Meg Hughes

Meg Hughes

Hughes with Michigan State in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-05-16) May 16, 2002 (age 23)
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s)	Forward, Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sporting JAX
Number	10
College career
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	Providence Friars	70	(23)
2024	Michigan State Spartans	16	(7)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2025–	Sporting JAX	4	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of September 13, 2025

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.

Early life

Hughes grew up in Rochester, Massachusetts. ^[1] She set the school scoring record at Old Rochester Regional High School with 127 goals, earned all-state honors twice, and was named the Standard-Times player of the year in 2018. ^[1] She played ECNL soccer for Scorpions SC. ^[1]

College career

Hughes played four seasons for the Providence Friars, scoring 23 goals and providing 13 assists in 70 games. She was named the Big East Conference Freshman of the Year in 2020 and was selected to all-conference teams all four years, twice picking up first-team honors. ^{[1] [2] [3]} She also ran track while at Providence, recording personal bests of 56.36 s in the 400 meters and 1:01.29 in the 400 meter hurdles. ^{[4] [5]} She then transferred to the Michigan State Spartans for a fifth and final season. She scored 7 goals with 6 assists in 22 games in 2024, receiving second-team All-Big Ten honors. ^[5]

Club career

Hughes was a trialist with the Washington Spirit in the 2025 preseason. ^[6] On July 1, 2025, USL Super League expansion club Sporting JAX announced that the club had signed Hughes for their inaugural season. ^[7] She made her professional debut on August 23, playing all 90 minutes in Sporting's inaugural game and setting up Jade Pennock's inaugural goal for the club in a 3–1 loss to DC Power FC. ^[8] The following week, she scored her first professional goal in a 3–2 win over the Tampa Bay Sun on August 30. ^[9]

Career statistics

College statistics

As of match played November 24, 2024 ^{[1] [5]}

Season	Games		Scoring
	GP	GS	G	A	PTS	SH	SOG
Providence Friars
2020	12	4	4	6	14	24	0
2020–21	12	4	4	6	14	24	15
2021	20	20	9	4	22	75	38
2022	19	18	2	4	8	49	18
2023	20	20	8	0	16	56	34
Michigan State Spartans
2024	16	15	7	3	17	28	21
Career
Career Total	98	81	34	23	91	256	126

Honors and awards

Individual

• Second-team All-Big Ten: 2024
• First-team All-Big East: 2021, 2023
• Second-team All-Big East: 2020, 2022
• Big East Freshman of the Year: 2020

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". Providence Friars . Retrieved August 30, 2025.
5. "Meg Hughes". Michigan State Spartans . Retrieved January 30, 2025.
6. Michigan State Women's Soccer [@msu_wsoccer]; (January 30, 2025). "And another one..." Retrieved January 30, 2025– via Instagram.
7. "Sporting JAX adds seven dynamic new signings to inaugural roster, including international stars". Sporting Club Jacksonville. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
8. Freeman, Clayton (August 24, 2025). "Denied in debut: Sporting Jax scores early, fades late in city's pro women's soccer opener". The Florida Times-Union . Retrieved August 30, 2025.
9. Freeman, Clayton (August 30, 2025). "Goal! Here's how Sporting Jax women's soccer nettted first-ever win vs. reigning champion". The Florida Times-Union . Retrieved August 30, 2025.