UTEP Soccer Adds Six on National Signing Day

11/13/2024 4:39:00 PM

EL PASO, Texas – The UTEP soccer team inked six signees to their 2025 class, Head Coach Gibbs Keeton announced Wednesday.

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

Zeta McDannels
Midfielder
FC Dallas ECNL
Lubbock, Texas

Has racked up multiple accolades during her high school career, including being a two-time Lone Start Varsity Player of the Year (2023,2024) … she is a District 2-6A Regional Quarterfinal Champion (2024) … 2-6A Area Champion (2024) … 3x 2-6A Bi-District Champion (2022,2023,2024) … 2x District 2-6A MVP (2023,2024) … earned Texas Girls' Coaches Association All-State honors (2024… Lubbock All-City Newcomer of the year (2022).

Savanah Finley
Goalkeeper
Sting Black ECNL
Rockwall, Texas

Was named 2024 District 10-6A Goalkeeper of the year … earned Texas Association of Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Region honors (2024) … was named to the 2023 District 10-6A First Team … as a freshman was named a District 10-6A Honorable Mention … is a three-time Academic All-District honoree … is a four-year varsity player ... she is a double Miner legacy, as both parents attended UTEP, where her dad played football.

Ava Grosso
Forward
Classics Elite ECNL
Austin, Texas

Was named the 2024 District 26-6A Offensive MVP … earned a spot on the 2024 District 26-6A All-District First Team … Was a member of the 2023-24 ECNL-RL All-Region Team … was named Austin-Area Girls Athlete of the Week on Feb. 10 following a two-goal performance against ranked Lake Travis HS.

Avery Easley
Defender
Sting Royal ECNL
Flower Mound, Texas

2024 District 6-6A Champion … helped Flower Mound HS to a 16-2-2 overall record (11-1-2 in District 6-6A play) and first place finish in 2023-24 … central part of the FMHS team that ranked fourth in Texas and 22nd nationally in 2023-24 … was key in FMHS going 8-2 at home during the 2022-23 season.

Lauren Varela
Defender
Cosmos FC
El Paso, Texas

Is a two-time District 2-5A First Team honoree … helped El Paso HS to a 19-2 overall record (10-0 in District 2-5A) in 2023-24 … tallied one goal and one assist in junior season … key part of a defense that allowed just 11 goals against in 2023-24 ... helped El Paso HS to rank 30^th in Division 5A in Texas.

Kaitlyn Duntley
Forward
West Texas Rush Galaxy
El Paso, Texas

Was named 2024 District 1-6A Offensive MVP … earned 2023 All-City First Team honors … picked up the 2023 District 1-6A MVP honor …helped Eastwood HS to am 11-7-2 overall record in 2024 … was an important piece of the Trooper team that ranked 74th in Region I in 2024 … scored 27 goals and had nine assists as a sophomore.

"I am proud of our staff and team in recruiting a class that will continue to help us trend upward," Keeton said. "Our current team is starting to mature, and we feel that the 2025 class will compliment that while once again increasing our competitive drive. The sky is the limit for our 2025 class as we add players in every line that will help create our most cohesive group yet."

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