, six Mountaineers earned Academic All-District honors, with Brewster named an Academic All-American and Big 12 Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year.
2020-21 Seasons
The 2020 season was one of the most unique in program history due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but West Virginia and coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, maintained national prominence. The Mountaineers finished 10-31 overall and 7-2 in Big 12 play, earning the No. 5 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and extending their streak to 21 consecutive appearances. WVU reached as high as No. 4 in the national rankings and continued its strong record against top-10 teams. Defender Jordan Brewster was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-America and all-region honors, while also appearing on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List. A pair of teammates joined her on the All-Big 12 and All-Region First Teams. Academically, Brewster and Alina Stahl earned Academic All-District honors, with Brewster also being named an Academic All-American.
In 2021, the Mountaineers returned to a full schedule and posted a 10-5-5 record, marking their 22nd straight season with at least 10 wins. They reached as high as No. 9 in the national rankings and recorded 11 shutouts — highlighted by standout goalkeeper Kayza Massey, who notched eight solo clean sheets and 52 saves. Jordan Brewster anchored the defense once again, recording her second straight season garnering All-America honors and becoming one of just 14 Mountaineers to achieve that distinction multiple times. She also was a Senior CLASS Award candidate.
Brewster was joined on the All-Big 12 Teams by Massey, Nicole Payne and freshman Dilary Heredia-Beltran. Isabella Sibley signed with Crystal Palace FC, becoming Izzo-Brown’s 31st professional player. Academically, a record 15 players earned Academic All-Big 12 honors, and Brewster, Julianne Vallerand, and Lilly McCarthy were named Academic All-District selections.
2017-19 Seasons
In 2017, West Virginia women’s soccer began the season ranked No. 1 for the first time in program history and lived up to expectations by defeating No. 1 Penn State. The Mountaineers posted a 16-4-3 record and advanced to the NCAA Third Round. They remained in the top 10 nationally all season and recorded 13 shutouts. Amandine Pierre-Louis was named Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, while Michaela Abam was a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist. Both were drafted into the NWSL, marking the first time two WVU players were selected in the same year.
WVU won its ninth Big 12 Championship in 2018, notching a 3-0 win over No. 9 Baylor. After a slow start, the Mountaineers finished strong, ending the Big 12 slate at 7-2 and earning a No. 2 seed in the NCAA Tournament, though they exited in the second round. The defense posted 12 shutouts and ranked 11th nationally in goals-against average. Bianca St. Georges earned Defensive Player of the Year and Academic All-America honors, while Rylee Foster was named an All-America goalkeeper. Four seniors, including St. Georges, went on to professional careers.
The Mountaineers made their 20th straight NCAA Tournament appearance, reaching the Third Round with wins over No. 25 Georgetown and Central Connecticut State. They
finished 12-8-2 overall and 5-3-1 in Big 12 play, facing one of the nation’s toughest schedules. Jordan Brewster and Rylee Foster earned All-Big 12 and All-Region honors, while freshmen Enzi Broussard and Nicole Payne made the All-Freshman Team. Foster was again on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, and nine players were named to the Academic All-Big 12 Team.
2015-16 Seasons – A Program Turns 20 and Reaches New Heights
Izzo-Brown led the Mountaineers to the NCAA College Cup for the first time in 2016. After defeating North Carolina, 1-0, in the semifinal, WVU fell, 3-1, to USC in the final to finish as the NCAA National Runner-Up. The tournament appearance was the team’s 17th straight and first as a regional No. 1 seed. WVU’s run to the NCAA College Cup final included a 3-0-1 mark in tournament matches at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, including 1-0 wins over No. 5 Duke in the quarterfinal and Ohio State in a thrilling overtime match in the second round.
Simply put, the 2016 Mountaineer squad was special. In addition to reaching the national final, WVU swept the Big 12 Conference titles, winning its fifth straight regular-season crown and third postseason title. The Mountaineers reached as high as No. 1 in the national polls, a position they held for eight weeks, and set program records for wins (23) and shutouts (18).
Unbelievably, WVU did all this by utilizing 10 different starting lineups. Regardless of personnel, WVU claimed wins over four top10 teams, its best single-season output. The Mountaineers finished with a 23-2-2 record and an 8-0 mark in the Big 12 Conference, the squad’s fourth undefeated season in five years. The team’s two defeats matched the program’s season low.
Led by senior center back Kadeisha Buchanan, the program’s first MAC Hermann Trophy winner, the Honda Sport Award winner for soccer and the espnW National Player of the Year, the Mountaineer defense shut out 18 opponents, tops in the NCAA, and allowed just 12 opponent goals, none to a Big 12 opponent, posting the conference’s first-ever shut-out season. WVU finished the season ranked No. 5 nationally in shutout percentage (.667) and No. 8 in goals-against average (.432).
The Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year for a record-setting fifth straight season, Izzo-Brown coached three NSCAA All-Americans, a program high. Buchanan, the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year for the fourth consecutive year, earned her third straight first-team award and fourth career honor, becoming the first Mountaineer to earn All-America status in each season at WVU. Senior midfielder Ashley Lawrence, a Hermann Trophy semifinalist for the second straight season, was named to the first team for the second straight season, while Abam, the co-Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, was named to the second team. Buchanan and Lawrence also were named to the Senior CLASS Award All-America First and Second Teams, respectively.
Senior defender Carly Black and St. Georges collected CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, with Black named to the second team and St. Georges landing on the third team. Additionally, six Mountaineers collected a conference-best seven All-Big 12 honors. At season’s end, Buchanan and Lawrence inked professional contracts in France, with Buchanan signing with Olympique Lyonnais and Lawrence signing with Paris SaintGermain.
Izzo-Brown made sure the Mountaineers’ 20th season in 2015 was a year to remember, as she led WVU back to the NCAA Tournament quarterfinals, the squad’s second appearance and first since 2007.
In addition to their run through the NCAA Tournament, the Mountaineers also captured their fourth straight Big 12 Conference regular-season title with a 6-0-1 mark.
The Mountaineers finished the season at 19-3-1. WVU was ranked in the top 10 of the NSCAA Poll the last 15 weeks of the season and peaked at No. 2, a position the squad held for two weeks. The Mountaineers finished the year ranked No. 7.
Led by Izzo-Brown, the WVU defense posted 15 shutouts, the third-best mark in the NCAA, and allowed just 11 goals and 44 corner kicks all year. WVU ended the season ranked No. 5 nationally in goals-against average (0.471) and shutout percentage (0.652). The 11 goals allowed were the fewest in program history. The Mountaineer offense also was spectacular, setting a program record with 61 goals.
Named the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year, Izzo-Brown saw Buchanan become the program’s first-ever MAC Hermann Trophy finalist. The Best Young Player at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Buchanan and Lawrence, a Hermann Trophy semifinalist, were named to the NSCAA All-America First Team, marking the first time in program history two Mountaineers were selected as semifinalists for the Hermann Trophy and garnered All-America First Team honors.
Senior midfielder Amanda Hill pushed WVU’s All-America count to three, as she was named to the Senior CLASS All-America Second Team. Hill also was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team, and classmate Kailey Utley landed on the NSCAA Scholar All-America Third Team.
Buchanan secured her third straight Big 12 Defender of the Year honor, and St. Georges was named the Big 12 Freshman of the Year. Additionally, 10 of the 11 WVU starters earned a combined 11 All-Big 12 honors, a league-best mark and a program record.
2012-14 Seasons
In their first three seasons as members of the Big 12 Conference, the Mountaineers staked their claim as the team to beat, winning five conference titles, including three straight regular-season crowns, and six player of the year awards.
Izzo-Brown led the Mountaineers to two Big 12 Conference titles in 2014, as WVU successfully defended its regular-season and championship titles. The Mountaineers ended the season on a 19-match unbeaten streak, a program record, and went unbeaten in Big 12 play for the second time in three seasons.
WVU advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the 15th straight season and earned a 16-2-4 record. The squad finished the year ranked No. 15 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire College Rankings. The Mountaineer defense posted 12 shutouts, including five in Big 12 regular-season play, with four coming on the road. The four conference road shutouts marked the first time in program history WVU denied each conference opponent a goal in its home arena.
Izzo-Brown earned her third straight Big 12 Coach of the Year honor, while Buchanan scored her second consecutive Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year honor and Abam was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year.
WVU collected a conference-best nine All-Big 12 honors.
For the second straight season, Izzo-Brown watched two student-athletes collect All-America honors, as Buchanan was named to the NSCAA/Continental Tire All-America First Team, becoming the program’s first sophomore to earn a first team award. Buchanan also was named a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy. Additionally, senior forward Kate Schwindel was named to the Senior CLASS All-America Second Team, the program’s first Senior CLASS Award finalist.
Izzo-Brown capped the season with her second straight NSCAA Central Region Coach of the Year award, her fifth career honor.
The Mountaineers secured seven straight victories in conference play in 2013 to earn their second straight Big 12 title with a 7-1 record. The team continued its stronghold on its conference opponents with three shut-out victories at the 2013 Big 12 Soccer Tournament en route to the Mountaineers’ first Big 12 Conference Championship title, also the first for any WVU team at a Big 12 Conference Championship.
With the win, WVU earned the conference’s automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament, its 14th consecutive appearance. The Mountaineers advanced to the second round for the ninth time in program history, the first time since 2010, and finished the year at 16-4-3 and ranked No. 12 in the NSCAA/Continental Tire College Rankings and No. 8 in the TopDrawerSoccer.com Top 25 Rankings.
WVU swept the conference awards, as Frances Silva was the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and Buchanan was the Big 12 Defender and Newcomer of the Year; the Mountaineers became the first team to win the offensive and defensive awards in the same season. Additionally, Izzo-Brown earned her second straight Big 12 Coach of the Year honor, and six student-athletes scored eight All-Big 12 awards.
The successful season ended with the trio scoring several major awards, including NSCAA/Continental Tire All-America Second Team honors for Silva and Buchanan and NSCAA Central Region Coach of the Year accolades for Izzo-Brown. Additionally, Silva, a Hermann Trophy semifinalist, was named an NSCAA College Scholar All-American and the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year.
In its inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference in 2012, WVU won the regular-season championship with a 7-0-1 record. Seven student-athletes were named All-Big 12, including senior Bry McCarthy, who was chosen as the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year. Izzo-Brown was named the conference coach of the year.
The 2012 Mountaineers scored an upset win over No. 1-ranked Stanford, 1-0, on Aug. 26 at the Penn State Invitational. The win snapped Stanford’s 64-match regular-season unbeaten streak.
West Virginia defeated visiting Texas Tech, 3-2, on Sept. 21 to give women’s soccer, and WVU athletics, its first victory as members of the Big 12 Conference.
To end their careers, McCarthy earned All-America honors and midfielder Bri Rodriguez was named a NSCAA College Scholar All-American.
2010-11 Seasons
The 2010-11 seasons marked the end of an era as the Mountaineers won back-to-back Big East Championships before departing for membership in the Big 12 Conference. It also marked the third conference title in a five-season span.
West Virginia finished the 2011 season with a 17-5-0 record, and a 10-1-0 mark in league play, to win its division for the fifth time. The 10 wins marked a school record, making
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WVU one of only four Big East schools to ever win 10 league contests in a season.
The Mountaineers finished the season ranked No. 9 by Soccer America and won 15 of their last 17 matches to close the season.
The 2010 season was a record-breaking one as the team won its second Big East Championship while advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16. WVU had its then-school record 14-match win streak end in the NCAA Tournament against College Cup participant Boston College, giving the Mountaineers a final record of 18-5-1.
WVU’s 1-0 win over fifth-ranked Virginia matched the then-highest-ranked opponent defeated in school history, and the team’s 3-0 shutout against Georgetown marked the program’s 200th win.
West Virginia’s defense set the then-single-season record for shutouts at 14, while goalkeeper Kerri Butler also broke the school record for career shutouts, finishing with 44.
2005-09 Seasons
From 2005-09, the program reached new heights with consecutive NCAA appearances in every season and won its first Big East Championship. Izzo-Brown was named NSCAA/adidas and Soccer Buzz Mid-Atlantic Regional Coach of the Year in 2007 as WVU was ranked every week throughout the season and tied a then-school record for wins (18).
The 2007 squad advanced to the program’s first NCAA Elite Eight while establishing an attendance record with more than 3,000 fans for the NCAA Elite Eight contest against USC. Three players earned All-America status and six were named All-Big East. Forward Ashley Banks added to Izzo-Brown’s collection of major award winners as the 2007 Big East Offensive Player of the Year and a Hermann Trophy semifinalist.
WVU won Big East division titles in three straight seasons (2006-08) and at least one Mountaineer earned All-America honors from 2006-09. Carolyn Blank added the title of Big East Midfielder of the Year to her resume in 2008, a team that tied the thenschool record for fewest losses in a season with just three defeats.
Twelve seasons ago, Izzo-Brown took her high-powered offense to the 2006 NCAA Tournament as WVU scored a then-schoolrecord 55 goals in 21 games. Forward Deana Everrett had a breakout sophomore season to earn All-America Third Team honors from Soccer Buzz. The 2006 Mountaineers also displayed a stingy defense that shut out 13 opponents over the course of the season, including eight Big East foes.
2000-04 Seasons
Led by All-Americans Chrissie Abbott and Lisa Stoia, the 2003 Mountaineers made history, going 17-4-2 to give West Virginia its first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance. The
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senior-led squad logged nine straight wins at one point during the season and had its first-ever Hermann Trophy nominee in Abbott, who graduated as WVU’s all-time leader in goals scored, points and shots, while Stoia established the school’s then-alltime assist record.
Izzo-Brown directed West Virginia to an 18-3-1 record, at the time the most wins in school history, and the program’s first Big East division title in 2002. The Mountaineers also received their third consecutive invitation to the NCAA Tournament after putting together an 18-match unbeaten streak.
Abbott was the Big East Offensive Player of the Year and a first team All-American, while Stoia earned Big East Midfielder of the Year honors. Izzo-Brown was the Big East and regional coach of the year.
A youthful Mountaineer squad played to a fifth straight 15-win season in 2004 and saw Izzo-Brown’s fourth All-America develop as forward Laura Kane earned the nod from the NSCAA after an eight goal, nine assist senior season.
West Virginia was nationally ranked for the first time in 2000, a regional coach of the year season for Izzo-Brown’s first-ever NCAA Tournament team. Four team members landed spots on Big East all-conference teams, including Big East Offensive Player of the Year Katie Barnes and co-Big East Rookie of the Year Stoia. In that season, Barnes became WVU’s first All-American.
The Early Years
Izzo-Brown accepted perhaps her greatest challenge on Aug. 3, 1995, when then-WVU Director of Athletics Ed Pastilong named her the first head coach of West Virginia's women's soccer program.
In WVU’s inaugural season, Izzo-Brown led a young team to an amazing 10-7-2 record and a 4-4-1 Big East mark. WVU finished fifth in the conference, surprising Big East coaches, whose preseason prediction picked the fledgling Mountaineers to finish last. Soccer Buzz ranked West Virginia as the eighth-best “new program” in the nation. Additionally, Izzo-Brown's first season at WVU produced a Big East All-Rookie Team member in defender Stacey Sollmann. Only two years later, West Virginia made its first Big East Tournament with a team that won 11 matches in 1998. Stacey Adams was the
MAC Hermann Trophy Award Winners
Under Nikki Izzo-Brown
Kadeisha Buchanan (2016)
All-Americans Under Nikki Izzo-Brown
Jordan Brewster (2020-21, 2021, 2022)
Rylee Foster (2018)
Bianca St. Georges (2018)
Amandine Pierre-Louis (2017)
Michaela Abam (2016, 2017)
Amanda Hill (2015)
Ashley Lawrence (2015, 2016)
Kate Schwindel (2014)
Kadeisha Buchanan (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
Frances Silva (2013)
Bry McCarthy (2012)
Carolyn Blank (2009, 2008)
Greer Barnes (2008, 2007)
Ashley Banks (2007)
Amanda Cicchini (2007)
Deana Everrett (2006)
Laura Kane (2004)
Lisa Stoia (2003, 2002)
Chrissie Abbott (2003, 2002)
Katie Barnes (2001, 2000)
Scholar and Academic All-Americans Under Nikki Izzo-Brown
Jordan Brewster (2020-21, 2022)
Easther Mayi Kith (2018)
Alli Magaletta (2017)
Bianca St. Georges (2016, 2017, 2018)
Amanda Hill (2015)
Kailey Utley (2015)
Carly Black (2014, 2016)
Frances Silva (2013)
Bri Rodriguez (2012)
Ashley Banks (2007)
Kim Bonilla (2007)
Marisa Kanela (2005)
Ashley Weimer (2004)
Laura Kane (2004, 2003)
Melissa Haire (2002, 2001)
Christen Seaman (2002)
Stacey Sollmann (1997)
Conference Players of the Year Under Nikki Izzo-Brown
Kayza Massey (Goalkeeper – 2022)
Jordan Brewster (Defensive – 2020-21)
Bianca St. Georges (Defensive – 2018)
Amandine Pierre-Louis (Defensive – 2017)
Michaela Abam (Offensive – 2016)
Kadeisha Buchanan (Defensive – 2016)
Kadeisha Buchanan (Defensive – 2015)
Bianca St. Georges (Newcomer – 2015)
Michaela Abam (Newcomer – 2014)
Kadeisha Buchanan (Defensive – 2014)
Kadeisha Buchanan (Defensive – 2013)
Kadeisha Buchanan (Newcomer – 2013)
Frances Silva (Offensive – 2013)
Bry McCarthy (Defender - 2012)
Kate Schwindel (Rookie - 2011)
Carolyn Blank (Midfielder - 2008)
Ashley Banks (Offensive - 2007)
Ashley Banks (Rookie - 2004)
Lisa Stoia (Midfielder - 2002, 2003)
Chrissie Abbott (Offensive - 2002)
Katie Barnes (Offensive - 2000, 2001)
Lisa Stoia (Rookie - 2000)
Professional Players Under Nikki IzzoBrown
Michaela Abam (NWSL, France – Ligue 1)
Hannah Abraham (Iceland)
Greer Barnes (WPS)
Katie Barnes (WUSA, USL)
Jaydah Bedoya (USL Super League)
Carolyn Blank (WPS, USL)
Kim Bonilla (Sweden, USL, Australia)
Jordan Brewster (Sweden, NWSL)
Kadeisha Buchanan (France, England)
Kerri Butler (WPS)
Grace Cutler (NWSL)
Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel (Mexico – Liga MX)
Vanessa Flores (Mexico – Liga MX)
Rylee Foster (FA Women’s Super League)
Jade Gentile (Iceland)
Nadya Gill (Norway)
Sh’Nia Gordon (France – Ligue 1)
Erica Henderson (Iceland)
Dilary Heredia-Beltran (Mexico)
Heather Kaleiohi (France)
Laura Kane (Sweden, USL)
Sara Keane (NWSL)
Rachel Kruze (WUSA, Iceland, USL)
Ashley Lawrence (France – Ligue 1)
Annika Leslie (Canada)
Alli Magaletta (Norway)
Kayza Massey (France)
Easther Mayi Kith (France)
Bry McCarthy (NWSL, Germany)
Maya McCutcheon (NWSL, New Zealand)
Blake Miller (Australia)
Megan Mischler (WPS, USL, Sweden)
Maddie Moreau (NWSL)
Amandine Pierre-Louis (NWSL)
Carla Portillo (France)
Gabrielle Robinson (NWSL)
Kate Schwindel (NWSL)
Isabella Sibley (England)
Frances Silva (NWSL)
Bianca St. Georges (NWSL)
Lisa Stoia (WPS, USL)
Kailey Utley (USL)
Julianne Vallerand (USL)
program’s first Big East Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year winner, and Sollmann earned second team all-region accolades.
Izzo-Brown led the Mountaineers to an 116-2 record in 1997, and two years later, they finished 9-9-1. With trust, hard work and sacrifice, the foundation had been laid for a breakout season in 2000.
Academic Success
Graduation is a must for Izzo-Browncoached players, who are asked to challenge themselves academically while at WVU. Her teams consistently hold one of the program’s highest GPAs on campus with their serious commitment to academics.
The women’s soccer team received public recognition in the spring of 2017 for the fourth time in nine years by the NCAA for its multiyear Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores. The team posted a multi-year APR in the top-10 percent of all squads in each sport. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of each team's academic performance.
Izzo-Brown has coached 17 different players to 30 total academic and scholar All-American honors. Additionally, the United Soccer Coaches honors her squad year after year with the Team Academic Award for its work in the classroom.
Bianca St. Georges was named the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America of the Year, giving WVU two honors in six seasons. She also was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team. Ten different WVU women’s soccer student-athletes have earned CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, including 15 honors since 2001.
Player Development
With tremendous experience and knowledge of the game, Izzo-Brown has built a reputation for getting the most out of her student-athletes. The veteran coach maximizes the performance of her players by providing opportunities to process information in multiple ways in order to find success for each individual.
Paving the way for the success of recent Mountaineers, Katie Barnes was the first women’s soccer player to be named an All-American and captured two straight Big East Offensive Player of the Year awards. In
all, Izzo-Brown has guided 25 different players to earn 60 All-America honors, as well as 24 conference player of the year honors. Barnes was drafted with the first pick of the second round (ninth overall) of the 2002 Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) Draft by the Carolina Courage.
Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence signed professional contracts in France in early 2017, with Buchanan signing with Olympique Lyonnais before departing for Chelsea FC in 2022 before Lawrence joined her at Chelsea in 2023. One year later, Michaela Abam and Amandine Pierre-Louis were drafted No. 4 and No. 6 overall by Sky Blue FC at the 2018 NWSL College Draft, marking the first time in program history two Mountaineers were drafted in the same season. In total, 80 percent of the 2017 senior class and 44 percent of the 2018 senior class signed professional contracts. WVU's number of all-time professional players now sits at 40, a sign of Izzo-Brown's commitment to building professional- and world-class athletes.
During the 2012 offseason, Izzo-Brown served as an assistant at U.S. Women’s National Team training camps with the U.S. U-18, U-20 and U-23 squads. In the summer of 2011, she joined April Heinrichs, U.S. Soccer Technical Director, for a week of training with the U-20 team. She also spent time after the 2007 season as an assistant coach with the U-20 National Team under thenhead coach Jill Ellis.
During her coaching tenure, more than 40 Mountaineers have participated in the national team scene, with Barnes being selected to the team that won the 2001 Nordic Cup. Former Mountaineer Vanessa Flores was a member of the Mexican Women’s National Team, and Buchanan and Lawrence competed for Canada at the 2015, 2019 and 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cups, where Buchanan was named the Best Young Player in 2015. The duo also helped Canada claim Bronze at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games and Gold at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. The pair made their third appearance as members of Team Canada in the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games.
Prior To WVU
As a player, Izzo-Brown attained All-America status at Rochester, where she was a fouryear starter from 1989-92. During that span,
Izzo-Brown helped the Yellowjackets to a 5810-9 record and four straight NCAA Tournament appearances. In 1991, as a junior, she led Rochester to a 16-4-2 mark and a spot in the NCAA championship game.
During her career at Rochester, Izzo-Brown also earned All-East, all-region and allleague honors, while meriting Dean's List recognition all four years. Following her senior campaign, she won the prestigious Merle Spurrier Award, which recognizes Rochester's top female athlete based on leadership, academics and athletics.
Izzo-Brown graduated from Rochester in the spring of 1993 with a degree in psychology. That fall, she was named assistant coach at West Virginia Wesleyan, where she continued her winning ways by helping the Bobcats to a 12-7 record. Izzo-Brown was elevated to head coach in 1994 and led Wesleyan to a 13-5 mark and a spot in the NAIA National Tournament.
While coaching at the Buckhannon, West Virginia, school, Izzo-Brown earned her Master of Business Administration degree in 1994.
In the fall of 2010, she was inducted into the University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame.
Personal
In addition to her duties at WVU, Izzo-Brown is certified as an advanced national level coach by the NSCAA, has her USSF “B” license and is a Region I senior staff Olympic Development member. She has served on several regional and national ranking committees for the NSCAA. She also is qualified internationally with Brazilian, KNVB and Czech Republic certification.
In May 2010, Izzo-Brown was named to the West Virginia Executive Sports Hall of Fame. Later that fall, she was inducted into the University of Rochester Athletic Hall of Fame for her outstanding achievement in the sport of soccer.
A decade ago, she was named a 2011 Frontier Field Walk of Fame inductee.
In March 2018, Izzo-Brown was inducted as a meritorious member into the West Virginia Soccer Association Hall of Fame.
She and her husband, Joe, have three daughters – Samantha, Gracie and Gabriella
LISA STOIA
SENIor ASSoCIAtE HEAD CoACH • 19tH SEASoN
With nearly two decades of coaching experience to her name, Lisa Stoia begins her 19th season with the Mountaineer women’s soccer program at her alma mater. An integral piece in the emergence of the Mountaineers’ presence on the national stage, Stoia has helped guide WVU to multiple Big 12 and Big East titles, as well as 14 consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament from 2007-20 and the 2016 NCAA College Cup Final.
The 2024 campaign was no different, as the Mountaineers made their 23rd appearance in the NCAA Tournament in program history. Finishing 12-5-3 overall, Stoia and the Mountaineers surpassed 400 program victories in 2024. The squad also posted a nine-match unbeaten streak to cap nonconference action and open Big 12 play with a 5-0-1 start, its best since 2016. Five Mountaineers were named to the 2024 All-Big 12 Teams, while a pair were recognized on the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team. At season’s end, Stoia watched a pair of seniors move on to the professional ranks.
