2018 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 26
Vanessa Flores
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Baytown, Texas
- High School:
- Ross S. Sterling HS
- Member of the Mexican Women’s National Team
- Previously played for the Mexican U-20 Women’s National Team and competed at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup
2017 (Jr.)
- United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Third Team
- All-Big 12 Second Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Team Most Improved Player
- Started all 23 matches at center back
- Ranked first on the team with a career-high 2,131 minutes of playing time
- Helped the Mountaineer defense post 13 shutouts and hold opponents to just 16 goals
- Finished year with a career single-season high three points (1 G, 1 A)
- Registered first career goal in 1-0 victory at No.14 Princeton (Sept. 15)
- Assisted on WVU’s third goal in 3-0 win over Bucknell in NCAA Tournament First Round (Nov. 11)
- Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19)
- TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week (Sept. 19)
2016 (So.)
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Logged 828 minutes in 15 matches
- Made first career start against Buffalo (Aug. 21); finished with six starts on the season
- Recorded first career point with assist on game-tying goal in 1-1 (2OT) draw at No. 2 Penn State (Aug. 19)
- Tallied a career-high three shots and one shot on-goal in 3-1 win vs. Saint Francis (Pa.) (Aug. 28)
- Played the full 90 minutes in team’s 2-1 win vs. No. 14 Ohio State (Sept. 4)
2015 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Logged 222 minutes of action playing off the bench in eight matches
- Finished the season with three shots, including a career-high two in 8-0 win over Villanova (Sept. 6)
- Also played a season-high 56 minutes in victory over Wildcats
In High School
- Girls IMG Academy Top 150 (No. 125)
- Member of the Mexican Women’s National U-17 and U-20 Teams
- Competed with the Mexican U-20 team at the 2015 U-20 Women’s NTC Invitational
- Competed at the 2014 U-17 World Cup Costa Rica
- Captained the 2013 Mexican National Team at the Four Nations Tournament Costa Rica
- Helped the Mexican team defeat the United States and Canada at the 2013 CONCACAF U-17 Championship and earned a spot on the CONCACAF All-Star Team
- Six-year member of the Albion Hurricanes FC, multi-year team captain and led squad to 2012 and 2011 state championships
- Transitioned to Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) and finished seventh in the nation in 2013
- 2014 captain of AHFC 97G ECNL Team
- Team captain at Ross S. Sterling High
- First team all-district, 21-5A Newcomer of the Year and two-time Defensive and Team MVP
Personal
- Daughter of Jose and Gloria Flores
- Has one brother
- Birthday is May 26
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- President’s List
- Dean’s List
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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