2019 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 4
Maria Nelson
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Medina, Ohio
- High School:
- Medina
Bio
CAREER HONORS
- 2022 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2020 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
- 2019-20 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023 - REDSHIRT-SENIOR
- Appeared in all 20 matches, starting 19
- Ranked sixth on the team in minutes played (1,202) and total points (6)
- Netted a goal in the 17th minute against Radford to level the score
- Earned an assist at Lipscomb, finding Jordan Fusco in the 53rd minute for the game-winner
- Registered her first career goal during the season-opening win over California
2022 - REDSHIRT-JUNIOR
- Started 18 of Tennessee's 19 matches and logged 1,225 minutes on the year, totaling three assists.
- Made it three straight matches with an assist when her cross was headed in by Mackenzie George in the second half of UT's win over Tennessee Tech (9/4/22).
- Assisted on the first goal of Tennessee's 4-0 victory over Bowling Green (8/31/22), delivering a brilliant pass to Taylor Huff just outside the box.
- Her first assist of the season came against #5 Duke (8/25/22), when she fed a well placed cross to Jaida Thomas to open the game's scoring.
2021 - REDSHIRT-SOPHOMORE
- Appeared in 12 games, starting in one and logging two assists and a shot on goal during the 2021 campaign.
- Assisted UT's third goal against Lipscomb in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (11/12/21)
- Recorded an assist against Miami (8/22/21)
- Spent the 2021-22 academic year enrolled in Tennessee Athletics' VOLeaders Academy leadership curriculum, culminating in a summer trip to Rwanda.
2020-21 - SOPHOMORE
- Missed the 2020-21 season due to injury
2019 - FRESHMAN
- Started the first 16 matches of the season as an outside back during her rookie season
- Logged all 110 minutes of play in Tennessee's 1-1 tie at No. 7 South Carolina (10/18/19)
- Credited with an assist on Isabella Cook's game-winning goal against Kentucky (10/6/19)
- Logged 84 minutes of play in her Tennessee debut, a 3-1 win over Fordham (8/22/19)
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- 2018 Division I Player of the Year for the state of Ohio
- 2018 United Soccer Coaches High School All-American
- Ranked as the No. 18 defender, No. 90 player overall on the IMG Academy 150 for the Class of 2019
- Totaled 22 goals and 18 assists her senior season, breaking a school record for assists that had stood since 1988
- Played club soccer with the Cleveland Internationals, capturing two State Cup championships and one runner-up finish
- Three-time State Cup MVP for her club squad
PERSONAL
- Maria Nicole Nelson was born June 29, 2001
- Daughter of Michelle and John Nelson
- Loves her English Bulldogs
- Recipient of the Brown Family Athletic Endowed Scholarship
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