It also was another great year in the classroom for West Virginia, as 13 student-athletes were named to the Fall Academic All-Big 12 Team and five were named Academic All-District selections by the College Sports Communicators.
From 2020 to 2023, West Virginia women’s soccer continued its tradition of excellence on the field, in the classroom and in producing professional talent. The Mountaineers made a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances, secured a Big 12 Tournament title in 2022 and consistently stood among the nation’s top programs, ranking as high as No. 4 in 2020. Defensively dominant, the team logged numerous shutouts, led by standout goalkeeper Kayza Massey and defender Jordan Brewster—both of whom earned multiple All-Big 12 and All-America honors.
Under Stoia’s leadership, WVU earned national accolades and saw a surge in players turning pro. Five seniors from the 2023 class joined professional ranks, including Massey (Stade de Reims), Maya McCutcheon (NC
Courage) and Maddie Moreau (Bay FC), while others entered the USL Super League. Brewster also went pro in 2022, along with classmate Gabrielle Robinson who was selected 15th overall in the NWSL Draft.
Offensively, the Mountaineers made history in 2023 with a record-setting 9-0 win over St. Francis (Pa.). Academically, WVU produced numerous Academic All-District and All-Big 12 selections each year, with Brewster earning Academic All-America and Big 12 Co-Scholar Athlete of the Year honors.
Date of Birth: August 28
Hometown: Shirley, N.Y.
Alma Mater: West Virginia University, B.S. 2005; Jacksonville, M.B.A. 2007
Year at WVU: 18th
Under Stoia’s tutelage, West Virginia advanced to the NCAA Tournament Third Round for the fourth time in five years in 2019. The squad finished 12-8-2 on the year, including 5-3-1 inside the Big 12. The Mountaineers once again faced one of the toughest schedules in the country, taking on 10 teams that reached the NCAA Tournament.
Ranked as high as No. 11 in the national polls, Jordan Brewster and Rylee Foster earned All-Big 12 Second Team and United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Second Team honors, while a pair of freshmen – Enzi Broussard and Nicole Payne – were placed on the All-Big 12-Freshman Team.
In 2018, Stoia aided the Mountaineers climb back to champion status, as WVU claimed the Big 12 Soccer Championship title in November with a 3-0 showing at the league tournament, capped by a 3-0 victory over No. 9 Baylor in the title match. The title was the team’s 17th conference championship and ninth in Big 12 play.
WVU finished the season with a 15-4-4 mark and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Nationally ranked seven weeks throughout the season, the Mountaineers peaked at No. 8 and finished the year at
Coaching Career: Jacksonville, 2005-06; West Virginia, 2007-present
Playing Career: (midfielder) West Virginia, 2000-03; Boston Renegades, 2005-06; St. Louis Athletica, 2009
No. 14. The Mountaineer offense produced 46 goals and 35 assists in 2018, with midfielder Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel finishing second on the team with 14 points and third on the team with six goals. Midfielder Nadya Gill paced WVU with seven assists.
For the second consecutive season, a conference-best eight Mountaineers grabbed All-Big 12 honors, including a first-team accolade for forward Sh’Nia Gordon and second-team recognition for midfielder Grace Cutler. Midfielder Addison Clark was named to the All-Big 12 Freshman Team. Gordon also was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First Team.
Following the 2018 campaign, four Mountaineers made waves in the professional leagues, with Gordon (FC Metz) and defender Easther Mayi Kith (Montpellier) signing professional contracts and defender Bianca St. Georges (Chicago Red Stars) and Cutler (Houston Dash) being drafted in the 2019 NWSL College Draft.
Stoia gained national coaching experience in May 2018, as she assisted with the United States’ U-19 Women’s National Team Training Camp, working with the midfielders while also aiding with the planning of camp sessions and game schematics and holding daily video sessions.
In addition to her on-field coaching assistance, Stoia also heads up the team’s travel throughout the season, as well as the team’s gear and its Nike Elite allotment. She also manages the Mountaineers’ on-campus visitations, recruiting and scouting efforts.
In 2017, Stoia, who was elevated to senior associate head coach prior to the season, helped the Mountaineer attack generate 40 goals and 38 assists en route to a 16-4-3 record and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament Third Round, the team’s third consecutive trip. Ranked No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches Preseason Poll, the program’s first-ever preseason No. 1 ranking, the Mountaineers sat within the top 10 of the poll each week in 2017 and within the top five for four weeks. WVU concluded the season ranked No. 10.
A conference-best eight Mountaineers claimed All-Big 12 honors in 2017, including a first-team accolade for forward Michaela Abam, second-team recognition for midfielder Carla Portillo and an All-Freshman Team honor for forward Lauren Segalla. Abam, a 2017 MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist, concluded her career with three All-America honors, including second team recognitions from United Soccer Coaches and the Senior CLASS Award. She ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference in goals (10), No. 2 in points (23) and No. 3 in game-winning goals (4). Additionally, Portillo, who was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-South Region Second Team, ranked No. 3 in the conference in assists (7).
Following the 2017 campaign, Abam and defender Amandine Pierre-Louis were drafted No. 4 and No. 6 overall by Sky Blue FC at the 2018 NWSL College Draft.
A program goal that began even before she put on a Mountaineer uniform, Stoia helped WVU advance to its first-ever NCAA College Cup in 2016, where the team finished a program-best No. 2 nationally. Her 10th season as an assistant to coach Nikki Izzo-Brown, the Mountaineers also swept the Big 12 regular-season and championship titles for third time in four years. Additionally, WVU was nationally ranked each week and spent
eight weeks at No. 1, the program’s first-ever No. 1 ranking. The Mountaineers finished with a program-record 23 wins, as well as a nation-best and team-record 18 shutouts.
A program-high three Mountaineers collected five All-America honors, including a second consecutive NSCAA First Team honor for midfielder Ashley Lawrence, who also earned a Senior CLASS Award Second Team accolade. Additionally, Abam was named the co-Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, and six Mountaineers earned seven All-Big 12 honors, including first-team recognitions for Lawrence, her fourth straight, and Portillo.
Lawrence, a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy for the second consecutive year, finished the year No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference, No. 19 nationally, with a team-high 10 assists, the third-best total for a WVU senior and the fourth-highest season total in Mountaineer history. She dished out 29 assists throughout her four-year career, the third-best total in school history, and signed a professional contract with Paris Saint-Germain. Portillo finished second on the team, fourth in the conference, with seven helpers.
Stoia also was integral in the mentoring of four-time NSCAA All-American Kadeisha Buchanan. The defender collected a slew of awards in 2016, including the MAC Hermann Trophy, college soccer’s version of the Heisman Trophy. She also was named the 2016 espnW and TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Year, won the Honda Cup Award for women’s soccer and was named to the Senior CLASS All-America First Team. She signed a professional contract with Olympique Lyonnais.
At season’s end, Stoia, alongside Izzo-Brown and associate head coach Marisa Kanela, earned the NSCAA Central Regional Staff of the Year award, her fourth career accolade since 2010.
Stoia helped the Mountaineers return to the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals in 2015, their first appearance since 2007. Additionally, WVU collected its fourth straight Big 12 Conference regular-season title and spent 15 weeks ranked in the nation’s top 10, peaking at No. 2 in the NSCAA Poll, a position it held for two weeks. The Mountaineers finished the season ranked a then-program-best No. 7. WVU set a program record for goals (61) and also tallied 19 wins and 15 shutouts.
Stoia helped 10 Mountaineers collect a program-best 11 All-Big 12 honors, including recognitions for midfielders Lawrence (first team), Portillo (second team) and Amanda Hill (second team). Lawrence, a semifinalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, also earned NSCAA All-America First Team honors, and Hill was named to the Senior CLASS All-America Second Team.
Lawrence pushed the Mountaineers’ attack throughout 2015 and tallied a team-best eight assists, ranking No. 2 in the Big 12 with a 0.36 per-game average.
Stoia capped the season with her second straight NSCAA Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year honor.
Five seasons ago, the Mountaineers captured the 2014 Big 12 Conference regular-season and championship titles and ended the year on a program record 19-match unbeaten streak. Lawrence ranked No. 2 in the Big 12 with seven assists and earned NSCAA All-Central Region First Team honors. She also was named to the All-Big 12 First Team. In total, three Mountaineer midfielders earned All-Big 12 recognitions, and the team tallied a Big 12-best nine all-conference honors.
For her efforts all season, Stoia was named the NSCAA Central Region Assistant Coach of the Year.
In 2013, Stoia helped the Mountaineers to their fifth conference title in four consecutive seasons, as the squad successfully defended its Big 12 Conference regular-season title and won its first Big 12 Soccer Championship title. Additionally, she aided forward Frances Silva in winning the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year honors and saw WVU secure eight AllBig 12 awards. Silva ended the season tops in the Big 12 in goals (15), assists (13) and points (43).
Stoia helped WVU win the school’s first Big 12 championship with an unbeaten 2012 regular season. She guided midfielder Bri Rodriguez to All-Big 12 First Team honors, as well as NSCAA College Scholar All-America recognition.
In 2011, Stoia helped the Mountaineers post a 17-5-0 record. She mentored forward Kate Schwindel to a 19-point freshman season and the Big East Rookie of the Year award. Additionally, five Mountaineers were named All-Big East in the team’s final season in the conference.
Stoia, a former conference player of the year, has developed WVU’s midfield and front line, as Carolyn Blank twice earned All-America honors (2008-09). Blank also became the first Mountaineer since Stoia to be named Big East Midfielder of the Year.
With Rodriguez’s All-Big East First Team selection in 2010, it gave WVU a midfielder on the league’s first team five straight seasons. Stoia’s efforts were recognized as she was named NSCAA/Mondo North Atlantic Regional Assistant Coach of the Year.
Ten years ago, Stoia played in the 2009 Women’s Professional Soccer league after being drafted with the 48th overall pick by the Saint Louis Athletica. In the WPS’ inaugural season, Stoia helped the Athletica to a second-place finish and WPS Super Semifinal playoff appearance.
In 2007, WVU advanced deep into postseason play, making a trip to the school’s first NCAA Elite Eight. She also helped midfielder Amanda Cicchini earn All-America honors.
Stoia spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons as an assistant coach at Jacksonville, where she helped guide the Dolphins to a 2006 NCAA Tournament berth. The Dolphins posted their first double-digit win total since 2002 and earned their second Atlantic Sun Championship in school history.
She was active in securing the Atlantic Sun’s top recruiting class according to Soccer Buzz magazine, which rated Jacksonville’s 2007 class as best in the conference.
JU players benefited from Stoia’s two seasons of leadership as four Dolphins picked up all-conference recognition, and forward Keri Zwikker earned 2005 Atlantic Sun Freshman of the Year honors.
In the summer, Stoia competed for two seasons as a midfielder with the Boston Renegades in the Women's United Soccer League. In 2006, she led the team and ranked second in the league with 11 assists. She also ranked fifth in the league with 29 points and finished with nine goals on the season.
Prior to JU, Stoia served as a student assistant coach at WVU in 2004. That season, she helped the program to its fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, including a first-round win over SMU.
A four-year letterwinner at West Virginia from 2000-03, Stoia set Mountaineer career records for assists (33) and matches played and started (87). As a senior, she set a program record with 12 assists and was second on the squad with seven goals and 26 points en route to Big East Midfielder of the Year along with NSCAA and Soccer Buzz All-America accolades.
Stoia earned NSCAA and Soccer Buzz Second Team All-America honors, Big East Midfielder of the Year and All-Big East First Team recognition as a junior after finishing with eight goals, 10 assists and 26 points. As a sophomore, she earned Soccer Buzz Honorable Mention All-America, Soccer Buzz First Team All-Region, NSCAA/adidas Second Team All-Region and All-Big East First Team accolades after tallying four goals and five assists. Stoia also earned NSCAA/adidas Third Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region and Big East co-Rookie of the Year honors as a freshman. Stoia also was a member of the U.S. U-21 Women’s National Team Pool in 2003. A year later, she was named a 2004 National Strength and Conditioning All-American.
In June 2019, Stoia was named to the 29th class of honorees in the West Virginia University Sports Hall of Fame. She was inducted in September 2019, becoming just the third women’s soccer player to be selected. In September 2007, she was inducted into William Floyd High’s inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame.
A native of Shirley, New York, Stoia earned her bachelor's degree in sport management from West Virginia in 2005 and her Master of Business Administration from Jacksonville in 2007.
ERIC BELTRAN
ASSIStANt HEAD CoACH • tHIrD SEASoN
Eric Beltran joined the WVU women’s soccer staff in August 2023 and was elevated to assistant head coach in May 2024. He works primarily with the goalkeepers, while assisting with the team’s daily training sessions and game preparations.
In his second season, Beltran and the Mountaineers made their 23rd NCAA tournament appearance in program history in 2024. Finishing 12-5-3 overall, Beltran helped West Virginia surpass 400 program victories during the regular season. The squad also posted a nine-match unbeaten streak to cap noncon-
ference action and open Big 12 play with a 5-0-1 start, its best since 2016. At season's end, five Mountaineers were named to the 2024 All-Big 12 teams, while a pair were recognized on the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team.
Beltran helped goalkeeper Mackenzie Smith post a 0.740 save percentage in her first year as a starter, as she notched 54 saves between the posts. Smith and the Mountaineer defense also recorded eight shutouts on the year, while five of those were credited as solo shutouts to Smith.
In his first season in 2023, WVU finished Big 12 play second in the conference in shutouts. Beltran guided star goalkeeper Kayza Massey to another spectacular season, as she collected eight shutouts in her final season with the Mountaineers. She logged 59 saves to finish her career with 207 career stops, good for No. 5 all-time in program history.
At season’s end, Massey signed a professional contract with Stade de Reims in France. In addition to Massey, Maya McCutcheon, Maddie Moreau, Julianna Vallerand and Jaydah Bedoya also joined the pro ranks following
the 2023 season. The group moved WVU’s alltime count of professional players to 40.
Prior to arriving in Morgantown, Beltran served as an assistant coach at Liberty for two seasons, also working with the goalkeepers. While at Liberty, the Flames earned back-toback ASUN Regular-Season Championships and went from an RPI of 135 to 48. He also coached 13 all-conference selections, four all-region honorees and one scholar-athlete of the year.
With the goalkeepers, Beltran coached the 2022 ASUN Goalkeeper of the Year, Ainsley Leja, who earned the nod in just her sophomore season. Leja started all 21 games for the Flames in 2022, tallying a 0.62 goalsagainst average, 56 saves and a 0.812 save percentage.
Before his time at Liberty, Beltran spent three years at the University of Incarnate Word, where his primary duties were recruiting coordinator and working with the goalkeepers. In his three seasons at UIW, the Cardinals’ goals-against average improved every year, as UIW ranked third in the Southland Conference with a 0.95 GAA in Beltran’s final season with the team.
Beltran was at Erskine College, an NCAA Division II institution in Due West, South Carolina,
prior to arriving at UIW. While there, he served as the assistant coach and worked with the goalkeepers and reserve team during the 2017-18 season. In his year at Erskine, the Flying Fleet qualified for postseason play for the first time since the 2011 season, while setting program records for goals against and goalsagainst average. Under Beltran's guidance, the team also recorded the second-highest save percentage in program history.
Prior to his time at Erskine, Beltran was the goalkeeping coach for FC Dallas West Texas from 2015-17.
Beltran was a goalkeeper for Dallas Baptist University (2012), Jefferson College (2013) and The University of Texas of the Permian Basin (2014-2016). At Jefferson College, he recorded a goals-against average of 1.3 on the way to conference and regional championships. The team was ranked as high as fourth in the country.
He was a two-year captain at UTPB, finishing sixth in the country for NCAA Division II saves and saves per game in 2014. He also played semi-professionally for Alamo Soccer Club, where he was the leader in goals-against average (0.66) at the national tournament in 2013.
Beltran graduated from UTPB with a Bachelor
of Arts in communications in 2016 and earned his Master of Science in Kinesiology with a special focus on athletic administration and coaching in the spring of 2024. Beltran holds United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeping credentials and a USSF “D” license.
Beltran and his wife, Jacqueline, reside in Morgantown.
LIESA SEIFERT
ASSIStANt CoACH • SECoND SEASoN
Liesa Seifert is entering her second season as a member of the women’s soccer coaching staff. After spending time as a graduate assistant on WVU’s staff from 2020-23, she returned to the staff in 2024 and assists with the team’s daily training sessions and game preparations. In her first season as an assistant coach, Seifert and the Mountaineers made their 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance in program history. Finishing 12-5-3 overall, she helped WVU surpass 400 program victories. The squad also posted a nine-match unbeaten streak to cap nonconference action and open
Big 12 play with a 5-0-1 start, its best since 2016. Five Mountaineers were named to the 2024 All-Big 12 teams, while a pair were recognized on the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team.
Prior to returning to Morgantown, Seifert coached the Colorado Rapids Youth Soccer Club in Castle Rock, Colorado, for one year. While there, she was the head coach for two elite teams and one regional select team. She designed and implemented age-appropriate training sessions for the teams, aligned with the Colorado Rapids Player Development
Plan. Seifert also represented the Colorado Storm, which finished as a national runner-up in the USL W League.
Before her time in Colorado, Seifert completed her graduate assistantship with the Mountaineers, where she was a member of the staff for three seasons. Seifert took on both coaching and team operations responsibilities during this time, as she assisted in daily training sessions and managed team equipment and gear at practice, in competition and on the road.
Additionally, Seifert handled the team’s live coding systems at competitions and during
practices using Sportscode, Spiideo and SBG Focus. She also created individualized postgame video analysis for players.
Seifert’s coaching career began at her alma mater, the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she served as an assistant coach for one season. Her responsibilities included daily coaching duties, travel planning and logistics coordination. She was instrumental in drafting team scouting reports, presentations and managing TITAN GPS tracking software.
As a player, Seifert spent time on the U-17, U-19 and U-20 German Youth National Teams, as well as 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam in Germany, appearing in over 100 matches. Seifert then
played Division I college soccer at UA Little Rock from 2017-19, where she helped the team to a Sun Belt Conference Championship and was a First Team All-Sun Belt honoree in 2018. She also was recognized on the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Third Team that year, before being honored as the 2019 WPSL Defensive Player of the Year in the south region.
Seifert graduated from UA Little Rock with a Bachelor of Business Administration in 2019, before earning her Master of Science in Sport Management and Coaching & Sports Education from WVU in 2023. Seifert holds a USSF “D” license and a UEFA “B” license.
MOUNTAINER SUPPORT STAFF
KAtIE StAKEM Director of Operations SANDY CoLE-DEMENt Assistant Director, StudentAthlete Development
JAKE GurtIS Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach for Olympic Sports
NAtASHA oAKES Deputy Athletics Director/ Senior Woman Administrator Sport Administrator
oLIVIA SNEED Assistant Director of Athletics Communications Women’s Soccer SID
CoLLIN HAuSCHILD Athletic Trainer
Dr A J MoNSEAu Medical Director
Dr BEN MoorEHEAD Team Physician
JASMINE WErNINGEr Assistant Director of Athletics Marketing
rILEY JENKINS Assistant Director of Facilities & Operations
2025 ROSTERS
Head Coach: Nikki Izzo-Brown (30th year)
Senior Associate Head Coach: Lisa Stoia (19th year)
Assistant Head Coach: Eric Beltran (Third year)
Assistant Coach: Liesa Seifert (Second year)
Beach, N.J./Toms River HS South
Pa./Manheim Central HS 11 J ordyn Wilson F J r. 5 -6 O lathe, Kan./Olathe West HS 12 Olivia Shertzer D Jr. 5-7 L ititz, Pa./Warwick HS 13 A nna Hauer F/MF J r.
Regional HS/Auburn
5-6 Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe HS
18 Kailyn Effah F/MF Fr. 5-6 B owie, Md./St. John’s College HS 19 Ava Arnold M F Fr. 5 -9 L ittleton, Colo./Dakota
L ewisville, Texas/Hebron HS
23 Christina Salama D r-Fr. 5-5 Montreal, Quebec/École Secondaire Des Sources/Purdue 24 N yema Ingleton M F/D J r. 5
Johnson D Fr. 5-5
organtown, W.Va./Morgantown HS
Wolff GK r-So. 6-2 Alexandria, Va./St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School/Ole Miss 33 Roxanne Vilain D r-Jr. 5-11 Montreal, Quebec, Canada/College de Montreal/Portland 37 Gianna Koss D r-So. 5-9 Pittsburgh, Pa./Pine-Richland HS/Kentucky
ALPHABETICAL ROSTER
No N ame Pos Class Ht
H ometown/Last School
20 Emily Akpebu F/MF S o. 5 -3 Kensington, Md./Walter Johnson HS
19 Ava Arnold M F Fr. 5 -9
L ittleton, Colo./Dakota Ridge HS
25 Jozy Barton MF/D Fr. 5-3 Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg South HS
27 I sabel Ceaser D Fr. 5 -4
18 Kailyn Effah F/MF Fr. 5-6
L ake Villa, Ill./Grayslake North HS
B owie, Md./St. John’s College HS
13 A nna Hauer M F/F J r. 5 -6 Calgary, Alberta, Canada/Burnaby Central Secondary School/Memphis
0 B ailey Herfurth G K r-Jr. 6 -0
24 N yema Ingleton M F/D J r. 5 -3
29 Josie Johnson D Fr. 5-5
N orthport, N.Y./IMG Academy/LSU
C algary, Alberta/Burnaby Central HS
M organtown, W.Va./Morgantown HS
37 Gianna Koss D r-So. 5-9 Pittsburgh, Pa./Pine-Richland HS/Kentucky
6 Maya Leoni M F J r. 5 -7 Miami, Fla./Miami Country Day School/UCLA
10 Maddie Levy MF So. 5-6 Manheim, Pa./Manheim Central HS
26 S ophia Nickel D S o. 5 -5
9 Abbey Olexa F Jr. 5-9
Golden, Colo./Golden High School/Kansas
PRONUNCIATION GUIDE
Emily Akpebu AHK-peh-boo
Isabel Ceaser like the salad
Kailyn effah eff-AH
Anna Hauer HOW-er
Gianna Koss gee-AH-nah
Pine Beach, N.J./Toms River HS South 8 Alexis Pashales MF Sr. 5-5
H enderson, Nev./Coronado HS/Pacific
3 Jacey Rase F/MF Jr. 5-7 Troutman, N.C./Iredell County Career Academy and Tech School
7 A lexis Ré F S o. 5 -10 Manorville, N.Y./Riverhead HS
15 Robin Reilly M F Fr. 5-6 Latrobe, Pa./Greater Latrobe HS
21 A janae Respass F Sr. 6 -0 Highlands Ranch, Colo./Valor Christian HS/Oregon
2 Alicia Riggins F So. 5-4 Mansfield, Pa./Mansfield Lakeridge HS
14 Sydney Ritter F r-So. 5 -7
B erlin, N.J./Eastern Regional HS/Auburn 23 Christina Salama D r-Fr. 5-5 Montreal, Quebec/École Secondaire Des Sources/Purdue 12 Olivia Shertzer D Jr. 5-7 L ititz, Pa./Warwick HS
1 Mackenzie Smith G K r-Jr. 5 -8 A pex, N.C./Crossroads Flex HS/Florida State 22 Layla Thompson MF Fr. 5-5 L ewisville, Texas/Hebron HS
33 Roxanne Vilain D r-Jr. 5-11 Montreal, Quebec, Canada/College de Montreal/Portland
5 Taylor White F Sr. 5 -6 Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods HS
11 J ordyn Wilson F J r. 5 -6
O lathe, Kan./Olathe West HS
30 Campbell Wolff GK r-So. 6-2 Alexandria, Va./St. Stephen’s & St. Agnes School/Ole Miss
Maya Leoni lee-OH-nee
Maddie Levy lee-vee
Alexis Pashales puh-SHAW-less
Jacey Rase jace-EE RACE (like “race” car)
Alexis Ré ray
Ajanae Respass AH-jah-nae ress-pass
Alicia Riggins uh-LEE-shuh
Christina Salama suh-LAH-muh
Roxanne Vilian vill-inn (like ‘villian’)
EMILY AKPEBU
MD.
2024 (FR.)
• Appeared in four games during freshman campaign
• Made her Mountaineer debut in the season opener against Delaware on Aug. 15
• Totaled 44 minutes during the season
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Walter Johnson High School and played for coach Neil Gottleib
• Starter and varsity letter winner all four years at Walter Johnson
• Helped lead the team to Maryland High School State Soccer Regional Tournament appearances in 2021 and 2022
• Advanced to the high school regional finals during her junior season in 2022
• In the club ranks, she played for coach Kevin Layton at the Bethesda Soccer Club
CAREER NUMBERS
• Named to the ECNL Tennessee Showcase Best XI Honorable Mention team in 2021
• 2020 ECNL North Atlantic Conference Champions
• 2021 Top Flight Jeff Cup Champions
• Rated a three-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer
• Seventh-ranked player in Maryland and the 38th-ranked player in the Mid-Atlantic Region according to the TopDrawerSoccer Fall 2023 rankings
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Frank Akpebu and Rose HammondAkpebu
• Has one sister
• Birthday is February 1
• Majoring in finance
BAILEY HERFURTH
6-0 • R-JUNIOR • GOALKEEPER • NORTHPORT, N.Y.
