2015 Women's Soccer Roster
Carissa Sanders
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Ryan HS
- Hometown:
- Denton, TX
2018
• Team captain
• 2018 C-USA Tournament Defensive MVP
• 2018 C-USA All-Tournament Team
• 2018 C-USA All-Conference Third-Team
• Scored the Mean Green's second goal in their 2-0 win over Rice in the quarterfinals of the C-USA Championship
• Scored in the first half at Southern Miss on Sept. 21
• Named the C-USA Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 24
• Has started every game at center back including playing 105 minutes versus Alabama
2017
• 2017 Preseason All-Conference First-Team
• Started in all 22 matches and the entirety of 18 matches
• Played the most minutes this season for the Mean Green with 1940 minutes
• Scored her first-career goal and the game-winning goal at Charlotte on Oct. 19
• Attempted three shots and three shots on goal
2016
• Named to the All-Conference USA Third Team
• Was one of three players on the team to start all 21 games
• Was first on the team in minutes played
• Moved to the central back position after playing on the outside her freshman year
• Part of a defensive unit that held C-USA opponents to 5 shots on goal or less in 7 of 10 games
• Part of a defensive unit that held C-USA opponents to 1 goal or less in 8 of 10 games
• Was part of a defense that posted seven shutouts
2015
• Started 20 of the 24 games
• Posted the most starts out of all the freshman
• Part of a defense that recorded a school team-record 16 shutouts
• Recorded her first assist against Charlotte
High School
• A two-sport athlete in high school, Sanders was named honorable mention all-district in soccer and offensive player of the year as a junior
• Was also named all-district in soccer as a freshman
• Was named first-team all-district and second-team all-area in basketball as a junior, averaging 7.5 points and 6.3 rebounds
• Received the Denton ISD Varsity Scholar-Athlete in basketball and soccer for the 2012-13 school year
• Plays for the FC Dallas Soccer Club
• Her younger brother is a quarterback at Oklahoma State
