2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 1
Aria Bilal
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Bowie, Md.
- High School:
- McDonough School/Bowie HS
2024 (Sr.)
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
2023 (Jr.)
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- Appeared in all 19 contests, playing 467 minutes
- Recorded one goal for two points on the year
- Lone tally of the season was against Oklahoma on Oct. 5 to lift WVU to a 4-0 win over the Sooners
- Posted 10 shots during the campaign, placing four of those on goal
2022 (So.)
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 Second Team
- Played in all 23 matches and earned 11 starts
- Tallied her first career start against Saint Francis (Pa.) on Aug. 28
- Breakout sophomore season also included her first career goal in WVU’s NCAA Tournament First Round win over Virginia Tech on Nov. 13
- Her goal against the Hokies also was credited as the game winner
- Notched the first assist of her career on Rhea Kijowski’s goal against Saint Joseph’s on Aug. 21
- Played 803 minutes throughout the year, including a season-best 53 minutes against Saint Francis
- Posted 40 or more minutes in eight matches
- Tallied 13 shots on the year, placing seven of those on goal
2021 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Appeared in eight contests in her inaugural season
- Made her Mountaineer debut against Duquesne on Aug. 29
- Recorded 47 minutes on the year
- Appeared in a season-best 12 minutes against Kent State on Sept. 19
High School
- Played for coach Harry Canellakis at McDonough School
- Ranked No. 111 in the IMG Academy 150 by TopDrawerSoccer.com
- Rated a four-star recruit by TDS
- Helped McDonough to a No. 1 national ranking in 2019
- Part of three Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM) championships at McDonough
- Played for Maryland United FC, also for coach Canellakis, most recently for its U-18/19 squad
Personal
- Daughter of Omar and Arneshuia Bilal
- Has one brother
- Birthday is March 8
- Majoring in sport management
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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