Shores was born in Denver, Colorado, to Debbie and Steven Shores, and has two older siblings.[1] After the family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, she began playing soccer for Tophat SC when she was four years old. 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 player of her class, part of North Carolina's top-ranked 2023 recruiting class.[4]
College career
Shores made 13 appearances (6 starts) in her freshman season with the North Carolina Tar Heels before sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury against Wake Forest, ruling her out for the rest of the 2023 season. She had 4 goals and 3 assists and was named to the ACC all-freshman team.[1][5] She returned to the field for the last ten games of her sophomore season in 2024. In the NCAA tournament, she scored her first goal since her injury and assisted Olivia Thomas during a 3–0 third-round win against Minnesota. She averaged 45 minutes off the bench during the NCAA tournament, playing 44 in the final against Wake Forest as North Carolina won its 23rd national title and first since 2012.[1][6]
On July 10, 2025, Angel City FC announced that the club had signed Shores to her first professional contract on a three-and-a-half-year deal.[9] She spoke with multiple NWSL teams before visiting Angel City and deciding not to return to college.[10] She made her professional debut on August 1, starting in a 2–0 loss to the Seattle Reign.[11]
Shores was called into training camp with the under-23 team, practicing alongside the senior national team, in March 2025.[14] In June 2025, as the only college player on a team of under-23 professionals, she scored a stoppage-time game winner against the Germany under-23s.[15]
Career statistics
As of September 1, 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
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