Meg Hughes

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Meg Hughes
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Hughes with Michigan State in 2024
Personal information
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Forward, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Sporting JAX
Number 10
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2023 Providence Friars 70 (23)
2024 Michigan State Spartans 16 (7)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2025– Sporting JAX 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Meg Hughes is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Providence Friars and the Michigan State Spartans.

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College career

Hughes played four seasons for the Providence Friars, being named the Big East Conference Freshman of the Year in 2020 and earning all-conference honors every season, twice on the first team. She scored 23 goals and provided 13 assists in 70 games. [1] [2] [3] She transferred to the Michigan State Spartans for her graduate season in 2024. She scored 7 goals with 6 assists in 22 games and was named second-team All-Big Ten. [4]

Club career

Sporting JAX

Hughes was invited to train as a non-roster invitee with the Washington Spirit in the 2025 preseason. [5] On July 1, 2025, new USL Super League club Sporting JAX announced that the team had signed Hughes for its inaugural season. [6]

Career statistics

College statistics

SeasonGamesScoring
GPGSGAPTSSHSOG
Providence Friars
20201244614240
2020–2112446142415
2021202094227538
202219182484918
2023202080165634
Michigan State Spartans
2024161573172821
Career
Career Total9881342391256126

Honors and awards

Individual

References

  1. "Meg Hughes". Providence Friars . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  2. Seavey, Jim (April 26, 2021). "Old Rochester grad Meg Hughes getting her kicks at Providence as Big East's Freshman of the Year". The Standard-Times . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  3. Los Lee, Laruie (June 30, 2022). "Coming off a big year at Providence College, Meg Hughes teaches soccer to local youth". The Standard-Times . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  4. "Meg Hughes". Michigan State Spartans . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  5. Michigan State Women's Soccer [@msu_wsoccer]; (January 30, 2025). "And another one..." Retrieved January 30, 2025 via Instagram.
  6. "Sporting JAX adds seven dynamic new signings to inaugural roster, including international stars". Sporting Club Jacksonville. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.