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Trinity Byars
Personal information
Full name Trinity Paula Byars[1]
Date of birth (2003-01-29) January 29, 2003 (age 21)[1]
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Texas Longhorns
Number 15
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Texas Longhorns 67 (47)
International career
2018–2019 United States U-17 8 (2)
2019 United States U-18 2 (0)
2022 United States U-20 12 (3)

Trinity Paula Byars (born January 29, 2003) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the Texas Longhorns. She has represented the United States at the under-17 and under-20 level.

Early life[edit]

Byars was raised in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas, one of five siblings born to Agatha and Charles Byars.[2] One of her sisters, Tatyana, played soccer for the Texas Longhorns in 2018–19.[2] She attended June Shelton School in Dallas, where she played basketball and ran track.[2]

Byars began playing soccer when she was four and played for Solar Soccer Club alongside future Longhorns teammate Lexi Missimo from age five.[3][4] They led the team to win the USYS national under-13 championship in 2016 and the USSDA under-16/17 championship in 2019.[2][5] Considered two of the top recruits of the class of 2021, they both committed to Texas when they were in seventh grade and signed to play at the school in 2020.[3][6] Byars had offers to go pro out of high school from foreign clubs including Atlético Madrid, having trained with Atlético and Manchester City in the summer of 2019.[3][6]

College career[edit]

Byars led the Texas Longhorns with 12 goals as a freshman in 2021, earning Big 12 Conference All-Freshman and All-Big 12 second-team honors.[2] She led the Big 12 Conference with 17 goals as a sophomore, helping the Longhorns win the 2022 conference regular-season title, and was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, first-team All-Big 12, and first-team United Soccer Coaches All-American.[2][7] She scored 18 goals as a junior, as the Longhorns won the 2023 Big 12 tournament, and was named first-team All-Big 12 and second-team All-American.[2][8] She broke Kelly McDonald's program record of 46 career goals during the 2023 NCAA tournament.[9]

International career[edit]

Byars trained with the United States youth national team beginning at the under-14 level in 2016.[4][10] She competed with the under-17 team at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[11] She won the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship with the under-20 team as well as the 2022 Sud Ladies Cup, where she was the tournament's top scorer.[12][13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022 – USA Squad List" (PDF). p. 16. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Trinity Byars – Soccer". Texas Longhorns. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Faces in the Crowd: Trinity Byars and Lexi Missimo". Sports Illustrated. March 1, 2021. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Hargroue, Nick (September 30, 2022). "Trinity Byars continues to climb, reaching new heights for Texas soccer". The Daily Texan. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  5. ^ Crooke, Dan (July 22, 2019). "Solar SC and FC Dallas bring home USSDA awards". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Riddle, Greg (November 5, 2020). "Two Dallas-area soccer prodigies will sign with Texas rather than go pro straight out of high school". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  7. ^ Jones, Thomas (August 17, 2023). "Connection between Lexi Missimo, Trinity Byars power Texas women into new soccer season". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  8. ^ Vann, Leah (November 6, 2023). "Texas women's soccer wins Big 12 tournament". Lone Star Live. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  9. ^ Yum, Caleb (November 13, 2023). "Texas soccer's Trinity Byars breaks program's all-time goal record during NCAA Tournament". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  10. ^ "48 players called into U14 GNT camp". United States Soccer Federation. March 18, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  11. ^ "U.S. U17 WNT World Cup Roster". United States Soccer Federation. October 22, 2018. Retrieved May 15, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
  12. ^ Clark, Travis (March 12, 2022). "USA wins Concacaf U20 Championship". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
  13. ^ "Sud Ladies Cup 2022 Best XI". Sud Ladies Cup. June 29, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2024.

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