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Kate Faasse Wins Honda Sport Award For Soccer
UNC's
Kate Faasse, national champion and MAC Hermann Trophy winner, has earned another prestigious honor to cap off a remarkable season. She has won the Class of 2025 Honda Sport Award for Soccer, announced by the Collegiate Women Sports Awards. The Honda Sport Award is presented annually to the top women athletes in 12 NCAA sports. (
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UNC Women’s Soccer Announces Spring Schedule
The reigning national champions are back on the pitch, as coach Damon Nahas announced UNC Women's Soccer's spring schedule. The Tar Heels will play five matches, including three in Chapel Hill. UNC begins its spring slate Saturday, Feb. 22, at UNCW in Wilmington, North Carolina, at 2 p.m. The following Saturday, the Tar Heels host Tennessee. (
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Emerson Elgin, Aria Nagai Receive NWSL Preseason Camp Invitations
With the National Women's Soccer League's 2025 season fast approaching, two UNC women's soccer national champions have earned invitations to preseason camps. Emerson Elgin got the call from North Carolina Courage while Aria Nagai is training with the Utah Royals. Nagai ended the season as TopDrawerSoccer's No. 66-ranked player. (
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Tar Heels First In Learfield Directors’ Cup Final Fall Standings
UNC finished the fall semester No. 1 in the country in the 2024-25 Learfield Directors' Cup standings. The Tar Heels entered the football bowl season second behind Stanford but edged ahead of the Cardinal with 25 additional points by playing in the Fenway Bowl in Boston. UNC's fall sports amassed 422.5 points, 9.5 ahead of Stanford. Penn State was third. (
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Ally Sentnor Wins 2024 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year
Ally Sentnor, one of the top players in the United States Youth National Team program the past few years who earned her first USWNT cap at the end of last year, has been voted the 2024 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. Sentnor, a forward/midfielder, becomes the ninth Tar Heel to win the prestigious honor since its inception in 1998. (
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Trinity Armstrong Signs Pro Soccer Contract With San Diego Wave
Freshman sensation and national champion Trinity Armstrong has signed a professional contract with San Diego Wave in the National Women's Soccer League. She will forgo her final three seasons of college eligibility to join the pro ranks. Armstrong put together one of the best rookie seasons in Tar Heel history in 2024 as one of the nation's best center backs. (
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UNC Women's Soccer Standout Maddie Dahlien Signs With Seattle Reign FC
Maddie Dahlien has signed a professional contract with Seattle Reign FC in the National Women's Soccer League. The forward will forgo her remaining season of college eligibility, having capped off her remarkable UNC career as a national champion. She will join fellow Tar Heels
Claudia Dickey and
Sam Meza in Seattle ahead of the 2025 NWSL season. (
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UNC Goalkeeper Clare Gagne Signs With Kansas City Current
The 2024 NCAA College Cup Defensive Most Outstanding Player has turned pro, as goalkeeper Clare Gagne signed a contract with Kansas City Current in the National Women's Soccer League after finishing her college eligibility. Gagne guided the Tar Heels to the national championship during her lone season in Chapel Hill in 2024 as a graduate student. (
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UNC Women's Soccer Standout Bella Sember Signs With KIF Örebro DFF In Sweden
National champion and recent UNC graduate Bella Sember has signed a professional contract with KIF Örebro DFF, a club in the highest division of professional women's soccer in Sweden. Sember ended her four-year Tar Heel career with 14 goals, five assists, and 33 points in 82 appearances. Eight of her 14 career goals were game-winners. (
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Kate Faasse Wins 2024 MAC Hermann Trophy
The best player in college soccer is North Carolina's own
Kate Faasse. Faasse was named the winner of the 2024 MAC Hermann Trophy, the most coveted honor in NCAA soccer. She was presented the award during a banquet on Jan. 3, 2025 in St. Louis. UNC now has eight players who have won a combined 10 Hermann Trophies, the most by any school. (
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