UTEP Soccer Adds Seven on National Signing Day

11/9/2023 10:09:00 AM

EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team has signed seven student-athletes for the 2024 season, Head Coach Gibbs Keeton announced Thursday.

A brief profile on each signee and a quote from Keeton follow below.

Ashlee Mora
Outside Back
5-6
New Mexico Soccer Academy
Albuquerque, N.M.

Has earned a place on the Distinguished Honor roll at Albuquerque School of Excellence … Student of the Month … plays club for New Mexico Soccer Academy … two-time state cup champion … Desert Conference League champion … three-time New Mexico ODP team member … three-time ODP Regional Pool team member … competed twice in the Alianza de Fútbol national showcase.

Sydney Williams
Attacking Mid
5-7
Renegades SC
Allen, Texas

Played both soccer and volleyball for Allen HS… earned a spot on the US National watch list for the 2023-2024 season … older sister Ashleigh played collegiate soccer at Texas Tech.

Emma Cook
Center Back/Holding Mid
5-5
Gretna Elite Academy
Omaha, Neb.

Plays for Millard North HS and Gretna Elite Academy in Omaha, Nebraska … received honorable mention all-district honors … is part of the DECA leadership team … earned a spot on the 2022 ECNL Girls Midwest All-Conference First Team with Gretna.

Cassie Garza
Attacking Mid
5-5
Sting West Texas
Lubbock, Texas

Four-year varsity player for Coronado HS in Lubbock, Texas … 2022-23 team captain … scored 14 goals and tallied 10 assists in junior campaign … three-time First Team All-City honoree (2021, 2022, 2023) … was named to the 2023 Lone Star Varsity Girls Super Team … in sophomore season she earned First Team All-District … 2021 Newcomer of the Year.

Anai Lopez
Attacking Mid
5-0
Revolution FC
Odessa, Texas

Four-year varsity player at New Tech Odessa and Permian HS … earned 2023 District MVP honors while leading Permian to the Area Championship title … two-year captain at Permian … as a junior, helped lead the team to a 6-3-1 record and second place finish in District 2-6A … 2022 First Team All-District … 2021 Newcomer of the Year.

Lilly Powers
Outside Back
5-3
Sting West Texas
Lubbock, Texas

Four-year varsity player at Coronado HS in Lubbock, Texas … earned Second Team All-District Honors … was part of a defense that posted seven shutouts … tallied seven assists as an outside back.

Danica Guzman
Goalkeeper
5-5
Dallas Surf
El Paso, Texas

Four-year varsity letter winner with Eastlake HS in El Paso … received 2022 All-City Honorable Mention … earned Second Team All-District honors in 2022 … Helped her team to the Bi-District Championship title in 2021 and earned Second Team All-City and Freshman of the Year.

"As a staff we are very excited to announce our 2024 class. Within the class you will find a recruiting plan that targeted players of high character, specific positional needs, and players with an elevated competitive drive. This is a group of student athletes that believed in us as a staff and selected UTEP as a place to play soccer and earn a great education at a time when belief was exclusively all we could provide. Our 2024 class will help push us forward to achieve our goals on and off the field." -Head Coach Gibbs Keeton

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