@BAILEYANN_O3
@BAILEY_HERFURTH
2024 (R-SO.)
• Appeared in six games and started two in her first season with the Mountaineers
• Did not allow a goal during her time between the posts
• Recorded 219 minutes on the year
• Played a full 90 minutes vs. Robert Morris on Sept. 1
LSU (2022-23)
• Arrived in Morgantown from LSU, where she spent two seasons playing for the Tigers
• Earned her first career start between the posts in LSU's first round competition against Memphis in the 2023 NCAA Tournament
• Recorded four saves in the match against Memphis Following the season
• First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, and started three seasons in goal
• 2021 Southeast GA Champion
CAREER NUMBERS
• Three-year member of the ODP Region 1 squad
• Named to the Red Bulls Select team
• 2017 ECNL Northeast Champions and national finalists
• Prior to attending IMG, she started playing varsity soccer in eighth grade for Northport High School
• Named to the Suffolk County all-freshman team during her freshman season
• Led Northport to two Suffolk County championships
• Also was a 2019 state champion in New York in lacrosse
PERSONAL
• Daughter of JT and Stephanie Herfurth
• Her father played football at the University of Albany
• Has one brother
• Birthday is December 15
• Majoring in exercise physiology
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
Minutes Played: 90:00 vs. Robert Morris, 9/1/24
Shots Faced: 4, two times
Saves: 2 at Penn State, 8/29/24
Goals Allowed: N/A
NYEMA INGLETON
2024 (SO.)
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Started 12 contests and appeared in 14 during her sophomore season
• Notched 1,181 minutes on the year, one of 11 players to exceed 1,000 minutes played
• Played at least 90 minutes in 10 of her 12 starts
• Helped the defense tally four shutouts throughout the season
2023 (FR.)
• Appeared in 18 contests and earned one start in her freshman campaign
• Made her Mountaineer debut against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 20
• Played 593 minutes in her inaugural season
• Recorded a season-high 58 minutes at Virginia on Aug. 31, which also was her first career start
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Burnaby Central High School
• Played for coach Katelyn Collar of Whitecap Girls Elite at the academy level
• Helped the team earn a 2022 League 1 British Columbia Championship title
• Placed third at the CONCACAF qualifiers as part of the U-17 Canadian Women’s National Team
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Shane Philip and LaToya Ingleton
• Has three brothers
• Birthday is August 24
• Majoring in business
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
GIANNA KOSS
5-9
• R-SOPHOMORE • DEFENDER • PITTSBURGH, PA.
2024 (R-FR.)
• Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Oct. 23)
• Started all 20 matches in her first campaign with the Mountaineers
• Made her WVU debut in the season opener vs. Delaware on Aug. 15
• Put up seven shots, including three on goal
• Totaled three points during her first season with the Mountaineers
• Logged 1,554 minutes, including a season-high 102 against Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament
• Ranked fourth on the team in minutes in 2024, while she also was one of 11 players to exceed 1,000 minutes played
• Tallied first career assist vs. Radford on Aug. 18, assisting Dilary Heredia-Beltran’s game-winner
• Scored her first career goal off a corner kick at Arizona State on Sept. 26
KENTUCKY (2023)
• Spent one season at Kentucky, where she redshirted the 2023 season
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Pine-Richland High School in Gibsonia, Pa.
• Played for coach Rachelle Dixon at PineRichland
• 2022 All-WPIAL and all-section honoree for Beadling Soccer Club, where she served as a team captain
• In 2021, she helped Beadling SC to a national playoff appearance
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Jason Koss and Theresa Cignetti Koss
• She is the granddaughter of former WVU football coach Frank Cignetti, while her uncle, Curt, is currently the head football coach at Indiana
• Has one brother
• Birthday is February 23
• Majoring in business management
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
Shots: 2 at Houston, 10/25/24
Shots on Goal:
1, three times
Goals: 1 at Arizona State, 9/26/24
Assists: 1 vs. Radford, 8/18/24
Points: 2 at Arizona State, 9/26/24
MADDIE LEVY
5-6 • SOPHOMORE • MIDFIELDER • MANHEIM, PA.
2024 (FR.)
• Appeared in 10 matches during freshman season
• Made her Mountaineer debut in the season opener vs. Delaware on Aug. 15
• Took two shots on the year, including one placed on goal
• Tallied 122 minutes played, including a careerhigh 28 vs. Radford on Aug 18
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Manheim Central High School
• Played club soccer for the PA Classics and coach Todd Wawrousek
• Participated in the Cappelli Sport UK International Tour as a member of the U-19 team in 2023
• Received invite to the Girls Academy National Talent ID event
• Also was invited to the Mid-Atlantic Conference Talent ID event
• Spent time training with U.S. Soccer, participating in the Regional Invitational Camp in 2021 and the Regional Training Camp in 2018 and 2019
• Also was invited to participate in U.S. Soccer's East Coast Week-Long Camp in 2020
• Member of the National Honor Society PERSONAL
• Daughter of Bret and Laura Levy
• Has two sisters
• Birthday is January 29
• Majoring in finance
• Enrolled in the exploratory pathway
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
ABBEY OLEXA
5-9 • JUNIOR • FORWARD • PINE BEACH, N.J.
@OLEXA_ABBEY
2024 (SO.)
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Appeared in all 20 games and logged 468 minutes on the season
• Notched two goals and one assist for five points
• Finished the year with 16 shots, including nine on goal
• Scored her first career goal and the eventual game winner on Sept. 22 against Kansas
• Also tallied the final goal in WVU’s 4-1 win over Houston in the regular-season finale on Oct. 25
2023 (FR.)
• Played in 11 contests in her inaugural season with the Mountaineers
• Made her career debut against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 20
• Logged 189 minutes on the year, including a season-high 29 minutes against Oklahoma on Oct. 5
• Tallied 10 shots on the year, placing five on goal
HIGH SCHOOL
• Played for coach Kasey Woram at Toms River High School South
• Helped the team to a Group 3 Section 2 State Championship and an A-South Championship
• Twice named first team all-division
• All-Shore Conference Second Team member, as well as third team all-state.
• At the academy level, she played for coach Lou SantaCruz with PDA Shore Sting
• In 2019, she was an ECNL National Finalist
• In 2021, she was an ECNL RL northeastern champion and ECNL RL regional champion
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Olexa
• Her father, Edward, played Division III college basketball at Marymount
• Has one brother and one sister
• Birthday is August 20
• Majoring in economics
• Enrolled in the STEM pathway
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
Shots: 4 at Kentucky, NCAA First Round, 11/15/24
Shots on Goal: 3 at Kentucky, NCAA First Round, 11/15/24
Goals: 1, two times
Assists:
1 vs. Radford, 8/18/24
Points: 2, two times
JACEY RASE
N.C.
2024 (SO.)
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Recorded action in 16 games on the year
• Logged 416 minutes, including a season-high 64 minutes at Penn State Aug. 29
• Posted seven shots on the season
2023 (FR.)
• Saw action in 12 matches in her inaugural season with the Mountaineers
• Made her career debut against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 20
• Logged 197 minutes on the year, including a season-high 37 minutes at UCF on Sept. 14
• Finished the year with one point (1 A)
• Tallied three shots on the season, placing two on goal
• Recorded her first career assist on Maya McCutcheon’s goal against Oklahoma on Oct. 5
HIGH SCHOOL
• Played for coach Matthew Bice at Lake Norman High School during her junior year
• Lake Norman High School Athlete of the Year
• Greater Metro 4A Conference Player of the Year
• Greater Metro Region Women’s Soccer Player of the Year
• County Player of the Year
• Varsity women’s soccer MVP
• Led the team in goals and assists, while leading the conference in assists and ranking second in the conference in goals
• At the club level, she played for Charlotte Independence’s ECNL team and the Charlotte Soccer Academy’s ECNL team
• Was selected ECNL first team all-conference two seasons in a row
• Competed in the ECNL National Selection game in 2021
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Ryan and Jamie Rase
• Has two brothers
• Birthday is October 18
• Majoring in multidisciplinary studies
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
Shots: 3 at Kansas, 10/15/23
Shots on Goal: 2 at Kansas, 10/15/23
Goals: N/A
Assists: 1 vs. Oklahoma, 10/5/23
Points: 1 vs. Oklahoma, 10/5/23 CAREER NUMBERS
ALEXIS R
5-10 • SOPHOMORE • FORWARD • MANORVILLE, N.Y.
2024 (FR.)
• Lone appearance of the season also was her WVU debut against Robert Morris on Sept. 1
• Tallied one shot and logged 13 minutes in her debut
• Enrolled at WVU in January 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Riverhead High School, playing for coach Kasey Mandery
• In the club ranks, she played for SUSA ECNL 06 and coach JR Balzarini
• Accomplishments include all-county, all-division and all-state honors
• Also was named to the All-Long Island Team
• Invited to participate in the U-13 YNT Identification Training
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Erick and Aimee Ré
• Has one sister
• Birthday is May 4
• Majoring in sport management
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots: 1 vs. Robert Morris, 9/1/24
AJANAE RESPASS
HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLO.
2024 (JR.)
• Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11)
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 9, Sept. 29)
• Started in all 20 games in her inaugural season with the Mountaineers
• Tallied seven goals and five assists to total 19 points
• Led the Mountaineers with 19 points and was the team’s co-leader in goals in 2024
• Also the team leader with three game-winning goals in her first season at WVU
• Logged 1,207 minutes on the year, ranking No. 9 on the team and finishing as one of just 11 players with over 1,000 minutes in 2024
• Scored first career Mountaineer goal in her first game at WVU on Aug. 15 against Delaware, which also was the eventual game winner
• Posted her second goal of the season at Penn State on Aug. 29
• Scored two goals against JMU on Sept. 5, the first of which was credited as the game winner
• Tallied one goal in a 3-2 win over Kansas on Sept. 22
• Posted the game-winning goal vs. Arizona State on Sept. 26
• Recorded a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win at Houston on Oct. 25
OREGON (2022-23)
• Arrived at WVU following a two-year stint at Oregon
• Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
• Led the Ducks in goals (4) and points (10) in 2022
• Appeared in 35 total contests while at Oregon
• As a sophomore in 2023, she scored two goals and was second on the team with 20 shots
• CSC Academic All-District Team
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Valor Christian High School and played for Real Colorado in the club ranks
• Rated a four-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer
• Named to the 2021 5A Colorado All-State First Team
• Led Valor Christian to the 2021 state semifinals
• 2021 Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year finalist
• Scored 17 goals and five assists in 2021
• Led Valor Christian to the Jefferson County Conference Championship
• With Real Colorado, she scored more than 60 goals with more than 50 assists during her career
• Helped the club advance to the 2021 ECNL national quarterfinals.
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Terrel and Carrie Respass
• Has one brother and one sister
• Birthday is July 20
• Majoring in finance
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
Assists: 2 vs. Robert Morris, 9/1/24 Points: 4 vs. JMU, 9/5/24
ALICIA RIGGINS
5-4 • SOPHOMORE • FORWARD • MANSFIELD, TEXAS
@COCORIGGINS2
2024 (FR.)
• Played in 16 games in her freshman season
• Made her Mountaineer debut in the season opener vs. Delaware on Aug. 15
• Finished the year with two shots, placing one on goal vs. Radford on Aug. 18
• Logged 146 minutes, including a season-high 28 minutes against Robert Morris on Sept. 1
• Enrolled at WVU in January 2024
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Mansfield Lakeridge High School
• Played club soccer for coach Sal Adames of Solar Soccer Club
• Athletic accolades include being named to the first team all-district and second team all-area teams in 2021
• Also was honored by the Texas Association of Soccer Coaches (TASCO) on the TASCO AllRegion Second Team
• A member of her high school's track team, she was part of a 4x4 relay team that was an area qualifier in 2023
• Academically, Riggins was named academic alldistrict and earned a spot on her high school's honor roll
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Jamieson and Melinda Riggins
• Nickname is Coco
• Has two sisters
• Birthday is February 21
• Majoring in sport management
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
Radford, 8/18/24
SYDNEY RITTER
FORWARD
BERLIN, N.J.
2024 (R-FR.)
• Appeared in eight games in her first season as a Mountaineer
• Recorded a season-high 30 minutes against Radford on 8/18
• Tallied 132 total minutes on the season
• Had one shot on goal at TCU on Oct. 10
• Enrolled at WVU in January 2024
AUBURN (2023)
• Redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from Eastern Regional High School
• NJSIAA All-State selection
• Led Eastern Regional to a No. 1 ranking in the state and an undefeated 2020-21 season
• Scored 12 goals and assisted on seven more in 2020-21
• Also helped the team claim the 2018 New Jersey State Championship
• Helped Eastern Regional earn Team of the Year honors by NJ.com for the first time in program history
• In the club ranks, she played for PDA North
• 2021 Girls Academy Mid-Atlantic Talent ID Conference attendee
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Bentley and Faith Ritter
• Has one sister
• Birthday is November 26
• Majoring in economics
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
CAREER NUMBERS
OLIVIA SHERTZER
5-7 • JUNIOR • FORWARD • LITITZ, PA.
2024 (SO.)
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 14)
• Started in all 20 games during her sophomore season
• Finished the season with two goals and three assists for seven points
• Logged 1,702 minutes to rank second on the team
• Played 90 minutes or more in 12 games, including a season-high 110 minutes against Kentucky in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament
• Notched her first career point with an assist on Taylor White’s first of two goals against Radford on Aug. 18
• Assisted Ajanae Respass’ game-winning goal against JMU on Sept. 5
• Scored her first career goal at Baylor on Oct. 13, an impressive, unassisted game winner from outside the 18-yard box
• Posted her third assist of the year with a helper on Ajanae Respass’ goal in a 4-1 win at Houston on Oct. 25
• Tallied her second unassisted goal of the season in the NCAA Tournament First Round at Kentucky on Nov. 15
2023 (FR.)
• Saw action in 16 contests, earning four starts in her freshman campaign
• Made her Mountaineer debut in the season opener at Duke on Aug. 17, also earning her first career start
• Logged 328 minutes on the year, including a season-high 66 against the Blue Devils
• Tallied 13 shots during the season, placing three on goal
HIGH SCHOOL
• Played for coach Wendell Hannaford at Warwick High School
• Broke her high school’s record for most points and most goals in a season
• Pennsylvania All-State
• United Soccer Coaches All-Region East Team
• Lancaster Lebanon League First Team All-Star and MVP
• Pennsylvania Big 11 Team
• At the club level, she played for PA Classic under coaches Will Whitty and Tom Wawrousek
• Selected to the Girls Academy Mid-Atlantic AllConference Teams in 2019-22
• Selected for the first Girls Academy League National Player ID in 2022
• Invited to five U.S. Youth National Team regional training centers
• Also played basketball in high school
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Todd and Andrea Shertzer
• Her father played college baseball, while her mother also played college volleyball
• Has one brother who currently plays college baseball
• Birthday is January 21
• Majoring in sport management
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
MACKENZIE SMITH
@MACKENZIE_SMITH13
2024 (R-SO)
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• Made 19 appearances and 18 starts in net during the 2024 campaign
• Notched five solo shutouts
• Finished the year with a 10-5-3 record between the posts
• Recorded 54 saves and a 0.740 save percentage
• Capped the year with 1,612 minutes played, ranking No. 3 on the team
• Tallied 54 total saves on the season, with a season-high of eight against Kansas in the Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals on Nov. 2
• Had five saves against Cincinnati on Sept. 12 and at Baylor on Oct. 13
2023 (R-FR.)
• Saw action in goal in two matches during the year
• Made her first career appearance against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 20, before earning her first career start at UCF on Sept. 14
• Logged 79:04 minutes between the posts across the two matches
• Tallied two saves and allowed two goals
2022 (FR.)
• Did not see game action
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Crossroads Flex High School
• In the club ranks, she played for NC Courage in the ECNL under coach Sean Nahas
• Played on the Courage Academy’s U-13 through U-19 teams
• Also had the opportunity to train with the NWSL’s NC Courage for a year
• On the national level, she was invited to attend the U.S. Women’s National Team U-19 Virtual Camp and the Girls Youth National Team Regional Identification Camp in Columbia, South Carolina, in April 2021.
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Lee and Brianne Smith
• Has two sisters
• Birthday is November 25
• Majoring in management
• Her cousin plays for the New York Red Bulls in the MLS
• Made ten appearances and eight starts in her first season at WVU
• Played 675 minutes on the season, including a full 90 minutes on six different occasions
• Helped the defense record four shutouts during her time on the pitch
• Tallied one shot against Radford on Aug. 18
• Enrolled at WVU in January 2024
PORTLAND (2022-23)
• Arrived at WVU from Portland, where she spent two seasons playing for the Pilots
• Sat out with an injury in 2022
• Appeared in five contests during her sophomore season in 2023
• Made her first collegiate appearance against UC Irvine and saw 30 minutes of action
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended College de Montreal
• Played for CNHP/Quebec REX in the club ranks
• Selected to participate in the National Center of High Performance as part of the Soccer Canada REX program
• Third-best scorer in the league in 2017
• Trained with the Valencia Football Club B team in 2017
• Received a nomination for best player of the season with the Club B team
• 2020 CEGEP National Champions
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Jean-Marie Vilain and Martine Page-Dubois
• Has two sisters
• Birthday is February 24
• Graduated with her bachelor’s degree in psychology in December 2024 and is now pursuing her master’s degree in sport management
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
Shots: 1 vs. Radford, 8/18/24
Shots on Goal: N/A
TAYLOR WHITE
CINCINNATI, OHIO
2024 (JR.)
• All-Big 12 Second Team
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 28)
• Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 29)
• Appeared in all 20 games, starting 18 matches
• Co-led the team with seven goals and added three assists during the campaign
• Also finished second on the team with 17 season points
• Logged 1,125 minutes on the year as one of 11 players to tally 1,000 or more minutes
• Posted 19 shots on goal
• Tallied two goals and one assist against Radford on Aug. 18 for her first career brace
• Scored against Robert Morris in a 2-0 shutout win on Sept. 1
• Assisted Ajanae Respass’ second goal against JMU on Sept. 5
• In the Big 12 opener on Sept. 12, she scored a goal to help lift WVU to a 2-1 victory at Cincinnati
• Credited with the assist on AJ Rodriguez’s game-winning goal in a 3-2 win over Kansas on Sept. 22
• Tallied one goal at TCU on Oct. 10
• Secured her second brace of the year at Houston on Oct. 25, which included the game-winning goal
2023 (SO.)
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 9)
• Started all 19 matches in her second season with the Mountaineers
• One of nine players to exceed 1,000 minutes on the year, logging 1,132
• Led the team in goals (9), points (20) and gamewinning goals (3) at season’s end
• Found the back of the net at Virginia on Aug. 31
• Assisted Chloe Adler’s goal to open the scoring in a Sept. 3 match at Liberty
• Tallied a goal to help WVU to a 1-1 draw with Auburn on Sept. 7
• Credited with an assist on Isabel Loza’s goal at UCF on Sept. 14
• Was the only Mountaineer to find the back of the net against TCU on Sept. 24 and at Houston on Oct. 1
• Scored the game-winning goal in three straight matches to lift WVU to wins over Oklahoma (Oct. 5), Oklahoma State (Oct. 8) and Kansas State (Oct. 12)
2022 (FR.)
• Appeared in 20 matches in her freshman campaign
• Made her career debut in the season opener on Aug. 18 against Indiana
• Recorded 601 minutes on the season, playing 40 or more minutes in eight matches
• Saw a season-high 57 minutes in WVU’s 1-0 win over TCU in the Big 12 Championship Final
• Earned two assists to finish the season with two points
• Tallied 16 shots and placed six of them on goal
• Assisted AJ Rodriguez’s first goal at Oklahoma on Oct. 23, helping the Mountaineers go on to earn a 3-2, come-from-behind victory over the Sooners
• Added her second assist of the year on Isabel Loza’s goal against Virginia Tech in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament on Nov. 13
HIGH SCHOOL
• Played for coach Kurt Fischer at Winton Woods High
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS Shots:
. 7 vs. Kansas, Big 12 Championship Quarterfinals, 11/2/24
Shots on Goal: 4 at Kansas State, 10/12/23
Goals: 2, two times
Assists:
1, seven times
Points: 5 vs. Radford, 8/18/24
CAREER NUMBERS
• Finished with 20 points (9 G, 2 A)
• One of nine different players to find the back of the net against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 20, as WVU soared to a record-setting, 9-0 win over SFU
• Goal against the Red Flash also marked the first of her career
• Leveled the match against Penn State on Aug. 24 with a tally in the 53rd minute
• In the club ranks, she played for Cincinnati United in the Girls Academy level
• Holds the mid-America region record for goals scored in a single season with 47
• Also played high school basketball for Winton Woods
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Anthony and Nancy White
• father, Anthony, played football at Morehead State, and mother, Nancy, played basketball at Chattanooga
• Has one brother and one sister
• Brother, Michael, plays soccer at Shepherd and sister, Morgan, plays soccer at Marshall
• Birthday is April 23
• Majoring in sports and exercise psychology
JORDYN WILSON
5-6
• JUNIOR • FORWARD • OLATHE, KAN.
2024 (SO.)
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• Appeared in all 20 games, making three starts
• Made starts at home against Delaware and Radford, as well as on the road at Arizona State
• Played 784 minutes on the year, including a season-high 60 against Delaware in the season opener on Aug. 15
• Finished the season with 19 shots and placed four shots on goal
• Had one assist against Kansas on Sept. 22
• Tallied her second assist of the season vs. Colorado on Oct. 20
2023 (FR.)
• All-Big 12 Freshman Team
• Played in all 19 contests in her freshman season, earning 10 starts
• Made her first career appearance in WVU’s season opener at Duke on Aug. 17, as well as her first career start against Iowa State on Sept. 21
• Logged 766 minutes on the year, including a season-best 72 against Oklahoma State on Oct. 8
• Finished the year with seven points (2 G, 3 A)
• One of four players to notch one goal and one assist against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 20, scoring in WVU’s record-setting, 9-0 win over the Red Flash
• The tally against SFU marked the first goal of her career
• Scored her second goal of the year against Oklahoma on Oct. 5, helping the Mountaineers to a 4-0 win against the Sooners
CAREER NUMBERS
• Assisted Dilary Heredia-Beltran’s game-winning strike at Kansas on Oct. 15
• Credited with another assist on a HerediaBeltran tally against Texas in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament on Oct. 30
HIGH SCHOOL
• Played for coach Matt Trump at Olathe West High School
• Broke the record for single-season goals and points in her one season at Olathe West
• Sunflower League All-Conference
• Metro KC All-City
• Kansas 6A All-State
• Ranked a four-star recruit by TopDrawerSoccer. com
• In the club ranks, she played for Sporting Blue Valley under coach Colin Bulwich
• Kansas Rush national selection in 2018, 2019 and 2020
• Invited to train with the Kansas City Current
• Has trained with the U.S. Youth National Team
• Named Midwest Conference First Team and U-17 All-America in the ECNL in 2022
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Kyle and Renea Wilson
• Her father played baseball in college
• Has two sisters
• Birthday is May 13
• Majoring in exercise physiology
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
SINGLE-GAME CAREER HIGHS
Shots: 4 at Arizona State, 9/26/24
CAMPBELL WOLFF
VA.
2024 (R-FR.)
• Did not see game action
OLE MISS (2023)
• Redshirted
HIGH SCHOOL
• Graduated from St. Stephen’s and St. Agnes School in Alexandria, Virginia
• Was a four-year letterwinner for coach Seb Hendi
• Her team reached the Virginia state semifinals and was a three-time Independent School League (VA) semifinalist
• Also was recognized as a 2022 All-Independent School League honoree
• Participated in the 2022 ISL All-Star Game.
• In the club ranks, she played for Virginia Union ECNL under coach Nadir Moumen
• Helped lead Virginia Union to the ECNL National Playoffs in 2021
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Robert and Kymberly Wolff
• Her dad, Robert, played football at Georgia Tech
• Is an only child
• Birthday is June 18
• Majoring in forensic accounting
2025 NEWCOMERS
19 Ava Arnold
5-9
• Freshman • Midfielder Littleton, Colo.
@ava_.arnold
HIGH SCHOOL
• Played at Dakota Ridge High School for coach Pail Moline
• Two-time honoree on the all-state first team, as well as a three-time selection on the allconference first team
• Named 2023-24 Dakota Ridge High School Female Athlete of the Year in her junior year
• Played club for Colorado Rush 06/07 in the ECNL for coach Luke Meadows
• Awarded the 2022-23 GA “Players Player” award
• Honored with the Colorado Rush U15-U19 Golden Boot Award
• Attended École Secondaire Des Sources in Montreal
• Played club soccer at CF Montreal for coach Julie Casselman
• With CF Montreal, she competed at the regional tournament in 2018 and 2019
• Also was invited to a Canada U-20 National Team Training Camp
• Played at the National Development Center for five years, where she had the opportunity to play Paris Saint-Germain in France in 2023
• Recognized with academic scholarships two years in a row while attending École Secondaire Des Sources in Montreal
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Maged Salama and Nermine Simo
• Has one brother and one sister
• Her brother, Christopher, plays soccer at Grand Canyon University
• Birthday is June 6
• Enrolled in the exploratory pathway
22 Layla Thompson
5-5 • Freshman • Midfielder
Lewisville, TX.
