Klein Named First Team Academic All-America®
12/6/2022 12:29:00 PM | Women's Soccer
AUSTIN — North Texas women's soccer senior captain Olivia Klein was named a 2022 First Team Academic All-America® selection by College Sports Communicators on Tuesday.
Klein, who was named the 2022 Conference USA Player of the Year, is the first women's soccer student-athlete in UNT history to earn the first team Academic All-America® recognition and the fourth overall Mean Green student-athlete ever to earn the first team honor.
Klein holds a 4.0 grade point average and is actively working towards her Masters in Sports Management. She joins her former teammate and 2019 North Texas graduate, Logan Bruffett, as UNT women's soccer student-athlete to be named to an Academic All-America® team. Bruffett was voted second team in 2019.
A three-time Conference USA champion, Klein leaves the Mean Green with 24 career goals and 13 career assists in 90 career matches played.
Her 90 career matches is second-most in program history and her 24 career goals are tied for 17th most in school history.
Klein led the league in 2022 in goals scored and was voted first team all-conference in addition to the player of the year nod.
NORTH TEXAS ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® SELECTIONS
Fall 2022: Olivia Klein, Soccer (First Team)
Spring 2022: Caleb Bouchard, Cross Country/Track (Second Team)
Spring 2021: Bailey Ashmore, Cross Country/Track (Second Team)
Spring 2019: Cassidy Adams, Cross Country/Track (First Team)
Fall 2019: Logan Bruffett, Soccer (Second Team)
Spring 2017: Klli Schkade, Softball (Third Team)
Spring 2007: Heath Smith, Cross Country/Track (First Team)
Spring 2006: Heath Smith, Cross Country/Track (Second Team)
Fall 2005: Patrick Cobbs, Football (Second Team)
Fall 1998: John Baker, Football (Second Team)
Spring 1988: Donald Thompson, Baseball (Second Team)
Fall 1976: Pete Morris, Football (First Team)
Fall 1975: Pete Morris, Football (First Team
Klein, who was named the 2022 Conference USA Player of the Year, is the first women's soccer student-athlete in UNT history to earn the first team Academic All-America® recognition and the fourth overall Mean Green student-athlete ever to earn the first team honor.
Klein holds a 4.0 grade point average and is actively working towards her Masters in Sports Management. She joins her former teammate and 2019 North Texas graduate, Logan Bruffett, as UNT women's soccer student-athlete to be named to an Academic All-America® team. Bruffett was voted second team in 2019.
A three-time Conference USA champion, Klein leaves the Mean Green with 24 career goals and 13 career assists in 90 career matches played.
Her 90 career matches is second-most in program history and her 24 career goals are tied for 17th most in school history.
Klein led the league in 2022 in goals scored and was voted first team all-conference in addition to the player of the year nod.
NORTH TEXAS ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA® SELECTIONS
Fall 2022: Olivia Klein, Soccer (First Team)
Spring 2022: Caleb Bouchard, Cross Country/Track (Second Team)
Spring 2021: Bailey Ashmore, Cross Country/Track (Second Team)
Spring 2019: Cassidy Adams, Cross Country/Track (First Team)
Fall 2019: Logan Bruffett, Soccer (Second Team)
Spring 2017: Klli Schkade, Softball (Third Team)
Spring 2007: Heath Smith, Cross Country/Track (First Team)
Spring 2006: Heath Smith, Cross Country/Track (Second Team)
Fall 2005: Patrick Cobbs, Football (Second Team)
Fall 1998: John Baker, Football (Second Team)
Spring 1988: Donald Thompson, Baseball (Second Team)
Fall 1976: Pete Morris, Football (First Team)
Fall 1975: Pete Morris, Football (First Team
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