Evelyn Shores

Evelyn Shores

Shores with North Carolina in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(2004-12-29) December 29, 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth	Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	North Carolina Tar Heels
Number	2
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2023–	North Carolina Tar Heels	23	(5)
International career‡
2019	United States U-15	1	(0)
2022	United States U-20	2	(0)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 28, 2022

Evelyn Shores (born December 29, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the North Carolina Tar Heels. She won the 2024 national championship with the Tar Heels. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.

Early life and college career

Shores was born in Denver, Colorado, to Debbie and Steven Shores, and has two older siblings. ^[1] She began playing soccer with Tophat SC of Atlanta Georgia, at age four. She stayed with the club through high school, playing two or three age groups up. ^[2] She attended the Westminster Schools, where she lettered in basketball and led the soccer team to three straight state titles. In her senior season, she scored 27 goals with 24 assists and was named to the Just Women's Sports All-America team. ^{[1] [3]} She was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the seventh-best recruit of the 2022 class. ^[2]

North Carolina Tar Heels

Shores made 13 appearances (6 starts) in her freshman season with the North Carolina Tar Heels before suffering a season-ending ACL tear against Wake Forest. She ended the 2023 season with 4 goals and 3 assists and was named to the ACC all-freshman team. ^{[1] [4]} She returned to the field for the last ten games of the 2024 season, including every round of the NCAA tournament. She scored and assisted in a 3–0 third-round win against Minnesota and averaged 45 minutes per game as North Carolina won their 23rd national title and first since 2012. ^{[1] [5]}

International career

Shores began training with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2017. ^[6] The next year, she helped the under-15 team win the 2018 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship. She trained with the under-16 and under-17 teams before the youth national program went on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[7] She helped the under-20 team win the 2022 Sud Ladies Cup but was not selected to the roster for the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. ^[2]

Honors and awards

North Carolina Tar Heels

• NCAA Division I women's soccer tournament: 2024

United States U20

• Sud Ladies Cup: 2022

Individual

• ACC all-freshman team: 2023

References

1. "Evelyn Shores". North Carolina Tar Heels . Retrieved December 19, 2024.
2. Suitts, Phillip (December 23, 2022). "USWNT hopeful Evelyn Shores known for her creative magic". Just Women's Sports . Retrieved December 19, 2024.
3. Suitts, Phillip (June 30, 2022). "Seven seniors headline inaugural JWS soccer All-American teams". Just Women's Sports . Retrieved December 19, 2024.
4. Moon, Emma (November 25, 2024). "UNC women's soccer's Evelyn Shores scores breakthrough goal against Minnesota". The Daily Tar Heel . Retrieved December 19, 2024.
5. Koh, Michael (December 9, 2024). "UNC Women's Soccer Beats Wake Forest to Win 23rd National Championship". Chapelboro.com . Retrieved December 9, 2024.
6. Eskilson, J.R. (September 15, 2017). "U.S. U14 GNT Sept. Camp Notes". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved December 19, 2024.
7. "U16 GNT roster for trip to Europe". United States Soccer Federation. June 12, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
   "U17 WNT heads to Florida for training camp". United States Soccer Federation. February 12, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
   "US U20 WNT Camp Roster – October". United States Soccer Federation. October 7, 2021. Retrieved December 19, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .

External links

• Evelyn Shores at Soccerway.com