@layla.l.t
@OfficialLaylaT
Enrolled at WVU in January 2025
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Hebron High School
• Two-time team captain
• Named to All-State Team by Texas Girls Coaches Association and Texas Association of Soccer Coaches
• Texas 6-6A District Utility Player of the Year and first team all-district in 2023
• Played club for FC Dallas in the ECNL
• 2021 Dallas Girls Cup champion and finalist in 2022
• Selected as US Youth National Team ID Center participant in 2021
• Named to Texas 6-6A Academic All-State Team in 2023
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Omar and Courtney Thompson
• Has one brother
• Her father played college football at SMU and her brother played men’s soccer at DePaul
• Birthday is Jan. 30
• Majoring in exercise physiology
SEASON NOTEBOOK
The West Virginia University women's soccer team is set to embark on an exciting 2025 season under the seasoned leadership of head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. With a blend of experienced returners and promising newcomers, the Mountaineers aim to make a significant impact in the Big 12 Conference and beyond. The program’s 30th season officially kicks off on Thursday, Aug. 14, when WVU welcomes Virginia to Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in Morgantown.
The Mountaineers' 2025 schedule features a competitive mix of nonconference and Big 12 matchups. Notably, the nonconference slate includes games against two recent NCAA Tournament teams and a reunion with in-state rival Marshall, promising early tests that will prepare the team for conference play. West Virginia will face BYU and Utah for the first time as conference opponents this season.
Despite a smaller senior group than in past years, the Mountaineers will lean on their veterans once again this season. Seniors Ajanae Respass and Taylor White return to lead the offense one year removed from co-leading the team in goals with seven in 2024. Additionally, redshirt junior goalkeepers Mackenzie Smith and Bailey Herfurth are back to battle for the starting position between the posts. Defensively, juniors Olivia Shertzer and Nyema Ingleton and redshirt sophomore Gianna Koss return to anchor the back line after recording eight shutouts as a group in 2024.
Ten newcomers are set to join the roster this season, including six freshmen. From the transfer portal, the Mountaineer coaching staff added three transfers – Anna Hauer (F/MF, Memphis), Maya Leoni (MF, UCLA) and Alexis Pashales (MF, Pacific) – to give West Virginia’s depth additional years of Division I experience.
With a balanced roster and a challenging schedule, the 2025 WVU women's soccer team is poised for a season of growth and achievement. The combination of seasoned veterans and talented newcomers sets the stage for a compelling campaign as the Mountaineers aim to leave their mark on the national stage.
Here’s what you need to know heading into the new campaign:
• This season marks the 30th year of WVU women’s soccer. The only coach in program history, Nikki Izzo-Brown has led the Mountaineers to a 402-143-76 all-time mark.
• WVU is coming off a 12-5-3 campaign last season, including an 8-2-1 mark in Big 12 Conference play
• West Virginia welcomes back 15 letterwinners off the 2024 squad, including six starters.
• The Mountaineers were voted to finish fourth in this year’s Preseason Big 12 Poll.
• WVU adds 12 newcomers to the mix this season, including three transfers who
bring a combined seven years of Division I experience with them to Morgantown.
• The 2024 transfer class includes Anna Hauer (F/MF, Memphis), Maya Leoni (MF, UCLA) and Alexis Pashales (MF, Pacific)
• Seniors Ajanae Respass and Taylor White return to lead the squad this season after co-leading WVU with seven goals in 2024.
• Respass also led the Mountaineers in points (19) and game-winning goals (3) last season
• White and redshirt sophomore Gianna Koss return after being named to the All-Big 12 Teams last season
• In all, WVU returns five players who scored at least once last season.
• This year’s squad consists of three seniors, three redshirt juniors, seven juniors, three redshirt sophomores, four sophomores and seven freshmen.
• The Mountaineers hail from 14 different states and one country outside the United States.
• West Virginia is a staggering 100-22-18 all-time in Big 12 Conference play.
• WVU also returns seven players who played at least 700 minutes a year ago, led by junior defender Olivia Shertzer, who played in more than 1,700 minutes of game action in 2024.
• Three players are back on this year’s roster who started all 20 contests a year ago.
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QUICK FACTS
UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
Location: Morgantown, W.Va.
enrollment: 25,994
Founded: 1867
President: Michael T. Benson
Director of athletics: Wren Baker
Web address: WVUsports.com
Nickname: Mountaineers
School color: Old Gold (PMS 124) and Blue (PMS 295) conference: Big 12 Conference
PROGRAM INFORMATION
Head coach: Nikki Izzo-Brown (30th year, Rochester ’93) record at WVu: 402-143-76 (.709) (29 years) career record: 415-148-76 (.709) (30 years)
Senior associate Head coach: Lisa Stoia (19th year, WVU ’05) assistant Head coach: Eric Beltran (Third year, UTPB ‘16) assistant coach: Liesa Seifert (Second year, WVU ‘23)
Stadium: Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium (1,650)
Sport administrator: Natasha Oakes, Deputy Athletics Director/Senior Woman Administrator
WOMEN’S SOCCER HISTORY
Founded: 1995 (first season – 1996)
all-time record: 402-143-76 (29 years)
Affiliation: NCAA Division I
Ncaa tournament appearances: 23
Highest Ncaa appearance: College Cup Final (2016)
Big 12 conference championships (Last): 10 (2022)
Big east conference championships (Last): 8 (2011)
2025 OUTLOOK
Starters returning/Lost: 6/5
Letterwinners returning/Lost: 15/10
Newcomers: 12
2024 SEASON REVIEW
overall record: 12-5-3, 8-2-1 Big 12 Conference
Postseason: Big 12 Tournament
Final ranking (Polls): N/A
all-americans: N/A
all-conference: First Team: Annika Leslie (D), Lilly McCarthy (MF); Second Team: AJ Rodriguez (MF), Taylor White (F); Freshman Team: Gianna Koss (D)
2024 SEASON REVIEW RESULTS
12-5-3, 8-2-1 Big 12
• In its 29th season in program history, the West Virginia University women’s soccer team finished 12-5-3 overall, along with 8-2-1 in Big 12 play
• West Virginia secured the program’s 400th win in 2024 with a 2-0 win at Baylor on Oct. 13, with the all-time mark now standing at 402-143-76
• WVU received an at-large bid in the 2024 NCAA Women’s Soccer Tournament, which marked the squad’s 23rd NCAA Tournament appearance in program history
• Additionally, the Mountaineers have now qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 23 of the last 25 seasons
• West Virginia also earned a spot in the 2024 Big 12 Tournament as the No. 3 seed
• WVU recorded a nine-match unbeaten streak from Sept. 1 through Oct. 4
• The unbeaten streak included a 5-0-1 start in Big 12 play, its best start in conference play since 2016
• Five Mountaineers were selected to the 2024 AllBig 12 Teams, led by defender Annika Leslie and midfielder Lilly McCarthy on the First Team
• Midfielder AJ Rodriguez and forward Taylor White were named to the Second Team, while defender Gianna Koss rounded out the group on the All-Freshman Team
• Leslie and McCarthy also were recognized on the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team
• The Mountaineer defense recorded eight shutouts in 2024, including seven at home
• WVU was 8-1-1 at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in 2024, while also finishing the nonconference season unbeaten at home with a 4-0-1 mark
• Academically, five Mountaineers were named Academic All-District selections by the College Sports Communicators
• West Virginia placed 13 student-athletes on the Fall Academic All-Big 12 Team
• A pair Mountaineers moved on to the professional ranks following the 2024 campaign, as Dilary Heredia-Beltran signed a professional contract with Tigres Femenil (Mexico) and Annika Leslie signed with Halifax Tides (Canada)
• The group moved WVU’s all-time count of professional players to 43.
2024 MOUNTAINEER ACCOLADES
Chloe Adler
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• CSC Academic All-District Team
Aria Bilal
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
emma Dotson
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Dilary Heredia-Beltran
• Signed professional contract with Tigres Femenil in Mexico
Nyema ingleton
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Gianna Koss
• Big 12 All-Freshman Team
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• Big 12 Freshman of the Week (Oct. 23)
Annika Leslie
• All-Big 12 First Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9)
• Signed professional contract with Halifax Tides FC in Canada
Lilly McCarthy
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American
• All-Big 12 First Team
• United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• Signed a professional contract with Ft. Lauderdale United FC in the USL Super League
Abbey Olexa
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Jacey Rase
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Ajanae Respass
• Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11)
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 9, Sept. 29)
AJ Rodriguez
• All-Big 12 Second Team
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 23)
• Preseason All-Big 12 First Team
Lisa Schöppl
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Olivia Shertzer
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 14)
Mackenzie Smith
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
• CSC Academic All-District Team
Taylor White
• 2024 All-Big 12 Second Team
• WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Oct. 28)
• Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 29)
Jordyn Wilson
• Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2024 INDIVIDUAL OVERALL STATISTICS
2024 INDIVIDUAL GOALS-ASSISTS-POIUNTS
Delaware (8/15)
Radford (8/18)
at Clemson (8/23)
at Penn State (8/29)
Robert Morris (9/1)
JMU (9/5)
Liberty (9/8)
at Cincinnati (9/12)
Kansas State (9/19)
Kansas (9/22)
at Arizona State (9/26)
at Arizona (9/29)
UCF (10/4)
at TCU (10/10)
at Baylor (10/13)
Texas Tech (10/17)
Colorado (10/20)
at Houston (10/25)
Kansas (11/2)
at Kentucky (11/15)
Radford (8/18)
at Penn State (8/29)
Robert Morris (9/1)
JMU (9/5)
Liberty (9/8)
at Cincinnati (9/12)
Kansas State (9/19)
Kansas (9/22)
at Arizona State (9/26)
at Arizona (9/29)
UCF (10/4)
at TCU (10/10)
at Baylor (10/13)
Texas Tech (10/17)
Colorado (10/20)
at Houston (10/25)
Kansas (11/2)
at Kentucky (11/15)
Radford (8/18)
at Clemson (8/23)
at Penn State (8/29)
Robert Morris (9/1)
JMU (9/5)
Liberty (9/8)
at Cincinnati (9/12)
Kansas State (9/19)
Kansas (9/22)
at Arizona State (9/26)
at Arizona (9/29)
UCF (10/4)
at TCU (10/10)
at Baylor (10/13)
Texas Tech (10/17)
Colorado (10/20)
at Houston (10/25)
Kansas (11/2)
at Kentucky (11/15)
Totals
2024 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS
MATCH RECORDS
1.
ASSISTS
1. Kailey
recent: Chloe Adler vs. Kansas State, 9/19/24
1. Michaela Abam vs. Villanova, 09/06/15 8 (4G, 0A)
2. Kate Schwindel vs. High Point, 09/16/12 7 (2G, 3A)
Ashley Banks vs. Georgetown, 10/19/07 7 (3G, 1A)
Kim Bonilla vs. St. Bonaventure, 09/10/06 7 (3G, 1A)
Rachael Minnich vs. Ohio, 08/29/04 7 (3G, 1A)
Katie Barnes vs. Marshall, 10/15/00 7 (3G, 1A)
Rena Lippa vs. Bowling Green, 09/09/98 7 (3G, 1A)
8. Kailey Utley vs. Loyola Marymount, 11/22/15 6 (3G, 0A) (NCAA Tournament Third Round)
Deana Everrett at DePaul, 10/01/06 6 (3G, 0A)
Ashley Banks vs. Ohio, 08/29/04 6 (3G, 0A)
Chrissie Abbott vs. William & Mary, 09/27/02 6 (3G, 0A)
Katie Barnes vs. Virginia Tech, 09/14/99 6 (3G, 0A)
Tonia Deligiannis vs. RMU, 09/11/96 6 (2G, 2A)
SHOTS 1. Michaela Abam vs. Richmond, 09/10/17
KIM BONILLA
SINGLE SEASON RECORDS
Amandine
Ashley Banks, 2007
Kim Bonilla, 2007
Kiley Harris, 2007
Carolyn Blank, 2007
Amanda Cicchini, 2007
Cocchi, 2007
Krystle Kallman, 2007
DuCote, 2007
Greer Barnes, 2007
MATCHES STARTED
1. Michaela Abam, 2016
Carla Portillo, 2016
GOALKEEPER SAVES
1. Stacey Adams, 1998
Stacey Adams, 1997
KeRRI BUTLeR
CAREER RECORDS
MATCHES STARTED
1. Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03
Kate Schwindel, 2011-14
9. Laura Kane, 2001-04
Rena Lippa, 1996-98
1. Lisa Stoia, 2000-03
2004-07
1. Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03
2. Katie Barnes, 1998-2001
3. Deana Everrett, 2005-08
4. Michaela Abam, 2014-17
5. Frances Silva, 2010-13
6. Ashley Banks, 2004-07
7. Kate Schwindel, 2011-14
8. Laura Kane, 2001-04
Blake Miller, 2008-11
10. Marisa Kanela, 2002-05
1. Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03
2. Michaela Abam, 2014-17
3. Katie Barnes, 1998-2001
4. Deana Everrett, 2005-08 299
5. Blake Miller, 2008-11 260
6. Kate Schwindel, 2011-14 259
7. Laura Kane, 2001-04 256
8. Sh’Nia Gordon, 2015-18 248
9. Ashley Banks, 2004-07 246
10. Amandine Pierre-Louis, 2014-17 244
MATCHES PLAYED
1. Lauren Segalla, 2017-22
2. Jordan Brewster, 2018-22
3. Sh’Nia Gordon, 2015-2018
Michaela Abam, 2014-17
5. Hannah Abraham, 2015-18
Carla Portillo, 2014-17
7. Easter Mayi Kith, 2015-18
8. Amandine Pierre-Louis, 2014-17
Carolyn Blank, 2006-09
Blake Miller, 2008-11
1. Jordan Brewster, 2018-22
2. Sh’Nia Gordon, 2015-18 95
3. Carolyn Blank, 2006-09 92
4. Kadeisha Buchanan, 2013-16 91
5. Easther Mayi Kith, 2015-18 89
Bri Rodriguez, 2009-12
7. Amanda Hill, 2012-15 88
8. Ashley Lawrence, 2013-16 87
Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03 87 Lisa Stoia, 2000-03 87
GOALKEEPER SAVES
1. Stacy Adams, 1996-98 347
2. Lana Bannerman, 2003-06 241 3. Kerri Butler, 2007-10 231
Sara Keane, 2011-13 231
5. Kayza Massey, 2019-23 207
GOALS AGAINST AVERAGE (min. 18 games played)
1. Hannah Steadman, 2014-15 0.59 (45 matches)
2. Laura Finley, 2000-03 0.64 (31 matches)
3. Kerri Butler, 2007-10 0.67 (82 matches)
4. Rylee Foster, 2016-19 0.72 (84 matches)
5. Lana Bannerman, 2003-06 0.82 (86 matches)
SHUTOUTS
(prior to 2003, the school recognized combined shutouts)
1. Kerri Butler, 2007-10 44
2. Rylee Foster, 2016-19 39
3. Lana Bannerman, 2003-06 36
4. Kayza Massey, 2019-23 29
5. Sara Keane, 2011-13 27
GOALKEEPER MINUTES
1. Lana Bannerman, 2003-06
7,858:35
2. Rylee Foster, 2016-19 7,670:10
3. Kerri Butler, 2007-10 7,559:09
4. Kayza Massey, 2019-23 6,620:47
5. Sara Keane, 2011-13 6,017:04
SH'NIA GORDON
INDIVIDUAL RECORDS
MATCH
Goals: 4 by Michaela Abam vs. Villanova, 09/06/15
Assists: 4 by Kailey Utley vs. Villanova, 09/06/15
Points: 8 (4 G) by Michaela Abam vs. Villanova, 09/06/15
Shots: 15 by Michaela Abam vs. Richmond, 09/10/17
Goalkeeper Saves: 22 by Stacey Adams vs. Connecticut, 09/18/98
SEASON
Goals:
20 by Chrissie Abbott, 2002
Game Winning Goals: 9 by Chrissie Abbott, 2002
Multiple Goal Matches: 5 by Katie Barnes, 2000; 5 by Chrissie Abbott, 2002
Assists: 13 by Frances Silva, 2013
Points: 47 (20G, 7A) by Chrissie Abbott, 2002
Shots: 159 by Chrissie Abbott, 2002
Matches Played: 27 by eight players, 2016
Matches Started: 27 by six players, 2016
Goalkeeper Saves: 128 by Stacey Adams, 1998
Goals-Against Average: 0.42 by Rylee Foster, 2016
Shutouts: 14 by Kerri Butler, 2010
Goalkeeper Minutes: 2,201:51 by Kerri Butler, 2010
Cautions: 4 by Kim Bonilla, 2006; Drea Barklage, 2011; Kadeisha Buchanan, 2016; Bianca St. Georges, 2018; Dilary Heredia-Beltran, 2022
Ejections: 1 by Meghan Lewis, 2011; Kara Blosser, 2012; Amandine Pierre-Louis, 2014; Sh’Nia Gordon, 2018; Addison Clark, 2019; Jordan Brewster, 2022; Bailey Herfurth, 2024
CAREER
Goals:
53 by Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03
Game Winning Goals: 22 by Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03
Multiple Goal Matches: 12 by Katie Barnes, 1998-2001
Assists: 33 by Lisa Stoia, 2000-03
Points: 125 (53 G, 19 A) by Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03
Shots: 472 by Chrissie Abbott, 2000-03
Matches Played: 104 by Lauren Segalla, 2017-22
Matches Started: 101 by Jordan Brewster, 2018-22
Goalkeeper Saves: 358 by Stacey Adams, 1996-98
Goals-Against Average: 0.59 by Hannah Steadman, 2014-15
Shutouts: 44 by Kerri Butler, 2007-10
Goalkeeper Minutes: 7,858:35 by Lana Bannerman, 2003-06
Cautions: 10 by Kadeisha Buchanan, 2013-16
Ejections: 1 by Meghan Lewis, 2008-11; Kara Blosser, 2012-13; Amandine Pierre-Louis, 2014-2017; Sh’Nia Gordon, 2015-2018; Addison Clark, 2018-20; Jordan Brewster, 2018-22; Bailey Herfurth, 2024-present
CAROLYN BLANK
CHRISSIe ABBOTT
TEAM RECORDS
Match
GOALS
9 vs St. Francis (Pa.), 08/20/23
8 vs Villanova, 09/06/15 vs Syracuse, 09/28/08 vs St. Bonaventure, 09/10/06
7 vs Ohio, 08/29/04
6 vs. Stony Brook, 09/12/19 vs Radford, NCAA Tournament First Round, 11/10/18 vs Kansas, 10/16/15 vs High Point, 09/16/12 vs Pitt, 10/06/04 vs Virginia Tech, 09/14/99 vs. Bowling Green, 09/09/98 vs St. Francis, Pa., 11/01/97
5 24 times, most recent: vs. Radford, 08/18/24
ASSISTS
9 vs Ohio, 08/29/04
8 vs Villanova, 09/06/15 vs St. Bonaventure, 09/10/06
7 vs. Radford, 08/18/24 vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 09/12/21
6 vs Oklahoma, 10/08/17 vs. Loyola Marymount, NCAA Tournament Third Round, 11/22/15 vs. Kansas, 10/16/15 vs Wright State, 09/22/13 vs High Point, 09/16/12 vs Seton Hall, 10/30/11 vs Syracuse, 09/28/08 vs Bowling Green, 08/31/07 vs Bowling Green, 09/09/98
5 18 times, most recently vs. Saint Francis (Pa.), 08/20/23
POINTS
24 vs Villanova, 09/06/15 vs. St. Bonaventure, 09/10/06
23 vs St. Francis (Pa.), 08/20/23 vs. Ohio, 08/29/04
22 vs Syracuse, 09/28/08
18 vs Kansas, 10/16/15 vs High Point, 09/16/12 vs Bowling Green, 09/09/98
17 vs. Radford, 08/18/24 vs. Stony Brook, 09/12/19 vs Radford, NCAA Tournament First Round, 11/10/18 vs. Virginia Tech, 09/14/99 vs. Central Florida, 10/03/99
16 vs Oklahoma, 10/08/17
vs Loyola Marymount, 11/22/15
vs Seton Hall, 10/30/11
15 vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 09/12/21 vs Duquesne, 08/30/15
vs Towson, 09/14/12
vs Syracuse, 10/09/11 vs Xavier, Sept.16/07 vs James Madison, 08/27/06 vs Radford, 10/17/03 vs. St. John’s, 08/31/01 vs Robert Morris, 09/11/96
SHOTS:
49 vs Seton Hall, 10/12/03
44 vs St. Bonaventure, 09/10/06
43 vs Saint Frances, August 28/16 vs St. John’s, 09/26/04
41 vs Buffalo, 09/18/15 vs Longwood, 09/13/15 vs Duquesne, 09/06/12
38 vs. Radford, NCAA Tournament First Round, 11/10/18 vs. Iowa State, 10/18/15 vs Duquesne, 08/30/15
37 vs Western Michigan, 09/01/06
36 vs Oklahoma State, 10/06/17 vs Radford, 10/17/03 vs Providence, 10/20/02
35 vs Texas Tech, 10/19/17 vs TCU, 10/13/13 vs George Mason, 09/08/02
34 vs. Richmond, 09/10/17 vs Northern Kentucky, 11/12/16 vs VCU, 09/05/99 vs Miami (Fla.), 11/04/01
FEWEST SHOTS ALLOWED:
0 vs. Robert Morris, 09/01/24 vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 08/20/23 vs St. Francis (Pa.), 09/12/21 vs Duquesne, 08/23/19 vs Saint Francis (Pa.), 09/16/18 vs Boston University, 09/13/18 vs Bucknell, NCAA Tournament First Round, 11/11/17 vs Wright State, 09/04/17 vs. Longwood, 09/13/15 vs UNCG, 09/07/14 vs USF, 10/26/07 vs Binghamton, 09/03/06 vs. Robert Morris, 09/11/96
1 vs Saint Francis (Pa.), 09/28/22 vs Rice, NCAA Tournament Second Round, 05/01/21 vs Rutgers, NCAA Tournament Second Round, 11/17/17 vs Buffalo, 09/01/16 vs. Buffalo, 09/18/15 vs Towson, 08/22/08 vs Syracuse, 09/22/06 vs Jacksonville State, 09/01/02
2 18 times, most recent: vs. Oklahoma, 10/01/21
GOALKEEPER SAVES:
22 vs. Connecticut, 09/18/98
18 vs Rutgers, 09/01/96
16 vs Connecticut, 09/27/96
13 vs Duquesne, 09/04/96
11 vs Butler, 10/17/99
10 vs Kansas, 10/24/19
10 vs Notre Dame, 10/08/99
10 vs. Ohio State, 09/15/96
10 vs Notre Dame, 09/22/00
CORNER KICKS:
18 vs. Bucknell, NCAA Tournament First Round, 11/11/17 vs Villanova, 10/19/08
17 vs Buffalo, 09/18/15 vs Seton Hall, 09/28/01
16 vs St. Francis (Pa.), 09/12/21 vs Binghamton, 09/03/06 vs Syracuse, 10/09/09 15 vs Oklahoma, 10/09/15 vs. St. John’s, 09/28/07 vs Radford, 10/22/04
14 vs Kansas State, 09/28/18 at Kansas, 10/07/16 vs TCU, 10/13/13 vs Radford, 10/17/03
13 vs Cincinnati, 10/23/23 vs Duquesne, 08/29/21 vs Wake Forest, NCAA Tournament First Round, 11/16/18 at Purdue, 08/24/18 vs Iowa State, 10/13/17 vs Wright State, 09/22/13 vs Richmond, 09/20/13 vs Duquesne, 09/06/12 vs Seton Hall, 10/30/11 vs Villanova, 10/15/10 at Syracuse, 09/30/07 vs Syracuse, 09/22/06
FOULS:
24 vs Notre Dame, 11/11/07 23 vs St. John’s, 10/18/98 22 vs Oklahoma State, Big 12 Championship Quarterfinal, 11/04/15 20 vs SMU, 11/12/04 19 vs. Miami, Fla., 09/02/12 vs Ohio State, 10/07/98 vs St. Francis, Pa., 09/18/96 vs. Pitt, 10/16/96 18 vs Northwestern, 08/26/18 vs Villanova, 10/13/06 17 vs. Duke, 11/26/16 vs Hofstra, 09/05/14 vs Boston College, 09/19/04 vs Georgetown, 09/06/98 vs Villanova, 09/12/98 vs St. John’s, 09/24/06
Longest Unbeaten Streak (includes ties): 20 in 2014-15 (includes first game of 2015, snapped on 08/23/15)
Longest Losing Streak: 4 in 1999
Consecutive Matches Scored In: 18 in 2002; 2012-13 (last game of 2012, snapped on 10/27/13); 2016
Consecutive Shutouts: 10 in 2016
Consecutive Shutout Minutes: 903:25 in 2016
Consecutive Matches Without Scoring: 4 in 1999
All-Time Record: 402-148-76
All-Time Home Record: 232-51-30
All-Time Road Record: 122-72-36
All-Time Neutral Record: 43-22-9
All-Time Regulation Record: 371-121-14
All-Time Overtime Record: 31-23-62
OPPONENT RECORDS
■ Individual Goals: 3 by Jenny Heft, Notre Dame, 09/04/98; by Jenny Streiffer, Notre Dame, 09/04/98; by Elizabeth Kooiman, Baylor, 10/03/19
Assists: 4 by Margaret Tietjen, Connecticut, 09/27/96
Points: 7 (3G, 1A) by Cindy Daws, Notre Dame, 10/25/96; by Jenny Heft, Notre Dame, 09/04/98
Shots: 13 by Jen Carlson, Connecticut, 09/28/97
Goalkeeper Saves: 16 by Renee Leone, Saint Francis, Pa., 11/01/97; by Carolina Hines, Providence, 10/20/02; by Kassidie Stade, at Oklahoma, 10/09/15
■ Team
Goals: 12 by Connecticut, 09/27/96
Assists: 21 by Connecticut, 09/27/96
Points: 45 by Connecticut, 09/27/96
Shots: 45 by Connecticut, 09/27/96
Goalkeeper Saves: 18 by Binghamton, 09/03/06
Corner Kicks: 14 by Connecticut, 09/18/98
Fouls: 23 by Providence, 10/24/10
FASTEST GOALS IN FIRST FIVE MINUTES
Time Name Date Opponent
0:25 Sh’Nia Gordon 09/23/18 Away at TCU
0:47 Heather Kaleiohi 09/23/16 Away at Richmond
0:49 Heather Kaleiohi 11/12/16 Home vs. Northern Kentucky
0:55 Kate Schwindel 09/30/11 Away at Georgetown
1:02 Ashley Lawrence 10/02/15 Home vs. TCU
1:17 Kambria Riggins 09/05/03 Neutral vs. New Hampshire
1:18 Bry McCarthy 08/17/12 Home vs. La Salle
1:20 Julianne Vallerand 09/16/21 Away at James Madison
1:23 Nia Gordon 09/06/15 Home vs. Villanova
1:29 Carolyn Blank 11/13/09 Neutral vs. Loyola
1:42 Grace Cutler 09/10/17 Home vs. Richmond
1:43 Laura Kane 10/06/02 Home vs. Notre Dame
1:47 Kim Bonilla 09/22/06 Home vs. Syracuse
1:57 Megan Mischler 09/21/08 Home vs. Virginia
2:01 Alina Stahl 09/22/19 Home vs. Bowling Green
2:22 Michaela Abam 09/04/17 Home vs. Wright State
2:28 Maddie Moreau 08/27/23 Home vs. Duquesne
2:31 Lisa Stoia 10/21/01 Home vs. Georgetown
2:42 Dilary Heredia-Beltran 09/1/24 Home vs. Radford
2:44 Laura Kane 09/07/03 Away at James Madison
Zanti 09/24/03 Home vs. Binghamton
3:11 Michaela Abam 09/30/16 Home vs. Baylor
3:12 Caroline Szwed 10/22/10 Home vs. Connecticut
3:17 Cathy Abel 11/14/04 Away at Texas
3:20 Kailey Utley 10/16/15 Home vs. Kansas
3:29 Carla Portillo 11/13/15 Home vs. Duquesne
3:32 Nia Gordon 08/30/15 Home vs. Duquesne
3:32 Katie Barnes 09/14/99 Home vs. Virginia Tech
3:53 Kailey Utley 09/05/14 Home vs. Hofstra
3:57 Blake Miller 11/04/11 Home vs. Georgetown 3:59 Robyn D’Aversa 10/21/98 Home vs. Ohio 4:02 Laura Kane 09/08/02 Home vs. George Mason
4:17 Frances Silva 08/23/13 Away at Penn State
4:18 Nicole Cauzillo 09/14/03 Home vs. St. John’s
4:30 Marisa Kanela 10/30/05 Away at Villanova
4:31 Kate Schwindel 10/19/14 Away at Kansas
4:32 Marisa Kanela 10/22/04 Away at Radford
4:43 Enzi Broussard 10/24/19 Away at Kansas
4:45 Deana Everrett 09/28/07 Home vs. St. John’s 4:50 Laura Kane 09/19/03 (Away at Connecticut)
2:47 Kailey Utley
KATe SCHWINDeL
HeATHeR KALeIOHI
ALL-TIME TELEVISED GAMES
2022 ESPNU vs. TCU (11/6)
(10/16) W, 3-1
2022 Big Ten Network at Penn State (9/25) L, 0-2
2021 Longhorn Network at Texas (10/21)
2021 ACC Network Extra at Virginia (4/10)
2020 Fox Sports Oklahoma at Oklahoma (10/23)
Beginning with 2020 season, all contests televised on ESPN+ unless otherwise noted.
0-0 (2OT)
1-1 (2OT)
2019 FOX Sports 1 vs. TCU (10/31) W, 2-1
2019 FOX Sports Network vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (10/17) L, 1-2
2019 ESPNU vs. OKLAHOMA (10/20) W, 1-0
2019 Longhorn Network at Texas (10/6)
2-1 (2OT) 2019 ACC Network at Virginia (9/1)
at Oklahoma (10/21)
(10/19)
(10/19)
2017 AT&T SportsNet/FSN
(10/8)
5-1 2017 Longhorn Network at Texas (9/27)
0-1 2017 ESPNU at Princeton (9/15)
1-0 2016 ESPNU vs. USC (12/4)
1-3 NCAA College Cup Final 2016 ESPNU vs North Carolina (12/2)
1-0 NCAA College Cup Semifinal 2016 FOX Sports 1 vs. TCU (11/6) W, 3-2 (OT)
(10/23)
STATE (10/18)
2009
2008
*UCONN advanced on PKs, 4-2
**WVU advanced on PKs, 5-3
***NOVA advanced on PKs, 5-4
MOUNTAINEER ALL-AMERICANS
Katie BARNES
2001 NSCAA First Team All-American
2001 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American
2000 Soccer Buzz Third Team All-American West Virginia’s first women’s soccer All-American, Katie Barnes rewrote the Mountaineer record book during her tenure at WVU. The Mason, Ohio, native started every match in her career and helped lead the Mountaineers to their first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance as a junior in 2000.
That season, Barnes scored 17 goals and added nine assists for a 43-point season. At the time, no women’s soccer player boasted better seasonal numbers. The forward was a two-time Big East Offensive Player of the Year, earning the honor in 2000 and 2001, as well as a member of the US U-21 National Team that won three consecutive Nordic Cups.
On February 11, 2002, Barnes became the first West Virginia women’s soccer player to be drafted by the WUSA when she was selected in the second round as the ninth overall pick by the Carolina Courage. Barnes also spent time as a member of the San Jose CyberRays.
During 2004, Barnes spent time training with America’s elite, in hopes of becoming a member of the United States full National Team.
Chrissie ABBOTT
2002 NSCAA First Team All-American
2002 Soccer Buzz First Team All-American
2003 NSCAA Second Team All-American
2003 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American
2002 Soccer America College MVP
When Chrissie Abbott earned first team All-America honors from the NSCAA and Soccer Buzz in 2002, she became the first woman in the history of the program to do so. The honors followed a record-breaking season that saw the junior forward break former All-American Katie Barnes’ seasonal records. Abbott scored 20 goals in 2002, and dished out seven assists for a program-best 47 points while leading her team to its first-ever NCAA Tournament win.
Abbott completed her record-setting career at West Virginia by leading the Mountaineers to the Sweet 16 in 2003 with a team-high 13 goals and eight assists. She became WVU’s most decorated alumnus, earning five career records during her tenure. The North Olmsted, Ohio, native graduated as WVU’s career goals (53), points (125), shots (472), matches played (87) and matches started (87) leader.
She was the 2002 Big East Offensive Player of the Year, marking the third consecutive season that the award was earned by a Mountaineer.
In the history of the program, no Mountaineer scored more game-winning goals (22) than Abbott.
Along with teammate Lisa Stoia, Abbott was a 2003 member of the U-21 National Team Pool and a member of a select group of collegians invited to train with WUSA teams during the summer of 2003. She spent her summer training with both the Philadelphia Charge and the Carolina Courage.
Abbott, a Soccer Buzz and NSCAA Second Team All-American in 2003, was the co-winner of the 2004 Red Brown Cup, sharing the honor with wrestling’s three-time NCAA champion Greg Jones.
Lisa STOIA
2003 NSCAA First Team All-American
2003 Soccer Buzz First Team All-American
2002 NSCAA Second Team All-American
2002 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American
A dynamic performer in the midfield, Lisa Stoia earned Big East Midfielder of the Year honors in 2002 for her efforts in leading West Virginia to its first regular-season championship. She also assisted on 10 of West Virginia’s record-breaking 53 goals in 2003, tying her with Katie Barnes for the seasonal record. Stoia was a NSCAA/adidas and Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American in 2002.
Stoia continued her domination in her senior season, breaking the season assist record (12) she tied the season before on her way to becoming West Virginia’s all-time assists leader with 33 career dishes. The Shirley, New York, native became the first midfielder in Big East history to earn midfielder of the year honors in consecutive seasons by winning the award for the second time in 2003.
Alongside teammate Chrissie Abbott, Stoia became WVU’s all-time matches played and matched started leader with 87 career starts, after
leading her 2003 squad to the program’s first Sweet 16 appearance.
For her efforts in 2003, Stoia earned First Team All-America honors from Soccer Buzz and the NSCAA.
A three-time All-Big East First Team selection, Stoia was a member of the 2003 U-21 National Team Pool and one of a select group, including Abbott, who were invited to train with WUSA teams during the summer of 2003.
Stoia also spent time training with the Philadelphia Charge and the Carolina Courage. In the spring of 2009, Stoia played in the 2009 Women’s Professional Soccer league, after being drafted with the 48th overall pick by the Saint Louis Athletica.
Laura KANE
2004 NSCAA Third Team All-American
Laura Kane became West Virginia’s fourth All-American in four years in 2004 when she capped off a stellar career with an eight-goal and nine-assist, 25-point performance in her senior season. For her efforts, she earned Third Team All-America accolades from the NSCAA.
Known for her ankle-breaking foot skills, the Pottstown, Pennsylvania, native possessed deadly accuracy with her shot resulting in 31 goals, 15 of which were game-winners. She also had a keen eye for the development of play, dishing out a total of 25 assists over four years. Kane’s 85 total points, along with her goals and assists totals, rank her third in the WVU all-time points, goals and assists categories.
A two-time Scholar All-American as well, Kane was twice selected to the Big East’s first team (2003, 2004) and was an All-Big East Second Team selection her sophomore year and an all-rookie honoree as a freshman.
Kane played in 86 matches for the Mountaineers, starting 85 of them.
A two-time NSCAA and Soccer Buzz All-Region honoree, Kane joined Abbott, Barnes and Stoia as former Mountaineers who made the U-21 National Team pool when she was selected to the pool following the 2004 season.
Deana EVERRETT
2006 Soccer Buzz Third Team All-American
After seeing her playing time increase as a freshman, Deana Everrett had a breakout sophomore season in 2006 to earn third team All-America honors from Soccer Buzz.
The Oakville, Ontario, native put together the second greatest scoring season in school history with 18 goals and seven assists for 43 points. She was an All-Big East First Team selection after leading the league in goals and points through the regular season. She also was named to the Soccer Buzz All-Mid-Atlantic Region First Team and All-Mid-Atlantic Region Second Team by the NSCAA.
Everrett, who was eventually named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List, ranked in the top five in the nation in goals scored all season as she led a Mountaineer squad that scored a school record 55 goals in 2006. A two-time Big East Offensive Player of the Week, the 5-foot-5 sophomore’s best game of the year came at DePaul, where she tied a school record for goals in a match with three, all in the first half.
Everrett closed out her career as one of the finest offensive players, exiting after the 2008 season with 39 goals (third all-time), 24 assists (fourth all-time), 102 points (third all-time) and 299 shots (third all-time) in 84 career matches.
Ashley BANKS
2007 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American
2007 NSCAA Third Team All-American
Ashley Banks turned in the finest senior season in school history. The four-year letterwinner and 2007 team captain guided the Mountaineers to a Big East championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight in 2007. The Mountaineers posted an 18-5-2 record, tying the school’s mark for most wins in a season.
The Annandale, Virginia, native led WVU with 38 points and 15 goals en route to being named the Big East’s Offensive Player of the Year and a first team all-conference selection. The Hermann Trophy semifinalist and Soccer Buzz National Player of the Year finalist also was named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American and NSCAA Scholar All-American.
The forward left WVU ranked in the top five
all-time in three major offensive categories – 34 goals (3rd), 26 assists (3rd) and 94 points (3rd).
Greer BARNES
2008 Soccer America Second Team College MVP
2008 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American
2008 NSCAA Third Team All-American
2007 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American
2007 NSCAA Second Team All-American
Greer Barnes turned in one of the most memorable seasons by a Mountaineer defender in school history in 2008. She logged the most minutes of any player while starting all 23 games at outside back. An All-Big East First Team performer, she earned Soccer America Second Team MVP, Soccer Buzz All-America Second Team and NSCAA All-America Third Team honors as a senior.
Barnes and the WVU defense allowed only four goals in 11 conference games in 2008 – the fewest by any Big East team in either division. A Hermann Trophy Watch List pick, she earned multiple conference and national player of the week honors in helping the Mountaineers post 13 shutouts.
In 2007, the Rye, New York, native, started all 25 games at outside defender, helping the Mountaineer defense tie a school record with 13 shutouts. Barnes became the first defender in school history to earn All-Big East First Team honors and was a first team all-region choice. She and the WVU defense allowed only two goals in seven postseason games as West Virginia advanced to its first NCAA Elite Eight.
Barnes successfully made the move from central midfield to defender in 2007 and was named a second team NSCAA All-American. The three-time All-Big East selection kept teams off balance with her ability to make runs forward as an offensive threat. A member of the all-tournament team at the 2007 Big East Championship, Barnes appeared in 82 career matches.
Amanda CICCHINI
2007 Soccer America First Team College MVP
2007 NSCAA Second Team All-American
2007 Soccer Buzz Third Team All-American
Amanda Cicchini, an Oakville, Ontario, native, was a four-year starter at midfield, appearing in 89 ca-
reer matches, more than any other player in school history. The 5-foot-2 playmaker was listed on the Hermann Trophy Watch List for three seasons.
Cicchini’s best season came in 2007 where she finished with eight points on four assists and two goals on WVU’s Big East championship squad. The central midfielder was outstanding in controlling the tempo of play while working end line to end line. A two-time NSCAA First Team All-Region selection, Cicchini was named to the All-Big East First Team three times in her career. As a junior, she earned All-America honors from Soccer America, the NSCAA and Soccer Buzz.
Named to the 2007 Hermann Trophy Watch List, Cicchini scored goals in the season opener against Bowling Green and at Pitt. Great on the ball, she served assists against Penn State, Villanova and Wake Forest. She also was named to the all-tournament team at the 2007 Big East Championship.
Carolyn BLANK
2009 NSCAA Second Team All-American
2008 NSCAA Second Team All-American
2008 Soccer Buzz Second Team All-American
Carolyn Blank earned her second consecutive NSCAA All-America Second Team honor in 2009, helping a young West Virginia team advance to a 10th straight NCAA Tournament. As a senior, Blank became the school’s all-time leader in matches played (92) and matches started (92).
The two-time team captain earned Team MVP honors in three straight seasons to finish her career with 33 points on 13 goals and seven assists.
An NSCAA All-Northeast Region First Team and All-Big East First Team selection, Blank scored the fastest goal in WVU’s NCAA Tournament history, coming at the 1:29 mark against Loyola (Md.). She finished the season with nine points on four goals and one assist.
Blank became the school’s second Big East Midfielder of the Year following a stellar junior campaign in 2008. A defensive center mid, Blank started all 23 matches, registering five goals and two assists, including two game winners.
A first team All-Big East selection, the Toms River, New Jersey, native earned All-America Second Team honors from the NSCAA and Soccer Buzz. Named the team’s MVP for the second consecutive season, Blank earned all-tournament team recognition at the Notre Dame Inn at St. Mary’s Classic and the Big East Championship.
Blank was aggressive in the attack, attempting 71 shots, second-most on the team. But perhaps
most impressive was the leadership she provided to her teammates. Despite a talented eight-member senior class in 2008, it was Blank who earned team captain stripes.
She was drafted in the fifth round of the 2010 Women’s Professional Soccer Draft by the St. Louis Athletica.
Bry MCCARTHY
2012 NSCAA Third Team All-American Ajax, Ontario, native Bry McCarthy capped off a stellar Mountaineer career with NSCAA All-America Third Team honors. McCarthy, an outside back, was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in her senior season. She became the program’s first defensive player to earn a conference major award.
An All-Big 12 First Team selection, McCarthy led the Mountaineer defense to eight shutouts in 2012, including four in Big 12 Conference play. The four clean sheets were tied for best in the conference. McCarthy also played a vital part in the offense, moving forward into the attack to score seven points on two goals and three assists. She finished with 19 career assists, tied for ninth place all-time in program history.
McCarthy led WVU in its inaugural season in the Big 12 Conference to a regular-season championship with a 7-0-1 record. It marked only the sixth time a Big 12 team has won the regular-season title without a loss.
West Virginia’s 2012 season ended with a 13th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.
In January 2013, McCarthy was one of six players assigned to the Western New York Flash through player allocations from U.S. Soccer, Canadian Soccer Association and the Federation of Mexican Football. The Flash were one of eight teams in the inaugural National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL).
Frances SILVA
2013 NSCAA Second Team All-American The culmination of four years of hard work and determination, Frances Silva was named to the 2013 NSCAA All-America Second Team following
a high-scoring senior season.
The forward from Overland Park, Kansas, posted a team and Big 12 Conference-best 15 goals and 13 assists for 43 points and was the unanimous selection as the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, the program’s first student-athlete to earn the Big 12’s annual offensive honor. Her 13 assists set a school single-season record, while her point total ranked No. 2 all-time and her goal mark ranked No. 4. Silva finished the year ranked No. 7 nationally in total assists. She also ranked No. 10 in points and No. 23 in goals.
Silva secured a slew of honors throughout her senior season, including a spot on the 2013 M.A.C. Hermann Trophy semifinalist list. An All-Big 12 First Team selection, she also was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI Upperclassmen Second Team and the Soccer America MVP Second Team. Additionally, Silva was named to the NSCAA Women’s Scholar All-America First Team and selected as the women’s soccer Capital One Academic All-America of the Year.
In her final season at WVU, Silva led the Mountaineers to their second straight Big 12 Conference regular-season title and first Big 12 Conference Championship title, and she was named the Big 12 Soccer Tournament Offensive MVP. She earned at least one conference title in each of her four years at WVU. The Mountaineers advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round in 2013 and finished at 16-4-3, 7-1 in the Big 12.
Silva concluded her Mountaineer career ranked No. 4 in goals (38) and points (98) and No. 7 in assists (22). She was selected by FC Kansas City with the 19th overall pick at the 2014 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft and signed a contract with the Blues.
Kadeisha BUCHANAN
2016 MAC Hermann Trophy Winner
2016 NSCAA First Team All-American
2016 Senior CLASS First Team All-American
2015 NSCAA First Team All-American
2014 NSCAA First Team All-American
2014 Soccer America Women’s MVP First Team
2013 NSCAA Second Team All-American
The most decorated athlete in WVU women’s soccer history, Buchanan ended her Mountaineer career in 2016 sweeping the sport’s major awards.
A three-time semifinalist and two-time finalist, Buchanan became the first Mountaineer to win the prestigious Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy in 2016. She also earned the Honda
Cup Award for soccer and was named the espnW and TopDrawerSoccer.com Player of the Year.
The Brampton, Ontario, native capped her four-year career with her third straight National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America First Team honor. A center back, she was named to the first team alongside classmate Ashley Lawrence for the second straight season. Additionally, Michaela Abam was named to the second team, and the trio became the first in program history to earn NSCAA All-America accolades in the same season.
Buchanan is the only player in program history to earn an All-America honor in each of her seasons in a WVU uniform.
A finalist for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award, she also was named to the award’s All-America First Team. Buchanan also was named the NCAA Tournament Defensive MVP, as well as the Big 12 Championship Defensive MVP. Additionally, she was nominated for a 2017 ESPY in the Best Women’s College Athlete category.
A team captain, Buchanan led the WVU defense to a nation- and program-best 23 wins and 18 shutouts in 2016. WVU advanced to the NCAA College Cup for the first time in program history and finished as the National Runner-Up. The squad was nationally ranked each week and sat at No. 1, the team’s first-ever No. 1 ranking, for eight weeks.
The four-time Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year, Buchanan, also a four-time All-Big 12 First Team honoree, was the second athlete in conference history to claim four straight outright postseason awards. She led the Mountaineers to a sweep of the Big 12 titles in 2016, their third sweep in four seasons, and WVU won seven Big 12 titles during her career.
Buchanan started 90-of-91 career matches, and the WVU backline allowed just 62 opponent goals and posted 55 shutouts throughout her four-year career. She also tallied 25 career points (8 G, 9 A).
Prior to her senior season, Buchanan helped Canada win Bronze at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. She signed a professional contract with Olympique Lyonnais in January 2017.
The Best Young Player honoree at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Buchanan’s third All-America honor followed a season which saw her solidify her spot among the world and college soccer’s elite. In addition to her WWC award, Buchanan also was named to the FIFPro Women’s World XI Team and the WWC All-Star Team and earned the Canadian Player of the Year honor. Collegiately, she earned the 2015 Soccer News Net Women’s College Boot Award, was a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, the school’s first, and earned her third straight Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Year and All-Big 12 First Team awards.
Instrumental in helping the Mountaineers reach the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight, Buchanan anchored a WVU defense which posted 15 shutouts and allowed a program-low 11 opponent goals. One of three team captains, she led WVU to 19 victories and its fourth straight Big 12 Conference regular-season title.
Buchanan became the first Mountaineer sophomore in program history to score a first team All-America honor in 2014 when she earned her first career NSCAA All-America First Team award. The only sophomore on the list, she was WVU’s first NSCAA First Team All-American since 2003 and the program’s fourth first-team honoree since 2000. Buchanan also was named the 2014 Soccer America Women’s MVP First Team, the publication’s equivalent to a first team All-America honor. She was the third Mountaineer named to the MVP First Team and the first since 2007.
The 2014 honors capped a brilliant sophomore season that saw her earn her second straight Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year award and All-Big 12 First Team honor. A MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist, she also was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI First Team and earned her second straight Canadian U-20 Player of the Year honor.
Buchanan helped the Mountaineers to the Big 12 Conference regular-season and championship titles in 2014 and also was named the Big 12 Championship Defensive MVP. She and the WVU defense posted 12 shutouts and did not allow a goal on the road in Big 12 play.
The Mountaineers advanced to the NCAA Tournament and finished the year riding a 19-match unbeaten streak.
The first Mountaineer rookie to earn NSCAA All-America honors, Buchanan was selected to the 2013 NSCAA All-America Second Team following a fantastic freshman campaign that saw her earn conference honors. She started all 23 matches and helped the WVU defense post 10 shutouts, including four in postseason play, while holding opponents to 24 goals.
The Big 12 Conference Defensive Player and Rookie of the Year, Buchanan earned a spot on the All-Big 12 First Team and Newcomer Team. She helped lead the Mountaineers to their second straight Big 12 Conference regular-season title and first Big 12 Conference Championship title. WVU posted three straight shutouts in the conference’s postseason tournament, and Buchanan was named the Championship Defensive MVP. She also earned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer. com Best XI Freshman First Team.
Kate SCHWINDEL
2014 Senior CLASS Second Team All-American
A constant example of determination and perseverance, forward Kate Schwindel concluded her four-year Mountaineer career with 2014 Senior CLASS All-America Second Team honors.
The Livingston, New Jersey, native was the first Mountaineer to earn the award, which acknowledges notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.
One of three team captains, Schwindel, a fouryear letterwinner, was a three-time member of the All-Big 12 First Team. She paced WVU in 2014 in game-winning goals (4) and also finished second in points (15) and goals (7). She ranked No. 2, No. 8 and No. 5, respectively, in the Big 12 in each category. Schwindel helped the Mountaineers capture their second straight Big 12 Championships title, as she scored the game winner in the team’s 1-0 win over Oklahoma in the championship match on Nov. 9. She was named to the Big 12 All-Tournament Team.
In addition to the team’s championship title, Schwindel also helped the Mountaineers claim their third straight Big 12 regular-season crown in 2014.
A two-time NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Central Region Second Team honoree, Schwindel left the WVU program ranked No. 5 in the Mountaineer record book in career shots (259), No. 6 in career goals (33) and career points (88), and No. 7 in career assists (22).
Ashley LAWRENCE
2016 NSCAA First Team All-American
2016 Senior CLASS Second Team All-American
2015 NSCAA First Team All-American
One of the best midfielders to play for West Virginia University, Ashley Lawrence capped her four-year career with two All-America honors in 2016, pushing her career total to three.
A Toronto native, Lawrence earned her second consecutive National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-America First Team accolade as a senior, alongside classmate Kadeisha Buchanan. Additionally, Michaela Abam was named to the second team, and the trio became
the first in program history to earn NSCAA All-America accolades in the same season.
A two-time semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy, Lawrence also was a finalist for the 2016 Senior CLASS Award and was named to the Senior CLASS Award All-America Second Team.
A team captain, Lawrence led WVU to a nationand program-best 23 wins in 2016. WVU advanced to the NCAA College Cup for the first time in program history and finished as the National Runner-Up. The squad was nationally ranked each week and sat at No. 1, the team’s first-ever No. 1 ranking, for eight weeks. She also led the Mountaineers to a sweep of the Big 12 titles in 2016, their third sweep in four seasons, and WVU won seven Big 12 titles during her career.
Lawrence finished the season ranked No. 1 in the Big 12, No. 19 nationally, with a team-high 10 assists, the third-best total for a WVU senior and the fourth-highest season total in Mountaineer history. She started 87-of-91 career matches played dished out 29 career assists, the third-best total in school history.
A four-time All-Big 12 First Team honoree, Lawrence also was named to the 2016 NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team and the Big 12 Soccer Championship Most Outstanding Offensive Player. She signed a professional contract with Paris Saint-Germain in January 2017.
Prior to her senior season, Lawrence helped Canada win Bronze at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.
Two years after staking her claim as one of college soccer’s top playmakers, Lawrence earned her first career All-America honor, as she was named to the 2015 NSCAA All-America First Team. She landed on the team alongside Buchanan, and the duo was the first pair in WVU women’s soccer history to earn NSCAA All-America First Team honors in one season.
A member of the Canadian National Women’s Soccer Team, Lawrence opened her junior campaign on the world’s biggest stage, as she started all five of Canada’s matches at the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and scored the team’s lone goal in a 1-1 draw against Netherlands.
At WVU in 2015, she was named a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist and earned her third straight All-Big 12 First Team honor. She finished the season ranked No. 3 on the team, No. 5 in the conference, with 18 points (5 G, 8 A), a career single-season high. She paced the Mountaineers with eight assists, the second-best Big 12 total, and her five goals ranked No. 3 on the team.
Lawrence played a key role in helping WVU reach the 2015 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight. The team finished with a program-best 61 goals and 19 wins.
Amanda HILL
2015 Senior CLASS Second Team All-American
The consummate team player, midfielder Amanda Hill capped off her historical four-year Mountaineer career with 2015 Senior CLASS All-America Second Team accolades.
A native of Washington, Pennsylvania, Hill was the second Mountaineer in as many seasons to earn the All-America honor, which acknowledges notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and completion.
A two-year team captain, Hill, a four-year letterwinner, Hill started all 88 career matches at defensive center midfield, the third-most career starts for a Mountaineer. She set career highs in points (13), goals (5) and game-winning goals (3) in 2015. A two-time All-Big 12 Second Team honoree, she helped the WVU offense score a program-best 61 goals and the WVU defense post 15 shutouts, also a program record.
A 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team honoree, she also was a three-time Academic AllBig 12 Soccer First Team honoree and was named to the 2014 and 2015 NSCAA Scholar All-Regional Honorable Mention Teams. Additionally, she was named to the President’s and Dean’s Lists, as well as the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll and the Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll. Hill led the Mountaineers to six conference titles in her four seasons. WVU qualified for the NCAA Tournament each of her seasons and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight in 2015.
Michaela ABAM
2017 United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American
2017 Senior CLASS Second Team All-American
2016 NSCAA Second Team All-American
The team’s leading scorer each of her four seasons at West Virginia University, forward Michaela Abam collected three All-America honors as a Mountaineer, including two in 2017 as a senior.
A Houston native, Abam capped her WVU career in 2017 as one of the nation’s top attackers. A semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy, she landed on the United Soccer Coaches [formerly National Soccer Coaches Asso-
ciation of America (NSCAA)] All-America Second Team for the second straight season. Additionally, the team captain was a finalist for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award and earned All-America Second Team accolades.
Abam paced the WVU offense in 2017 with 23 points on 10 goals and three assists; she finished with double-digit goal totals in each season but her first. The 10 goals ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 Conference, while the 23 points ranked No. 2. Four of her goals were game-winners, the 53rdbest total nationally.
A three-time All-Big 12 First Team and All-Big 12 Championship Team honoree, Abam finished her career ranked No. 3 all-time in the Mountaineer program with 42 career goals and No. 4 with 100 points (42 G, 16 A). She is the most experienced player in program history, having earned time in 95 career matches. Abam capped her career with 79 starts. She was drafted fourth overall at the 2018 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft, the highest pick in WVU history, and signed a professional contract with Sky Blue FC.
Abam earned her first career All-America honor in 2016 as she was named to the second team. She was one of three Mountaineers to earn an NSCAA All-America award in 2016, alongside Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence, who were named to the first team. The trio became the first in program history to earn NSCAA All-America accolades in the same season.
The 2016 co-Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, Abam started all 27 matches as a junior and paced the Mountaineers with 12 goals and a career single-season high 33 points (12 G, 9 A). The assist total, the seventh-best single-season output for a Mountaineer, ranked No. 2 on the team and also was a career single-season high. Abam finished the year ranked No. 1 in the Big 12 in goals, game-winners (5) and points and No. 2 in assists. She ranked No. 24 nationally in points, No. 25 in game-winners, No. 32 in goals and No. 34 in assists.
In her four years at WVU, Abam led the Mountaineers to four NCAA Tournament bids and helped the team finish as the 2016 National Runner Up. WVU reached the NCAA Third Round three times and the NCAA Quarterfinals twice. Additionally, the Mountaineers claimed five Big 12 Conference titles and were ranked No. 1 nationally for nine total weeks.
Amandine PIERRE-LOUIS
2017 United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American
Following a position change from forward to outside back at the start of the 2016 season, defender Amandine Pierre-Louis flourished within the Mountaineer program, culminating in United Soccer Coaches [formerly National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)] Second Team All-America honors in 2017.
A native of Montreal, Quebec, Pierre-Louis led the WVU defense to 13 shutouts in 2017, and the unit allowed just 16 goals and 60 corner kicks. For her efforts, she was named the Big 12 Conference co-Defensive Player of the Year. She also ranked No. 2 on the team with five goals and No. 5 with 11 points (5 G, 1 A).
A two-time All-Big 12 First Team and All-Big 12 Championship Team honoree, Pierre-Louis finished her Mountaineer career ranked No. 3 in program history, playing in 92 matches. She was drafted sixth overall at the 2018 National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) College Draft and signed a professional contract with Sky Blue FC.
In her four years at WVU, Pierre-Louis led the Mountaineers to four NCAA Tournament bids and helped the team finish as the 2016 National Runner-Up. WVU reached the NCAA Third Round three times and the NCAA Quarterfinals twice. Additionally, the Mountaineers claimed five Big 12 Conference titles and were ranked No. 1 nationally for nine total weeks.
Bianca ST. GEORGES
2018 Senior CLASS First Team All-American 2018 United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American
A consummate teammate and a four-year pillar on the Mountaineers’ backline, defender Bianca St. Georges capped her WVU career in 2018 with a pair of All-America honors, as she was named to the Senior CLASS First Team and the United Soccer Coaches Second Team.
The 2018 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, St. Georges, a native of St. Felix de Valois, Quebec, was a two-time team captain (2017, 2018). In her last season, she helped WVU post 12 shutouts and also finished second on the team in goals (7) and points
(14), both career single-season bests. St. Georges tallied a pair of braces in Big 12 Conference matches in 2018, and her five goals against league opponents ranked No. 2 in the conference, while her 10 points ranked No. 3. She was a perfect fivefor-five from the stripe, the best mark nationally.
A two-time All-Big 12 First Team honoree, St. Georges was a candidate for the 2018 Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy. A two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Region honoree, she was the named to the 2018 Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team, as well as the TopDrawerSoccer Division I Best XI First Team. St. Georges, who was honored in 2015 as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, was named the Team MVP in 2017 and 2018.
Previously a member of the Canadian U-20 Women’s National Team, St. Georges participated in the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. Following her senior season, she was drafted No. 20 overall by the Chicago Red Stars at the 2019 NWSL College Draft.
Strong in the classroom, too, St. Georges was named the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I women’s soccer and a three-time CoSIDA Academic All-American. She also garnered Untied Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team honors in 2017 and 2018 and was a four-time Academic All-Big 12 honoree.
In her four years at WVU, St. Georges led the Mountaineers to four NCAA Tournament bids and helped the team finish as the 2016 National Runner-Up. WVU reached the NCAA Quarterfinals in 2015, the NCAA Third Round in 2017 and the NCAA Second Round in 2018. Additionally, the Mountaineers claimed four Big 12 Conference titles and were ranked No. 1 nationally for nine total weeks.
Rylee FOSTER
2018 United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American
A three-year starter between the posts, Rylee Foster became the first Mountaineer goalkeeper to garner All-America honors when she was named to the United Soccer Coaches Third Team as a junior in 2018.
A native of Cambridge, Ontario, Foster is a threetime Untied Soccer Coaches All-Region honoree and landed on the first team in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, she played all 23 matches in net and earned credit for 11 of the Mountaineers’ 12
clean sheets, ranking No. 2 in the Big 12 Conference and No. 6 nationally with the fifth-best season total in program history. Foster allowed just 13 goals for a 0.55 goals-against average (GAA), which also was the second-best mark in the Big 12, No. 14 in the NCAA, and No. 6 in program history.
A 2018 All-Big 12 First Team honoree and a candidate for the 2018 Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy, Foster ended her junior campaign ranked No. 4 among active NCAA players with 31 career shutouts and No. 6 with a career GAA of 0.55.
Named to the All-Big 12 Second Team in 2016 and 2017, Foster also was a member of the 2016 NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team.
Previously a member of the Canadian U-20 Women’s National Team, Foster participated in the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
In three seasons with the Mountaineers, Foster has helped WVU make three NCAA Tournament appearances, including a runner-up finish at the 2016 NCAA College Cup. WVU reached the NCAA Third Round in 2017 and the NCAA Second Round in 2018. Additionally, the Mountaineers have claimed three Big 12 Conference titles and have been ranked No. 1 nationally for nine total weeks.
Jordan BREWSTER
2020 United Soccer Coaches Second Team
All-American
2021 United Soccer Coaches Third Team
All-American
2022 United Soccer Coaches Third Team
All-American
Jordan Brewster became West Virginia’s 25th player to earn All-America accolades when she was named to the United Soccer Coaches Second Team as a junior in 2020-21. The North Canton, Ohio, finished her impressive career at West Virginia as only the second Mountaineer all-time to earn All-America honors in three consecutive seasons after she was named a United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American in 2021 and 2022.
Leading the Mountaineers in one of the program’s most unprecedented seasons amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Brewster helped WVU earn a 10-3-1 record in 2020-21 and the program’s 21st consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Brewster and the team returned to a bit of normalcy following the pandemic in 2021, and she
helped lead WVU to a 10-5-5 mark, playing all 1,922 total minutes of game action. She helped the defense record 11 shutouts, including nine in the regular season, the most since 2017.
An already impressive career was capped in the best way possible in 2022, as Brewster helped guide the Mountaineers to their fifth Big 12 Conference Tournament title. Not only was Brewster credited with the game-winning goal in the championship game, but she also helped the defense record a pair of shutouts on the way to the program’s 18th conference crown. On the year, Brewster and the Mountaineers compiled an 11-5-7 overall record and made their 22nd NCAA Tournament appearance all time. Brewster started 22 matches and played 1,944 minutes in her final campaign in Gold and Blue.
In five seasons with WVU, Brewster has started a program-record 101 matches and amassed 9,249 career minutes. An anchor for the WVU back line, Brewster has helped the squad tally 43 clean sheets. She also served as a co-captain during the 2020-21, 2021 and 2022 campaigns.
A three-time All-Big 12 First Team member and two-time All-Big 12 Second Team honoree, Brewster also was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year in 2020. She is a three-time honoree on the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List and is a four-time member of the United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region First Team. Brewster also was honored on TopDrawerSoccer.com’s Best XI Second Team in 2020-21 and was named a candidate for the 2021 Women's Soccer Senior CLASS Award.
A natural leader both on and off the pitch, Brewster also has shown success in the classroom, earning CSC Academic All-America Second Team recognition in 2022, CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team honors in 2020-21 and a United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team nod in 2021 and 2022.
MOUNTAINEERS IN THE PROS
Katie
BARNES
Carolina Courage (WUSA)
San Jose CyberRays (WUSA)
Cincinnati Ladyhawks (USL W-League)
Rachel KRUZE
Philadelphia Charge (WUSA)
IBV (Iceland)
Rochester Rhinos (USL W-League)
Kim BONILLA
Pitea IF (Sweden)
Jersey Sky Blue (USL W-League)
Add Illawarra Stingray (Australia)
Laura KANE
Pitea IF (Sweden)
FC Indiana (USL W-League)
Greer
BARNES
Los Angeles Sol (WPS)
FC Gold Pride (WPS)
Lisa STOIA
St. Louis Athletica (WPS)
Boston Renegades (USL W-League)
Carolyn BLANK
Jersey Sky Blue FC (WPS)
Atlanta Beat (WPS)
St. Louis Athletica (WPS)
DC United Women (USL W-League)
Kerri BUTLER
Atlanta Beat (WPS)
Megan MISCHLER
Boston Aztec Breakers
Reserves (WPSL)
Boston Breakers (WPS)
Östersunds DFF (Sweden)
Hammarby Damfotboll (Sweden)
Erica HENDERSON
Afturelding FC (Iceland)
Blake MILLER
Illawarra Stingray (Australia)
Bry MCCARTHY
Western New York Flash (NWSL)
SC Sand (Germany)
BV Cloppenburg (Germany)
Frances SILVA
FC Kansas City (NWSL)
Ashley LAWRENCE
Paris Saint-Germain (France – Ligue 1)
Chelsea FC (England)
OL Lyonnes
Michaela
ABAM
Sky Blue FC (NWSL)
Paris FC (France)
Houston Dash (NWSL)
Linkoping FC (Iceland)
Toluca FC Feminil (Mexico)
Heather KALEIOHI
ASJ SOYAUX (France)
Sara KEANE
FC Kansas City (NWSL)
Kate SCHWINDEL
Sky Blue FC (NWSL)
Kadeisha BUCHANAN
Olympique Lyonnais (France – Ligue 1)
Chelsea FC Women (England)
Alli MAGALETTA
IK Grand BodØ (Norway)
Amandine PIERRE-LOUIS
Sky Blue FC (NWSL)
Metz (France)
Slavia Prague (Czech Republic)
Aalborg (Denmark)
Rodez AF (France)
AS Saint-Étienne (France)
Carla PORTILLO
ASPTT ALBI (France)
Easther Mayi
KITH
Montpellier HSC (France – Ligue 1)
Stade de Reims (France)
Kristianstads DFF (Sweden)
Reading FCW (England)
AS Saint-Étienne (France)
Bianca
ST.
GEORGES
Chicago Red Stars (NWSL)
NC Courage (NWSL)
Utah Royals FC (NWSL)
Grace CUTLER
Houston Dash (NWSL)
Omiya Ardija Ventus (Japan)
Sh’Nia GORDON
FC Metz (France – Ligue 1)
CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Racing Louisville FC (NWSL)
Montpellier HSC Féminines (France) Fort Lauderdale United FC)
Vanessa FLORES
Tigres UANL Femenil (Mexico – Liga MX)
Rylee FOSTER
Liverpool FC (FA Women’s Super League)
Wellington Phoenix FC (New Zealand)
Everton FC (England)
Durham FC (England)
Dallas Trinity FC (USL Super League)
Jade GENTILE
Afturelding (Iceland)
Stefany FERRER-
VAN GINKEL
Tigres UANL Femenil (Mexico – Liga MX)
Angel City FC (NWSL)
Isabella SIBLEY
Crystal Palace FC (England)
Gabrielle ROBINSON
KC Current (NWSL)
Jordan BREWSTER
Kristianstads DFF (Sweden)
Bay FC (NWSL)
Hannah ABRAHAM
Grotta FC (Iceland)
Nadya GILL
Medkila IL (Norway)
Kayza MASSEY
Stade de Reims (France)
Maddie MOREAU
Bay FC (NWSL) Julianne VALLERAND
Spokane Zephyr FC (USL Super League)
Jaydah BEDOYA
Carolina Ascent FC (USL Super League)
DC Power FC (USL Super League)
Kailey UTLEY
Lexington Sporting Club (USL Super League)
Dilary HEREDIABELTRAN
Tigres Femenil (Mexico)
Maya MCCUTCHEON
NC Courage (NWSL)
Wellington Phoenix (New Zealand)
Dallas Trinity FC (USL Super League)
Annika LESLIE
Halifax Tides (Canada)
WVU ON THE NATIONAL SCENE
MICHAELA ABAM
2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Roster/Cameroon
U.S. U-19 National Team (2014-2015)
U.S. U-17 National Team (2013-14)
U.S. U-14, U-15, U-17 and U-20 National Team Pool
CHRISSIE ABBOTT
U.S. U-21 National Team Pool (2003)
Trained with WUSA’s Philadelphia Charge and Carolina Courage (2003)
KATIE BARNES
U.S. National Team Pool (2005)
U.S. U-21 National Team (2001)
CAROLYN BLANK
U.S. U-20 National Team Pool (2008)
U.S. U-17 National Team Pool (2005)
U.S. U-16 National Team (2004)
U.S. U-15 National Team Pool (2003)
KIM BONILLA
U.S. U-16 National Team Pool (2001, 2002)
JORDAN BREWSTER
U.S. U-20 National Team (2017-20)
U.S. U-19 National Team (2017)
U.S. U-18 National Team (2017)
U.S. U-14 National Team (2013)
ENZI BROUSSARD
U.S. U-17 National Team (2018)
U.S. U-16 National Team (2017)
KADEISHA BUCHANAN
2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Roster
2020 Canadian Tokyo Summer Olympics Roster
2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Roster
2016 Canadian Rio Summer Olympics Roster
2015 Canadian FIFA Women’s World Cup Roster
Full Canadian Women’s National Team (2012-present)
Canadian U-20 National Team (2012-14)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2010-12)
ADDISON CLARK
U.S. U-15 National Team (2015)
AMANDA CICCHINI
Canadian U-20 National Team (2005, 2006)
Canadian National Team (2005)
Canadian U-19 National Team (2004)
Canadian U-18 National Team (2002)
Canadian U-17 National Team Pool (2001)
Canadian U-16 National Team Pool (2000)
LISA DUCOTE
U.S. U-19 National Team Player (2004)
U.S. U-17 National Team Pool (2003)
DEANA EVERRETT
Canadian U-20 National Team Pool (2004)
Canadian U-19 National Team (2003)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2001)
RYLEE FOSTER
Canadian National Team (2020-22)
Canadian U-20 National Team (2014-20)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2013-14)
ISABELLA FLANIGAN
Philippine Women’s National Team (2022-present)
VANESSA FLORES
Full Mexican Women’s National Team (2017-19)
Mexican U-20 National Team (2015-17)
Mexican U-17 National Team (2013-14)
ANNA HAUER
Canadian U-17 National Team (2022)
DILARY HEREDIA-BELTRAN
U.S. U-20 National Team (2019-22)
U.S. U-19 National Team (2018-20)
U.S. U-18 National Team (2020)
U.S. U-17 National Team (2019)
U.S. U-16 National Team (2017-19)
U.S. U-14 National Team (2016)
NYEMA INGLETON
Jamaican National Team (2024-present)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2022)
LOIS JOEL
England U-19 National Team (2017-18)
England U-17 National Team (2015-17)
England U-16 National Team (2015)
LAURA KANE
U.S. U-21 National Team Pool (2005)
MAYA LADHANI
Canadian U-20 National Team (2020)
Canadian U-15 National Team (2016)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2017-2018)
ASHLEY LAWRENCE
2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Roster
2020 Canadian Tokyo Summer Olympics Roster
2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Roster
2016 Canadian Rio Summer Olympics Roster
2015 Canadian FIFA Women’s World Cup Roster
Full Canadian Women’s National Team (2012-present)
Canadian U-20 National Team (2012-14)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2010-12)
MAYA LEONI
Colombia U-20 National Team (2022-23)
Colombia U-17 National Team (2022)
ANNIKA LESLIE
Canadian U-20 National Team (2022-23)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2019-21)
Canadian U-15 National Team (2018)
JESSICA LISI
Canadian U-20 National Team (2016-18)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2013-14)
YULIE LOPEZ
Member of the United States U-14, U-18 and U-20
National Team Pools
ISABEL LOZA
U.S. U-20 National Team
U.S. U-18 National Team
U.S. U-16 National Team
U.S. U-14 National Team
NICOLE MAILLOUX
Canadian U-20 National Team Pool (2008)
Canadian U-18 National Team (2006)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2005)
KAYZA MASSEY
Canadian U-20 National Team (2019-20)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2018)
Ghana U-17 Women’s National Team (2016)
EASTHER MAYI KITH
Cameroon National Team (2019-present)
Canadian U-20 Natial Team Pool (2015)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2012-14)
BRY MCCARTHY
Canadian National Team (2012)
Canadian National Team Camp (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
Canadian U-20 National Team (2009, 2010)
Canadian U-17 World Cup Team (2006-08)
Canadian U-15 National Team (2005)
BLAKE MILLER
U.S. U-23 National Team Camp (2012)
NICOLE PAYNE
Nigeria Women’s National Team (2021-present)
U.S. U-19 National Team (2018-present)
U.S. U-18 National Team (2018)
U.S. U-17 National Team (2017-18)
U.S. U-15 National Team (2015-17)
U.S. U-14 National Team (2014)
AMANDINE PIERRE-LOUIS
Canadian U-20 National Team Pool (2014-15)
Canadian U-20 National Team (2014)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2012)
CARLA PORTILLO
Canadian U-20 National Team Pool (2014-15)
Canadian U-17-19 National Team Pool (2014-15)
GABBY ROBINSON
U.S. U-17 National Team (2017-18)
U.S. U-15 National Team (2015-16)
BRI RODRIGUEZ
U.S. U-17 National Team Pool (2008)
U.S. U-16 National Team Pool (2007)
ROBIN RUSHTON
Canadian U-20 National Team (2005, 2006)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2004)
Canadian U-16 National Team (2003)
LISA SCHÖPPL
German U-20 National Team (2018-21)
German U-19 National Team (2017-19)
German U-17 National Team (2016)
German U-16 National Team (2015-16)
German U-15 National Team (2013-15)
AALIYAH SCOTT
Canadian U-17 National Team (2016-18)
Canadian U-15 National Team (2016)
KATE SCHWINDEL
U.S. U-20 National Team Camp (2012)
U.S. U-17 National Team Pool (2009)
U.S. U-17 National Team Pool (2008)
U.S. U-14 National Team Camp (2006)
ISABELLA SIBLEY
England U-19 National Team (2017-19)
England U-17 National Team (2016)
FRANCES SILVA
U.S. U-23 National Team (2014)
GRACE SMITH
England U-19 National Team (2017-19)
England U-17 National Team (2016-17)
BIANCA ST. GEORGES
Canadian National Team (2020-present)
Canadian U-20 National Team (2015-2017)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2012-14)
LISA STOIA
U.S. U-21 National Team Pool (2003)
Trained with WUSA’s Philadelphia Charge and Carolina Courage (2003)
CAROLINE SZWED
Canadian U-16 National Team (2007)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2008)
Canadian U-20 National Pool (2009)
JULIANNE VALLERAND
Canadian U-20 National Team (2019-21)
Canadian U-17 National Team (2017-19)
Canadian U-15 National Team (2016)
ROXANNE VILAIN
Haitian National Team (2024-present)
SERIES RECORDS
BOLD – 2025 opponent
ALL-TIME NUMERICAL ROSTER
0 Kerri Butler
Bailey Herfurth
Jessica Kasacek
Katie Osterman
00 Hillary Battles
Nicolette DeLaurentis
Jennifer Furcht
Kayza Massey
Jacque Sutphin
01 Stephanie Baugh
Melissa Haire
Emily Main
1 Stacey Adams
Mallory Beck
Tara Berardi
Aria Bilal
Nicole Cauzillo
Emily Dillon
Melissa Haire
Michelle Newhouse
Jillian Smalls
Brandi Sutphin
2 Mackenzie Aunkst
Halie Conroy
Lisa DuCote
Kelsey Fowler
Jade Gentile
Heather Kaleiohi
Caralee Keppler
Katie Lenz
Megan Mattei
Alicia Riggins
Katie Slain
Missy Shields
Corissa Taylor
Danielle Tucker
Tessie Vezza
3 Cathy Abel
Stephanie Chmiel
Leah Emaus
Ariel Davis
Ashtin Larkin
Blake Miller
Brooke Myers
Jacey Rase
Shawna Toth
Sarah Wetmore
4 Greer Barnes
Katie Barnes
Missy Johns
Juliana Lynch
Daniela Neves
Laura Papillon
AJ Rodriguez
Bri Rodriguez
Bianca St. Georges
5 Michaela Abam
Chrissie Abbott
Rachel Dahlstrand
Robyn D’Aversa
Ryan Dinan
Rhea Kijowski
Ashtin Larkin
Kiley Harris
Katie Lenz
Mara Rodriguez
Heather Walker
Taylor White
Ashley Banks
Drea Barklage
Kim Behm
Emma Dotson
Laura Finley
Shannon Jarboe
Heather Kaleiohi
Cari Price
Grace Smith
7 Morgan Betscher
Kim Bonilla
Addison Clark
Grace Cutler
Tonia Deligiannis
Kelsie Maloney
Megan Mischler
Nicole Payne
Alexis Ré
Christen Seaman
Lisa Stoia
Emily Thompson
8 Whitney Edwards
Jamie Kocher
Gabby Lampary
Rena Lippa
Yulie Lopez
Sarah Maddox
Gabby Robinson
Caroline Szwed
Jessica Vann
Ashley Weimer
9 Jen Cappedonia
Mila Erceg
Melissa Finkle
Ashley Lawrence
Isabel Loza
Abbey Olexa
Kambria Riggins
Lauren Segalla
Frances Silva
10
Jordan Brewster
Stephanie Burgess
Steph Carpenter
Amanda Cicchini
Jess Crowder
Isabel Loza
Carla Portillo
Shannon Seawardi
Meghan Smith
Lisa Zanti
11 Miko Alley
Beth Blasi
Addison Clark
Alli Kealing
Emily Kirksey
Rachel Kruze
Ashley Lawrence
Cheryl Matochik
Amandine Pierre-Louis
Megan Robinson
Aaliyah Scott
Jordyn Wilson
12 Leslie Barden
Mia Gunter
Meghan Lewis
Bridgette McCabe
Maya McCutcheon
Susan McHale
Faith Mealy
Kayla Morrison
Robin Rushton
Olivia Shertzer
Macy Stalnaker
13 Amanda DeSario
Ann Marie Destino
Nikki Garzon
Danielle Gordon
Annika Leslie
Nicole Mailloux
Mollie Merkel
Ashley Ramsey
Casey Vornadore
Amanda Saymon
Shawna Toth
14 Brooke Brown
Chelsey Corroto
Patricia Fernandez
Kiley Harris
Marisa Kanela
Laura Mallia
Nicole Payne
Sydney Ritter
Lauren Segalla
Olivia Shertzer
Annalika Steyn
Danielle Turrie
15 Deana Everrett
Sarah Howley
Lois Joel
Sara Keane
Lilly McCarthy
Christina Monzi
Christen Seaman
Stacey Sollmann
16
Maya Ladhani
Jessica Lisi
Reagan Mallia
Easther Mayi Kith
Katie Molinari
Michelle Molinari
Ann Sorensen
Kailey Utley
17 Enzi Broussard
Erica Henderson
Noelle Honeycutt
Shelly Lyons
Iman Mustafa
Rachael Minnich
Dalanda Ouendeno
Lisa Schöppl
Emma Rodriguez
Chloe Zamiela
Current players in bold
18 Tara Beradi
Ambere Cunningham
Kristin English
Kristen Felice
Dilary Heredia-Beltran
Caitlin Hulyo
Sarah Meehan
Kristene Mumby
Theresa Sadd
Kayla Thompson
Ashley Woolpert
19 Amanda Anton
Jaydah Bedoya
Hannah Boettger
Laurel Carpenter
Amanda Cicchini
Maura Cirilli
Maddie Levy
Meghan Lewis
Ashley McDaniel
Carla Portillo
Heather Saffel
Isabella Sibley
Annalika Steyn
20 Hannah Abraham
emily Akpebu
Ali Connelly
Krystle Kallman
Emily Kirksey
Emily Marshall
Heather Saffel
Taylor White
Megan Sheehy
21 Carly Black
Tessa Broadwater
Stefany Ferrer-vanGinkel
Vanessa Heppeler
Karrie Hutchins
Ajanae Respass
Lisa Schöppl
Sydney Metheny
22 Chloe Adler
Mackenzie Aunkst
Bryce Banuelos
Kristin Cholewa
Lisa DuCote
Alli Magaletta
Julie Smith
Mallory Smith
Ashley Weimer
23 Taylor Allen
Jessie Breed
Toryn Broadwater
Cassandra Deitrick
Sara Keane
Aiyana Lauderman
Jenn Lewis
Maddie Moreau
AJ Rodriguez
24 Lana Bannerman
Carly Black
Erin Brown
Elizabeth Frame
Nyema Ingleton
Grace Smith
Alina Stahl
Ruby Teixeira
25 Morgan Betscher
Rylee Foster
Leah Sparacio
Kelly LaPorte
26 Greer Barnes
Whitney Cavender
Amy Coleman
Vanessa Flores
Hannah Stuck
Julianne Vallerand
27 Emma Dotson
Amanda Hill
Megan Mischler
Erin Peters
Ashley Triplett
Natalie Zibinskas
28 Amanda Burns
Natalie Cocchi
Ruby Darling
Easther Mayi Kith
Courtney Smith
Mackenzie Smith
29 Samone Knight
30 Sarah Bizanovich
Sami Molina
Kassidy Roshong
Hannah Steadman
Campbell Wolff
31 Maggie Bedillion
Carolyn Blank
Danielle Gordon
Brandi Sutphin
32 Kara Blosser
33 Gabby Hollar
Haley Keefer
Bry McCarthy
Maddie Murphy
Roxanne Vilain
34 Athena Gramates
37 Gianna Koss
41 Abbey Olexa
44 Kayla Saager
55 Lizzie Mayfield
57 Laura Kane
77 Nadya Gill
Shelby Lyon
88 Kadeisha Buchanan
97 Dalanda Ouendeno
99 Leigh Anthony
Sh’Nia Gordon
Ashley Magruda
Ashley Neal
Kate Schwindel
ALL-TIME SCORES
1996 (10-7-2/4-4-1 Big east - 5th)
NIKKI IZZO
Sept. 1 0-3 L at Rutgers
Sept. 4 1-1 (ot) T at Duquesne
Sept. 7 4-0 W PROVIDENCE
Sept. 11 5-0 W ROBERT MORRIS
Sept. 13 0-2 L SYRACUSE
Sept. 15 0-1
Sept. 18 2-0 W at St. Francis, Pa.
Sept. 22
Sept. 27 0-12
Oct. 1 5-0 W YOUNGSTOWN STATE
Oct. 4 2-0 (ot) W SETON HALL
Oct. 9 1-0 W at Georgetown
Oct. 14 1-0 W at Canisius
Oct. 16 2-0 W at Pitt
Oct. 19 1-0 W BOSTON COLLEGE
Oct. 22 4-0 W MOUNT ST. MARY’S
Oct. 25
1997 (11-6-2/4-6-1 Big east - 5th)
NIKKI IZZO
Aug. 30 1-0 (ot) W at Boston College
Sept. 3 1-0 W DUQUESNE
Sept. 6 2-0 W RUTGERS
Sept. 10 2-1 W at Navy
Sept. 14 0-3 L NOTRE DAME
Sept. 16 1-0 W OHIO STATE Sept. 20 1-0 W at Providence
2002 (18-3-1, 5-0-1 Big east Mid-Atlantic Division Champions)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 30 0-2 L at Auburn !
Sept. 1 4-0 W vs. Jacksonville State !
Sept. 6 3-0 W
Sept. 8 4-1 W
BOSTON COLLEGE
GEORGE MASON
Sept. 13 2-1 W at Virginia
Sept. 15 3-0 W
JAMES MADISON
Sept. 18 4-2 W at Pitt
Sept. 22 1-0 W VILLANOVA
Sept. 27 4-1 W
WILLIAM & MARY
Sept. 29 2-1 W at Rutgers
Oct. 4 1-1 (2ot) T at Seton Hall
Oct. 6 3-0 W NOTRE DAME
Oct. 9 1-0 (ot) W GEORGETOWN
Oct. 11 2-0 W at Colgate
Oct. 13 4-0 W at Syracuse
Oct. 20 2-0 W PROVIDENCE
Oct. 23 2-0 W at Virginia Tech
Nov. 3 4-0 W vs. St. John’s (BEQ)
Nov. 8 3-2 W vs. Rutgers (BES)
Nov. 10 0-1 L at Connecticut (BEF)
Nov. 15 3-0 W LOYOLA, Md. (NCAA1)
Nov. 17 0-1 L VIRGINIA (NCAA2)
! - Auburn Sprint Classic, Auburn, Ala.
2003 (17-4-2, 4-1-1 Big east Mid- Atlantic - 2nd)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 30 0-1 L at Virginia
Sept. 1 2-1 W MICHIGAN STATE
Sept. 5 4-0 W vs. New Hampshire ! Sept. 7 4-0 W at James Madison !
Sept. 12 3-1 W at Miami
Sept. 14 3-2 W ST. JOHN’S
Sept. 19 1-0 W at Connecticut
Sept. 21 2-0 W vs. Yale
Sept. 24 5-0 W BINGHAMTON
Sept. 28 2-0 W at Tennessee
Oct. 3 0-2 L at Notre Dame
Oct. 5 2-0 W at Georgetown
Oct. 10 2-0 W RUTGERS
Oct. 12 2-1 W SETON HALL
Oct. 17 5-0 W RADFORD
Oct. 19 0-0 (2ot) T at Villanova
Oct. 23 2-1 W PITT
Oct. 26 1-4 L PENN STATE
Nov. 2 2-1 W ST. JOHN’S (BEQ)
Nov. 7 0-0 (2ot) T vs. Villanova & (BES)
Nov. 14 4-2 W LOYOLA, Md. (NCAA1)
Nov. 16 3-0 W OHIO STATE (NCAA2)
Nov. 23 3-2 (2ot) L FLORIDA STATE (NCAA3) ! - JMU/Comfort Inn Invitational, Harrisonburg, Va. & - Villanova won penalty kick shootout, 5-4
2004 (15-6-0, 7-3-0 Big east - 3rd)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 27 3-2 (2ot) W at Kentucky !
Aug. 29 7-0 W vs. Ohio !
Sept. 1 1-0 W PURDUE
Sept. 5 0-1 L VIRGINIA
Sept. 10 2-0 W ARIZONA
Sept. 12 2-1 W JAMES MADISON
Sept. 17 4-1 W at Providence
Sept. 19 2-0 W at Boston College
Sept. 24 0-1 L VILLANOVA
Sept. 26 4-2 W ST. JOHN’S
Oct. 1 1-3 L NOTRE DAME
Oct. 3 4-1 W SYRACUSE
Oct. 6 6-1 W at Pitt
Oct. 10 4-1 W at Binghamton
Oct. 15 2-0 W at Rutgers
Oct. 17 2-1 W at Seton Hall
Oct. 22 5-0 W at Radford
Oct. 24 0-1 L GEORGETOWN
Oct. 31 0-1 L VILLANOVA (BEQ)
Nov. 12 2-1 W vs. S. Methodist (NCAA1)
Nov. 14 1-2 L at Texas (NCAA2)
! - Kentucky Invitational, Lexington, Ky.
2005 (12-6-3, 7-2-1 Division A – 3rd)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 26 3-1 W DAYTON
Aug. 28 0-1 L at Virginia
Sept. 1 1-2 L at Pitt
Sept. 4 1-0 W TENNESSEE
Sept. 9 1-0 W vs. Washington !
Sept. 11 0-2 L at Portland !
Sept. 16 1-1 (2ot) T at Richmond
Sept. 18 0-0 (2ot) T at William & Mary
Sept. 23 1-1 (2ot) T at Syracuse
Sept. 25 3-0 W ST. JOHN’S
Sept. 30 1-0 W RUTGERS
Oct. 2 3-1 W SETON HALL
Oct. 7 2-0 W MARQUETTE
Oct. 9 2-0 W USF
Oct. 16 2-1 W at Georgetown
Oct. 21 1-2 L at Connecticut
Oct. 23 3-0 W at Providence
Oct. 30 4-2 W at Villanova (BEQ)
Nov. 4 0-1(2ot) L vs. Connecticut (BES)
Nov. 11 3-0 W vs. Hofstra (NCAA1)
Nov. 13 2-5 L at Penn State (NCAA2) ! - Nike Invitational, Portland, Ore.
2006 (14-4-3,
8-1-2 Big east American Division Champions)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 25 3-0 W vs. Richmond !
Aug. 27 5-1 W at James Madison !
Sept. 1 4-0 W WESTERN MICHIGAN
Sept. 3 4-0 W BINGHAMTON
Sept. 8 2-1 W at No. 7 Penn State
Sept. 10 8-0 W ST. BONAVENTURE
Sept. 15 4-1 W PITT
Sept. 17 1-1 (2ot) T No. 21 VIRGINIA
Sept. 22 5-0 W SYRACUSE
Sept. 24 0-0 (2ot) T at St. John’s
Sept. 29 1-3 L at No. 1 Notre Dame
Oct. 1 4-0 W at DePaul
Oct. 6 2-0 W at USF
Oct. 8 2-0 W at Marquette Oct. 13 1-0 (2ot) W No. 23 VILLANOVA
Oct. 15 3-0 W GEORGETOWN
Oct. 20 0-1 L UCONN
Oct. 22 4-0 W PROVIDENCE
Oct. 29 0-0 (2ot) T vs. No. 25 Louisville (BEQ) & Nov. 3 2-3 L vs. No. 20 Rutgers (BES)
Nov. 10 0-2 L vs. Virginia (NCAA1) ! - James Madison Invitational, Harrisonburg, Va. & - WVU won penalty kick shootout, 5-4
2007 (18-5-2, 9-1-1 Big east American Division Champions, Big east Tournament Champions) NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 31 4-0 W BOWLING GREEN
Sept. 2 0-3 L at No. 9 Virginia
Sept. 7 3-1 W RHODE ISLAND
Sept. 9 1-0 W No. 15 PENN STATE
Sept. 14 1-2 L vs. No. 5 Texas A&M ! Sept. 16 5-1 W XAVIER
Sept. 21 3-1 W at Pitt
Sept. 23 1-2 L WAKE FOREST
Sept. 28 2-0 W ST. JOHN’S
Sept. 30 1-1 (2ot) T at Syracuse
Oct. 5 1-0 W LOUISVILLE
Oct. 7 2-0 W CINCINNATI
Oct. 12 3-0 W at Providence
Oct. 14 0-2 L at No. 17 Connecticut
Oct. 19 5-3 W at Georgetown
Oct. 21 1-0 W at Villanova
Oct. 26 2-0 W USF
Oct. 28 3-1 W MARQUETTE
Nov. 4 1-0 W VILLANOVA (BEQ)
Nov. 9 1-0 (2ot) W No. 24 LOUISVILLE (BES)
Nov. 11 1-1 (2ot) T No. 9 NOTRE DAME (BEF) &
Nov. 16 4-0 W NAVY (NCAA1)
Nov. 18 2-0 W JAMES MADISON (NCAA2)
Nov. 24 1-0 W at No. 6 Penn State (NCAA3)
Nov. 30 0-1 L No. 8 USC (NCAA4) ! - at Penn State, University Park, Pa. & - WVU won penalty kick shootout, 5-3
THe MOUNTAINeeRS WON THeIR FIRST BIG eAST TOURNAMeNT IN 2007�
2008 (14-3-6, 7-1-3 Big east American Division Champions)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 22 3-0 W TOWSON
Aug. 29 1-2 (2ot) L vs. No. 12 Santa Clara %
Aug. 31 1-0 W Loyola Marymount %
Sept. 5 1-0 W at No. 20 Tennessee ^
Sept. 7 1-1 (2ot) T vs. Washington State ^
Sept. 11 1-0 W KENTUCKY
Sept. 14 1-1 (2ot) T JAMES MADISON
Sept. 18 4-0 W PITT
Sept. 21 3-0 W No. 6 VIRGINIA
Sept. 25 0-0 (2ot) T at St. John’s
Sept. 28 8-0 W SYRACUSE
Oct. 3 1-1 (2ot) T at Seton Hall
Oct. 5 0-1 L at Rutgers
Oct. 10 3-0 W PROVIDENCE
Oct. 12 0-0 (2ot) T CONNECTICUT
Oct. 17 2-1 (2ot) W No. 16 GEORGETOWN
Oct. 19 2-1 (ot) W VILLANOVA
Oct. 24 2-0 W at Marquette
Oct. 26 2-0 W at USF
Nov. 2 4-0 W LOUISVILLE (BEQ)
Nov. 7 1-1 (2ot) T vs. Connecticut (BES) & Nov. 14 2-1 W vs. Princeton (NCAA1)
Nov. 16 2-3 L at No. 9 Virginia (NCAA2)
% - Inn at St. Mary’s Classic, Notre Dame, Ind.
^ - First Tennessee Lady Vols Classic, Knoxville, Tenn. & - UConn won penalty kick shootout, 4-2
2009 (10-7-6, 5-3-3 American Division – 3rd) NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 23 0-0 (2ot) T OHIO STATE
Aug. 29 2-1 W at No. 5 Penn State !
Aug. 31 0-1 (ot) L vs. No. 25 BYU !
Sept. 3 4-0 W DUQUESNE
Sept. 6 0-0 (2ot) T BOSTON U.
Sept. 11 1-1 (2ot) T at No. 9 Virginia ~
Sept. 13 0-1 L vs. Dartmouth ~
Sept. 18 1-1 (2ot) T at Pitt
Sept. 20 1-0 W TENNESSEE
Sept. 24 1-0 W MARQUETTE
Sept. 27 1-2 L at USF
Oct. 2 2-3 (ot) L No. 8 NOTRE DAME
Oct. 4 2-0 W DEPAUL
Oct. 9 1-0 W SYRACUSE
Oct. 11 1-0 W No. 11 ST. JOHN’S
Oct. 16 0-0 (2ot) T at Villanova
Oct. 18 1-2 L at Georgetown
Oct. 23 0-0 (2ot) T at Connecticut
Oct. 25 1-0 W at Providence
Nov. 1 1-0 W at No. 9 Rutgers (BEQ)
Nov. 6 0-1 L vs. No. 10 Marquette (BES)
Nov. 13 2-0 W vs. Loyola (Md.) (NCAA1)
Nov. 15 0-3 L at No. 4 Wake Forest (NCAA2) ! - at Penn State, University Park, Pa. ~ - Virginia NIKE Soccer Classic, Charlottesville, Va.
2010 (18-5-1, 9-1-1 Big east American Division – 2nd)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 20 1-2 (ot) L No. 11 PENN STATE
Aug. 27 3-0 W at Bowling Green
Aug. 29 1-3 L at Ohio State
Sept. 4 2-1 W CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Sept. 10 1-2 L at Miami ^
Sept. 12 4-0 W vs. Florida Atlantic ^
Sept. 19 1-0 W No. 5 VIRGINIA
Sept. 23 1-2 L at Marquette
Sept. 26 0-0 (2ot) T USF
Sept. 28 3-0 W PITT
Oct. 1 4-0 W at Cincinnati
Oct. 3 2-1 W at Louisville
Oct. 8 1-0 (ot) W at Syracuse
Oct. 10 1-0 (ot) W at St. John’s
Oct. 15 4-3 (ot) W VILLANOVA
Oct. 17 3-0 W GEORGETOWN
Oct. 22 3-0 W CONNECTICUT
Oct. 24 2-1 W PROVIDENCE
Oct. 31 1-0 W RUTGERS (BEQ)
Nov. 5 2-0 W vs. Connecticut (BES)
Nov. 7 1-0 W vs. USF (BEF)
Nov. 12 2-0 W MOREHEAD STATE (NCAA1) Nov. 14 2-1 W PENN STATE (NCAA2) Nov. 19 0-4 L at No. 16 Boston College (NCAA3) ^ - Hurricane Cup, Miami, Fla.
WVU'S 2010 SQUAD TIeD THe SCHOOL ReCORD FOR WINS WITH 18�
2011 (17-4-0, 10-1-0 Big east American Division – 1st)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 19 1-2 L at No. 10 Virginia
Aug. 21 3-0 W PURDUE
Aug. 26 0-5 L at Penn State ^
Aug. 28 3-0 W vs. George Mason ^
Sept. 1 0-2 L No. 18 OHIO STATE
Sept. 5 3-0 W MARSHALL
Sept. 11 1-0 W HIGH POINT
Sept. 15 2-1 (2ot) W at USF
Sept. 18 3-1 W No. 8 MARQUETTE
Sept. 23 4-0 W SETON HALL
Sept. 25 1-0 (ot) W RUTGERS
Sept. 30 3-1 W at Georgetown
Oct. 2 1-4 L at Villanova
Oct. 7 3-0 W ST. JOHN’S
Oct. 9 5-1 W SYRACUSE
Oct. 14 1-0 W at Providence
Oct. 16 2-1 W at Connecticut
Oct. 21 1-0 W at Pitt
Oct. 30 5-0 W Seton Hall (BEQ)
Nov. 4 5-1 W GEORGETOWN (BES)
Nov. 6 2-0 W LOUISVILLE (BEF)
Nov. 12 0-1 L VIRGINIA TECH (NCAA1) ^ - Penn State Invitational, University Park, Pa.
2012 (11-5-4, 7-0-1 Big 12 – 1st)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 17 1-2 L LA SALLE
Aug. 19 2-1 W WESTERN CAROLINA
Aug. 24 0-2 L vs. Central Michigan + Aug. 26 1-0 W vs. No. 1 Stanford + Aug. 31 1-2 (2ot) L No. 6 PENN STATE ^
Sept. 2 0-0 (2ot) T MIAMI ^
Sept. 6 1-1 (2ot) T DUQUESNE
Sept. 9 2-2 (2ot) T at Purdue
Sept. 14 5-0 W TOWSON
Sept. 16 6-0 W HIGH POINT
Sept. 21 3-2 W TEXAS TECH *
Sept. 23 1-0 W No. 7 OKLAHOMA STATE *
Sept. 28 2-1 W at TCU *
Oct. 5 1-0 W at Kansas *
Oct. 7 3-2 W at Iowa State *
Oct. 12 1-1 (2ot) T No. 20 BAYLOR *
Oct. 18 2-0 W OKLAHOMA *
Oct. 26 1-0 (ot) W at Texas *
Oct. 31 0-2 L vs. TCU (B12Q)
Nov. 10 1-2 L PRINCETON (NCAA1)
+ - Penn State Invitational, University Park, Pa. ^ - WVU 90 Minute Classic, Morgantown, W.Va. * - Big 12 Conference match
2013 (16-3-4, 7-1 Big 12 – 1st)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 23 2-2 (2ot) T at No. 2 Penn State & Aug. 25 2-1 W vs. Syracuse &
Aug. 30 4-0 W CENTRAL MICHIGAN
Sept. 1 2-0 W MOREHEAD STATE
Sept. 6 1-1 (2ot) T at No. 12 Duke %
Sept. 8 2-4 L vs. No. 1 North Carolina %
Sept. 13 4-0 W EASTERN KENTUCKY
Sept. 15 2-4 L KENTUCKY
Sept. 20 2-0 W RICHMOND
Sept. 22 4-1 W WRIGHT STATE
Sept. 27 2-1 W at Oklahoma State *
Sept. 29 4-3 W at No. 9 Baylor *
Oct. 4 2-1 W TEXAS *
Oct. 11 2-0 W IOWA STATE *
Oct. 13 3-2 (ot) W TCU *
Oct. 18 2-0 W KANSAS *
Oct. 25 2-1 (2ot) W at Oklahoma *
Oct. 27 0-2 L at No. 7 Texas Tech *
Nov. 6 3-0 W vs. Kansas (B12Q)
Nov. 8 1-0 W vs. Baylor (B12S)
Nov. 10 1-0 W vs. Oklahoma State (B12F)
Nov. 16 0-0 (2ot) T RUTGERS (NCAA1) !
Nov. 22 0-1 L at No. 4 Virginia Tech (NCAA2) & - Penn State Invitational, University Park, Pa.
% - Duke Nike Classic, Durham, N.C.
* - Big 12 Conference Match
! - WVU won penalty kick shootout, 3-0
THe 2013 MOUNTAINeeRS WON THe BIG 12 CONFeReNCe ReGULAR SeASON AND TOURNAMeNT TITLeS
2014 (16-2-4, 7-0-1 Big 12 – 1st)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 22 1-3 L at No. 11 Penn State &
Aug. 24 3-2 W vs. Missouri &
Aug. 29 0-2 L No. 21 DUKE
Aug. 31 2-0 W ELON
Sept. 5 4-0 W HOFSTRA $
Sept. 7 2-0 W UNC GREENSBORO $
Sept. 12 1-1 (2ot) T No. 16 GEORGETOWN
Sept. 14 4-1 W DUQUESNE
Sept. 19 4-1 W LA SALLE
Sept. 21 4-0 W VILLANOVA
Sept. 26 0-0 (2ot) T at TCU *
Sept. 28 2-0 W at Texas *
Oct. 10 4-2 W No. 15 TEXAS TECH *
Oct. 17 3-0 W at Iowa State *
Oct. 19 2-0 W at No. 9 Kansas *
Oct. 24 2-1 (2ot) W OKLAHOMA STATE *
Oct. 26 3-1 W OKLAHOMA *
Oct. 31 2-0 W BAYLOR *
Nov. 5 2-1 W vs. TCU (B12Q)
Nov. 7 0-0 (2ot) T vs. Texas (B12S) !
Nov. 9 1-0 W vs. Oklahoma (B12F)
Nov. 15 0-0 (2ot) T GEORGETOWN (NCAA1) %
% - Penn State Invitational, University Park, Pa.
$ - WVU 90 Minute Classic, Morgantown, W.Va.
* - Big 12 Conference Match
! - WVU won penalty kick shootout, 6-5
% - WVU lost penalty kick shootout, 4-3
2015 (19-3-1, 6-0-1 Big 12 – 1st) NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 21 2-0 W vs. SIUE!
Aug. 23 1-2 L vs. No. 11 Virginia Tech !
Aug. 28 1-0 W at Maryland
Aug. 30 5-0 W DUQUESNE
Sept. 4 1-0 W No. 5 PENN STATE
Sept. 6
W VILLANOVA
Sept. 11 2-0 W at No. 15 Ohio State
Sept. 13 4-0 W LONGWOOD
Sept. 18 1-0 (ot) W BUFFALO
Sept. 20 1-0 W FLORIDA GULF COAST
Sept. 25 2-0 W TEXAS *
Oct. 2 2-1 W TCU *
Oct. 9 0-0 T at Oklahoma *
Oct. 11 4-1 W at No. 13 Texas Tech *
Oct. 16 6-0 W KANSAS *
Oct. 18 4-0 W IOWA STATE *
Oct. 23 2-1 (ot) W at Oklahoma State *
Oct. 30 CANCELED at Baylor *$
Nov. 4 2-1 W vs. Oklahoma State (B12Q)
Nov. 6 0-1 L No. 18 Texas Tech (B12S)
Nov. 13 4-0 W DUQUESNE (NCAA1)
Nov. 20 4-0 W NORTHWESTERN (NCAA2)
Nov. 22 5-2 W LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (NCAA3)
Nov. 28 0-2 L at No. 6 Penn State (NCAA4)
! - Indiana Tournament, Bloomington, Ind. $ - Match canceled due to inclement weather * - Big 12 Conference Match
2016 (23-2-2, 8-0 Big 12 – 1st)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 19 1-1 (2ot) T at No. 2 Penn State !
Aug. 21 2-0 W vs. Buffalo !
Aug. 26 1-0 W No. 8 CLEMSON
Aug. 28 3-1 W SAINT FRANCIS
Sept. 1 2-0 W PURDUE
Sept. 4 2-1 W No. 19 OHIO STATE
Sept. 9 3-1 W at No. 5 Duke
Sept. 16 3-0 W PRINCETON
Sept. 18 0-1 (2ot) L No. 9 GEORGETOWN
Sept. 23 4-1 W at Richmond
Sept. 30 2-0 W BAYLOR *
Oct. 2 2-0 W No. 23 OKLAHOMA *
Oct. 7 1-0 W at Kansas *
Oct. 9 2-0 W at Iowa State
Oct. 14 1-0 W TEXAS TECH *
Oct. 21 3-0 W at TCU *
Oct. 23 1-0 W at Texas *
Oct. 28 3-0 W OKLAHOMA STATE *
Nov. 2 3-0 W vs. Texas Tech (B12Q)
Nov. 4 2-0 W vs. Oklahoma (B12S)
Nov. 6 3-2 (ot) W vs. TCU (B12F)
Nov. 12 3-0 W NORTHERN KENTUCKY (NCAA1)
Nov. 18 1-0 (2ot) W OHIO STATE (NCAA2)
Nov. 20 1-1 (2ot) T No. 18 UCLA (NCAA3) %
Nov. 26 1-0 W No. 5 DUKE (NCAA4)
Dec. 2 1-0 W vs. No. 6 North Carolina (CCS)
Dec. 4 1-3 L vs. No. 7 USC (CCF)
! – Penn State Invitational, University Park, Pa. *- Big 12 Conference Match % - WVU won penalty kick shootout, 4-2
2017 (16-4-3, 7-1-1 Big 12 – 2nd)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug.18 1-0 W at No. 5 Georgetown
Aug. 24 1-2 (2ot) L No.10 VIRGINIA
Aug. 27 3-0 W DUQUESNE
Sept. 2 2-1 W No.1 PENN STATE
Sept. 4 2-0 W WRIGHT STATE
Sept. 8 0-4 L No. 6 DUKE
Sept. 10 3-0 W RICHMOND
Sept.15 1-0 W at No.14 Princeton
Sept. 17 1-0 W vs. La Salle !
Sept. 22 2-1 (ot) W at Baylor *
Sept. 24 0-1 L at No. 17 Texas *
Sept. 29 1-0 W at Kansas State *
Oct. 6 1-0 W No. 19 OKLAHOMA STATE *
Oct. 8 5-1 W OKLAHOMA *
Oct. 13 4-0 W IOWA STATE *
Oct. 19 1-1 (2ot) T TEXAS TECH *
Oct. 22 2-0 W TCU *
Oct. 27 2-0 W at Kansas *
Nov. 1 3-1 W vs. Texas Tech (B12Q)
Nov.3 1-1 (2ot) T vs. TCU (B12S) $
Nov.11 3-0 W BUCKNELL (NCAA1)
Nov.17 0-0 (2ot) T No. 22 RUTGERS (NCAA2) % Nov.19 1-3 L No.10 PENN STATE (NCAA3) ! – in Princeton, N.J. *- Big 12 Conference Match $ - WVU lost penalty kick shootout, 5-3 % – WVU won penalty kick shootout, 4-3
2018 (15-4-4, 7-2 Big 12 – 2nd)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug.17 0-1 L at No. 4 Penn State !
Aug. 19 1-1 (2ot) T vs. ARKANSAS !
Aug. 24 1-1 (2ot) T at Purdue %
Aug. 26 0-0 (2ot) T vs. No. 19 NORTHWESTERN %
Aug. 30 3-0 W XAVIER
Sept. 2 0-2 L No. 11 GEORGETOWN
Sept. 7 2-1 W at Clemson
Sept. 13 4-0 W BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Sept. 16 2-0 W SAINT FRANCIS (Pa.)
Sept. 21 2-0 W at No. 22 Texas Tech *
Sept. 23 2-0 W at No. 21 TCU *
Sept. 28 4-0 W KANSAS STATE *
Oct. 5 0-1 (ot) L No. 24 BAYLOR *
Oct. 7 2-1 W No. 13 TEXAS *
Oct. 12 2-0 W at Iowa State *
Oct. 19 2-1 W at Oklahoma State *
Oct. 21 4-1 W at Oklahoma *
Oct. 25 0-1 (ot) L KANSAS *
Oct. 28 3-0 W vs. OKLAHOMA (B12Q)
Nov. 2 1-0 W vs. No. 18 TEXAS (B12S)
Nov. 4 3-0 W vs. No. 9 BAYLOR (B12F)
Nov. 10 6-0 W RADFORD (NCAA1)
Nov. 16 2-2 (2ot) T WAKE FOREST (NCAA2) $
! – in University Park, Pa.
% - Boilermaker Challenge Cup, West Lafayette, Ind.
* - Big 12 Conference Match
$ - WVU lost penalty kick shootout, 6-5
THe MOUNTAINeeRS CLAIMeD THeIR NINTH BIG 12 CONFeReNCe TITLe AS THe 2018 BIG 12 TOURNAMeNT CHAMPIONS
2019 (12-8-2, 5-3-1 Big 12 – 4th)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 23 2-0 W DUQUESNE
Aug. 25 1-3 L vs. No. 3 Stanford !
Aug. 30 3-0 W HIGH POINT
Sept. 1 1-4 L at No. 6 Virginia
Sept. 6 1-1 (ot) T No. 8 PENN STATE
Sept. 12 6-1 W STONY BROOK
Sept. 15 0-3 L at No. 15 Georgetown
Sept. 20 2-0 W FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON
Sept. 22 2-0 W BOWLING GREEN
Sept. 27 2-0 W IOWA STATE *
Oct. 3 2-4 L at Baylor *
Oct. 6 2-1 W at Texas *
Oct. 10 0-1 L No. 14 TEXAS TECH *
Oct. 17 1-2 L No. 15 OKLAHOMA STATE *
Oct. 20 1-0 W OKLAHOMA *
Oct. 24 1-1 T at No. 23 Kansas *
Oct. 27 3-0 W at Kansas State *
Oct. 31 2-1 W TCU *
Nov. 3 0-2 L vs. No. 25 KANSAS (B12Q)
Nov. 16 2-0 W at No. 25 GEORGETOWN (NCAA1)
Nov. 22 1-0 W vs. CENTRAL CONN. STATE (NCAA2) %
Nov. 24 0-3 L vs. WASHINGTON STATE (NCAA3) % ! – Penn State Invitational, University Park, Pa. * - Big 12 Conference Match % - in Charlottesville, Va.
2020-21 (10-3-1, 7-2 Big 12 – 2nd)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Sept. 11
30 2-1 W No. 11 KANSAS *
Nov. 6 0-1 L at No. 3 TCU *
March 7 3-1 W at Saint Joseph’s
March 27 3-2 W No. 5 DUKE
April 3 1-0 W No. 10 VIRGINIA
April 10 1-1 (2ot) T at No. 12 Virginia
May 1 0-1 L vs. RICE (NCAA2) %
Nonconference schedule postponed to spring due to COVID-19 pandemic
* - Big 12 Conference Match % - in Cary, N.C.
2021 (10-5-5, 3-3-3
Big 12 – 6th)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 19 4-0 W BUFFALO
Aug. 22 0-1 L NO. 4 VIRGINIA
Aug. 27 3-1 W at Bucknell
Aug. 29 3-0 W DUQUESNE
Sept. 2 0-2 L NO. 7 PENN STATE
Sept. 9 0-0 (2ot) T NO. 24 GEORGETOWN
Sept. 12 5-0 W SAINT FRANCIS (PA.)
Sept. 16 2-1 W at James Madison
Sept. 19 2-1 W KENT STATE
Sept. 24 4-0 W IOWA STATE *
Oct. 2 2-0 W OKLAHOMA *
Oct. 7 1-1 (2ot) T at Kansas State *
Oct. 10 1-2 (2ot) L at Kansas *
Oct. 14 0-1 L TCU *
Oct. 17 2-0 W TEXAS TECH *
Oct. 21 0-0 (2ot) T at No. 21 Texas *
Oct. 24 0-0 (2ot) T at Baylor *
Oct. 28 1-2 (ot) L OKLAHOMA STATE *
Oct. 31 1-0 W vs. BAYLOR (B12Q)
Nov. 4 0-0 (2ot) T vs. NO. 20 TEXAS (B12S) %
* - Big 12 Conference Match % - WVU lost penalty kick shootout, 3-4
2022 (11-4-7, 4-1-4 Big 12 – 4th)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 18 0-0 T INDIANA Aug. 21 5-1 W SAINT JOSEPH’S
Aug. 25 0-2 L at No. 10 Penn State
Aug. 28 3-0 W SAINT FRANCIS (PA.)
Sept. 1 0-0 T at No. 11 Auburn
Sept. 4 1-0 W No. 25 Samford %
Sept. 8 0-1 L CLEMSON
Sept. 11 0-0 T BUCKNELL
Sept. 17 0-2 L at Georgetown
Sept. 22 1-1 T at Texas Tech *
Sept. 25 2-0 W at Iowa State *
Sept. 30 2-2 T KANSAS *
Oct. 6 1-1 T at No. 10 TCU *
Oct. 13 1-2 L No. 22 TEXAS *
Oct. 16 3-1 W BAYLOR *
Oct. 20 1-1 T at Oklahoma State *
Oct. 23 3-2 W at Oklahoma *
Oct. 27 1-0 W KANSAS STATE *
Oct. 30 2-1 W vs. OKLAHOMA STATE (B12Q)
Nov. 3 1-0 W vs. No. 16 TEXAS (B12S)
Nov. 6 1-0 (2ot) W vs. No. 17 TCU (BIG12F)
Nov. 13 2-0 W VIRGINIA TECH (NCAA1)
Nov. 18 0-4 L at No. 21 Penn State (NCAA2) * - Big 12 Conference Match % - Neutral-site game played in Auburn, Ala.
2023 (7-8-4, 5-3-2 Big 12 – 5th)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 17 0-2 L at No. 4 Duke
Aug. 20 9-0 W SAINT FRANCIS (PA.)
Aug. 24 1-2 L NO. 8 PENN STATE
Aug. 27 1-0 W DUQUESNE
Aug. 31 1-2 L at No. 12 Virginia
Sept. 3 1-3 L at Liberty
Sept. 7 1-1 T AUBURN
Sept. 10 0-0 T VILLANOVA
Sept. 14 2-4 L at UCF *
Sept. 21 1-0 W IOWA STATE *
Sept. 24 1-5 L TCU *
Sept. 28 0-0 T at No. 21 Texas *
Oct. 1 1-2 L at Houston *
Oct. 5 4-0 W OKLAHOMA *
Oct. 8 1-0 W OKLAHOMA STATE *
Oct. 12 1-0 W at Kansas State *
Oct. 15 1-0 W at Kansas *
Oct. 23 1-1 T CINCINNATI *
Oct. 30 1-3 L vs. TEXAS (BIG12Q) * - Big 12 Conference Match
2024 (12-5-3, 8-2-1 Big 12 – 3rd)
NIKKI IZZO-BROWN
Aug. 15 2-0 W DELAWARE
Aug. 18 5-0 W RADFORD
Aug. 23 0-3 L at Clemson
Aug. 29 1-3 L at No. 12 Penn State
Sept. 1 2-0 W ROBERT MORRIS
Sept. 5 2-0 W JMU
Sept. 8 1-1 T LIBERTY
Sept. 12 2-1 W at Cincinnati *
Sept. 19 2-0 W KANSAS STATE *
Sept. 22 3-2 W KANSAS *
Sept. 26 2-1 W at Arizona State *
Sept. 29 1-1 T at Arizona *
Oct. 4 1-0 W UCF *
Oct. 10 1-3 L at TCU *
Oct. 13 2-0 W at Baylor *
Oct. 17 0-1 L TEXAS TECH *
Oct. 20 2-0 W COLORADO *
Oct. 25 4-1 W at Houston *
Nov. 2 0-1 (2 OT) L vs. KANSAS (BIG12Q)
Nov. 15 1-1 (2 OT) T at Kentucky (NCAA1)% *Big 12 Conference match
% - WVU lost penalty kick shootout, 3-4
KEY:
B12Q – Big 12 Quarterfinals
B12S – Big 12 Semifinals
B12F – Big 12 Finals
BE1 – Big East First Round
BEQ – Big East Quarterfinals
BES – Big East Semifinals
BEF – Big East Finals
NCAA1 – NCAA First Round
NCAA2 – NCAA Second Round
NCAA3 – NCAA Third Round
NCAA4 – NCAA Quarterfinals
CCS – College Cup Semifinals
CCF – College Cup Final
Rankings reflect highest ranking for opponent on date played (beginning 2006 season)
WeST VIRGINIA SURPASSeD 400 PROGRAM WINS DURING THe 2024 SeASON
ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS
A
Michaela Abam (F) H ouston, Texas
Chrissie Abbott (F) N orth Olmstead, Ohio
Cathy Abel (M/F) Flemington, N.J.
Hannah Abraham (F) Fairchance, Pa.
Stacey Adams (GK) Clifton Park, N.Y.
Chloe Adler (F) Harrisburg, Pa.
Mackenzie Aunkst (D) Harrison City, Pa.
B
Ashley Banks (F/M) A nnandale, Va.
Lana Bannerman (GK) Naperville, Ill.
Drea Barklage (D) St. Louis, Mo.
Greer Barnes (D) R ye, N.Y.
Katie Barnes (F) Mason, Ohio
Leslie Barden (F) Fairfield, Ohio
2014-15-16-17C
2000-01-02-03C
2003-04-05-06
2015-16-17-18
1996-97-98
2020-21-22-23-24
2019-20-21-22-23
2004-05-06-07C
2003-04-05-06
2010-11C
2006-07-08
1998-99-00C-01C
2001-02-03-04C
Mallory Beck (GK) J ohnston, Iowa 2007
Maggie Bedillion (D) Washington, Pa.
2013-14-15
Jaydah Bedoya (F) N ew Bedford, Mass. 2023
Tara Berardi (GK) Rochester, N.Y. 1998-99
Morgan Betscher (F) D ecatur, Ill.
2008-09-10-11
Aria Bilal (F) B owie, Md. 2021-22-23-24
Carly Black (D) H orsham, Pa.
2013-14-15-16C
Carolyn Blank (M) Toms River, N.J. 2006-07-08C-09C
Kara Blosser (M) Spotsylvania, Va. 2012-13
Hannah Boettger (D) C ambridge, Md. 1997, 1999-2000
Kim Bonilla (F) D umfries, Va. 2004-05-06-07
Jordan Brewster (D) N orth Canton, Ohio 2018-19-20-21-22
Ashley Weimer (D) N orth Huntingdon, Pa. 2001-02-03-04C
Sarah Wetmore (D) Hamilton, Va. 1996-97-98
Taylor White (F) Cincinnati, Ohio 2022-23-24
Jordyn Wilson (F) O lathe, Kan 2023-24
Ashley Woolpert (D) Springboro, Ohio 2014-15-16
Lisa Zanti (D) Rosedale, Md. 2001-02-03
Natalie Zibinskas (F/M) D uxbury, Mass. 2022
General Information
WVU PRESIDENT MICHAEL T. BENSON
Michael T. Benson, a veteran higher education administrator, became the 27th president of West Virginia University on July 15, 2025. He brings three decades of academic and administrative experience in higher education to his role leading West Virginia’s flagship, land-grant, R1 institution into a new era.
WVU is Benson’s fifth presidency. Prior to his arrival at Coastal Carolina in 2021, Benson led Snow College, Southern Utah University, and Eastern Kentucky University. During his tenure at Coastal Carolina, Benson secured a $10 million gift, the largest in the school’s history. He worked closely with community partners and policymakers to advance initiatives there, including the successful renewal of a local option penny sales tax to support public and higher education through the year 2039, the only tax of its kind in all of South Carolina.
In 2024, under his leadership, Coastal Carolina enrolled its largest number of students ever - 11,225 - while also setting a record retention rate.
As the 14th president of Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, he helped raise more private money for the institution during his tenure than had been secured in the previous 115 years of the college’s history combined.
Appointed at age 36, Benson was the youngest college president in the history of the Utah System of Higher Education.
Benson has also held faculty appointments at the University of Utah, the University of Notre Dame, and Johns Hopkins University, and has taught at each institution where he served as president, including Coastal Carolina where he was a professor of history.
His scholarly work has focused on the development of the research university and its impact on society. Benson’s book, “Daniel Coit Gilman and the Birth of the American Research University,” was released by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2022. He was a visiting professor in the Department of the History of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins in 2020. Benson’s biography of Gilman was named to the list of Best Higher
Education Books of 2023 by Forbes magazine.
Benson is also the author of “Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel,” and, with co-author Hal Boyd, published “College for the Commonwealth: A Case for Higher Education in American Democracy” with the University Press of Kentucky. Nationally, Benson serves on the Council of Presidents of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. He also is the past board chair of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society and is the former chair of the NCAA Honors Committee.
Benson is sought after for public speeches and appearances. He was a featured contributor to the Huffington Post for 5 years; has written articles for The Jerusalem Post, Lexington Herald-Leader, Louisville Courier Journal, The Kansas City Star, Deseret News, and The Salt Lake Tribune, among others; and appeared on ESPN’s The Paul Finebaum Show. Born in Utah and raised in Texas and Indiana, Benson has worked and studied abroad for nearly 7 years in Italy, England, and Israel. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science and double minors in English and history from Brigham Young University in 1990. He completed his doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College) in 1995, where he was a Rotary Foundation Scholar and recipient of the Oxford Graduate Overseas Fellowship.
@MICHAELTBENSON
Founder’s Award. Benson graduated with a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University in August 2021 and was elected to the Honor Society of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs.
An accomplished athlete, President Benson played basketball at BYU and Oxford, and his best marathon time – 2 hours and 41 minutes – won his age division in the St. George (Utah) Marathon. He also finished among the top 25% of all runners in the 1984 Boston Marathon, one of only 19 teenagers from around the world to compete in the race.
An avid traveler, he has visited all 50 states and five of the seven continents.
He also earned a master’s degree cum laude in nonprofit administration in 2011 from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, where he was the recipient of the prestigious Father Theodore Hesburgh
He and his wife, Debi, are the parents of three children – Truman, Tatum, and Talmage. He also has two older children from a previous marriage. Emma is a TV reporter for KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Samuel writes for Politico in Washington, D.C. Sam’s wife, Keylla, is in her first year at Georgetown Law School.
WVU VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS WREN BAKER
Wren Baker has changed the face of West Virginia University Athletics. He has reenergized the department and set it up for long-term success in the ever-changing world of college athletics. Whether it’s coaching searches, facility master plans, revenue sharing or a modern, business-like approach to Name, Image and Likeness, Baker has faced every challenge head on and has never looked back. He has brought new thinking and confidence to WVU Athletics, and his reputation across the country is secondto-none.
Baker is a high-energy leader, and Mountaineer success has been contagious in competition and in the classroom. Conference championships, NCAA appearances and a national championship have been followed by strong academic achievement for Mountaineer student-athletes, eclipsing previous department GPA highs. Under Baker, WVU has also turned in record fundraising numbers as his forward thinking and strategic planning are geared to bringing future success and revenue stability to the state’s Land-Grant Institution.
Missouri, Memphis, Northwest Missouri and Rogers State, he brought more than 20 years of experience to WVU.
Baker was an instant hit with WVU fans. In his first year in Morgantown, he traveled the state to learn its culture, geography, and history. He has met and listened to Mountaineer fans from all over the world and immersed himself on what it means to be a proud West Virginian. The results of his approach and work ethic speak volumes as the West Virginia Mountaineers continue to be a national brand. Despite accomplishing so much in a short period of time, Baker’s plate is still full. Continued revenue generation, launching an NIL full-service business agency for student-athlete advancement and premium seating options in his two major sports venues are still on his radar for the coming year. His endless energy never stops moving WVU forward.
Then WVU President E. Gordon Gee named Baker as WVU’s vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics on Nov. 30, 2022. He has oversight of 18 varsity sports, a department budget of more than $90 million, approximately 250 employees and nearly 500 studentathletes.
Baker is WVU’s 13th director of athletics and came to Morgantown from the University of North Texas, where he had been the associate vice president and athletics director since 2016. With previous stops at
WrEn BAKEr tHroUGH tHE YEArS
2001-05 Oklahoma State University Basketball Operations Assistant
2005-06 Valliant Public Schools Director of Athletics/Principal
2006-10 Rogers State University Director of Athletics
2010-13 Northwest Missouri State Director of Athletics
2013-15 University of Memphis Deputy Director of Athletics
2015-16 University of Missouri Deputy Director of Athletics
2016-22 University of North Texas Vice President/Director of Athletics
2022- West Virginia University Vice President/Director of Athletics
At North Texas, seven Mean Green programs combined to win 17 conference or division championships during Baker’s tenure. UNT also reached new heights in the classroom under Baker’s leadership, posting its top APR scores and four consecutive department Graduation Success Rate (GSR) records. Baker led record fundraising years at North Texas, and the overall top five largest gifts ever at UNT came under Baker’s leadership.
Prior to North Texas, Baker was the deputy director of athletics at Missouri from 2015 to 2016, serving as the top advisor and chief of staff.
Before Missouri, he spent time at Memphis from 2013-15 as deputy athletics director.
From 2011-13, Baker was athletics director at NCAA Division II power Northwest Missouri State. From 2006-11, Baker served as the first athletics director at Rogers State in Claremore, Oklahoma, where he was also the school’s first men’s basketball coach. His team went 2011 in his only season at the helm, and during his tenure, he developed a full-scale, competitive collegiate athletics program. In 2005, he was the principal and athletics director for Valliant Public Schools, and at age 26, was the youngest principal in Oklahoma history.
Originally from Valliant, Oklahoma, Baker earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Southeastern Oklahoma State in 2001 where he was a member of the honors program. He went on to earn his master’s degree in education leadership from Oklahoma State in 2003.
While at Oklahoma State, Baker was a graduate assistant and basketball operations assistant for the Cowboys’ men’s basketball program under legendary head coach Eddie Sutton. During his time with OSU, the Cowboys posted a 102-30 record, reaching four NCAA tournaments with trips to the 2004 Final Four and the 2005 Sweet 16.
Baker and his wife, Heather, a Bokchito, Oklahoma, native, have two daughters, Addisyn and Reagan.
The Baker Family: Reagan, Addisyn, Heather and Wren
WVU INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
BrittnEY o’DELL
JASon BUttS Head Gymnastics Coach
SEAn CLEArY Head Cross Country/ Track and Field Coach
MAtt WELLS Deputy Athletics Director/ External Affairs
MiCHAEL FrAGALE Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director,/ Communications
APriL MESSErLY
JEn GrEEnY Head Volleyball Coach Jon HAMMonD Hayhurst Family Head Rifle Coach
roSS HoDGE Head Men's Basketball Coach
niKKi iZZo-BroWn Head Women’s Soccer Coach
MArK KELLoGG Hayhurst Family Head Women’s Basketball Coach
JiMMY KinG Head Rowing Coach
MiHA LiSAC Head Tennis Coach
BrEnt MAConDALD Head Swimming and Diving Coach
riCH roDriGUEZ Head Football Coach
StEVE SABinS Head Baseball Coach
DAn StrAtForD Head Men’s Soccer Coach
ATHLETIC FACILITIES
WVU RIFLE RANGE
BASKEtBALL PRACTICE FACILITY
CAPErton INDOOR PRACTICE FACILITY CArY GYM
DiCK DLESK SOCCER STADIUM
DrEAMSWorK FIELD
MononGALiA COUNTY BALLPARK
MoUntAinEEr FiELD AT MiL An PUSKAr STADIUM
MoUntAinEEr TENNIS COURTS
tr ACK & FiELD CoMPLEX AT MYLAn PArK
WVU BOATHOUSE
WVU COLISEUM
AQUAtiC CEntEr AT MYLAN PARK
WVU WrEStLinG PAVILION
ATHLETICS INFORMATION
The West Virginia University Athletics Communications Office is located in the WVU Coliseum near the Country Roads Gate. The main athletics communications office is Room 214.
MAILING ADDRESS
Athletics Communications Office West Virginia University PO Box 0877
Morgantown, WV 26507-0877
WV 26506
PHONE INFORMATION Office: 304-293-2821 Fax: 304-293-4105 Press Box: 304-293-6480
MiCHAEL FrAGALE Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director/ Communications
MiKE Montoro Assistant Athletics Director/ Football Communications
