One of the best to don an Irish soccer uniform, Korbin Albert left Notre Dame after two seasons to sign a pro contract with Paris Saint-Germain. Going from the Notre Dame brand to one of the largest and most popular football clubs in Europe, Albert has trailblazed a new path for Irish collegiate players. For the 2022 season, Albert was named a Mac Hermann Trophy Finalist, First Team All-American and the ACC Midfielder of the Year.

CAREER HONORS

2022 Mac Hermann Trophy Finalist (Top-3)
2022 Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Year
2022 First Team All-American (United Soccer Coaches)
2022 College Soccer News First Team All-America
2022 ACC Midfielder of the Year
2022 ACC All-Tournament Team
Two-time All-ACC selection
- 2022 First Team
- 2021 Third Team
2021 ACC All-Freshman Team
Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Region honoree
- 2022 First Team All-Region
- 2021 Second Team All-Region
2022 ACC All-Academic Team
Two-time 2022 CollegeSoccerNews.com & Top Drawer National Soccer Player of the Week (Oct. 11, Nov. 8)
Two-time 2022 ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25, Nov. 1)
2021 Top-Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI Team
2021 Top-Drawer Soccer Top-10 Freshman list for 2021
2021 College Soccer News All-Freshman Second Team
Played in 44 total games, with 42 starts.
Scored 28 career goals
Dished out 9 career assists
Totaled 65 career points
8 career game-winners

2022 Season (Sophomore)

Mac Hermann Trophy Finalist (Top-3) – first Irish finalist since the 2010 season.
Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Year
First Team All-American (United Soccer Coaches)
College Soccer News First Team All-America
ACC Midfielder of the Year
All-ACC First Team
ACC All-Tournament Team
Two-time CollegeSoccerNews.com & Top Drawer National Soccer Player of the Week (Oct. 11, Nov. 8)
Two-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25, Nov. 1)
Played in 22 games, started in 21, missing the season opener due to the U.S U-23 World Cup
16 total goals – 8th in the country – tops for a midfielder
0.73 goals per game – 11th in the country
37 total points – 9th in the country
1.7 points per game – 12th in the country
6 game-winning goals – 5th in the country
Scored an impressive 14 goals over the last 12 games. A total of 4 multi-goal performances over the last 8 games – 5 total on the year.
She had 3 PK goals, so when looking at her 13 non-PK goals – 10 came from outside the box. In addition, three came via direct free-kicks.
One of the best individual performances she had this season was against Florida State on Nov. 3 when she recorded her first career hat trick.
9 of her 16 goals were scored against top-25 teams.

2021 Season (Freshman)

Third Team All-ACC
ACC All-Freshman Team
Top-Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI Team
United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-Region
Top-Drawer Soccer Top-10 Freshman list for 2021
Finished with the second most goals on the team with 12, which tied for the 13^th most all-time in program history for a freshman
Her 12 goals also ranked 4^th in the ACC and 29^th in the country. Nationally, amongst Division I freshmen, Albert’s 12 goals ranked 2^nd, just one goal behind Radford’s Kat Parris.
Cracked the starting lineup in game one and never looked back, starting in 21 of 22 games played, racking up over 1,488 minutes.
Scored eight goals over the final 11 games, including four in the last four.
Totaled three braces on the year – Detroit Mercy (9/9), Louisville (10/7) and SIUE (11/14)
Also achieved two game-winning goals – one against Louisville (10/7) and the other in the NCAA First Round vs. SIUE (11/14)
Secured a spot in the ND record book in the win over Louisville – scoring in the first 37 seconds, which marked the fifth fastest goal in program history
Recorded a ‘golazo’ at No 2 Virginia from over 30 yards out.
Also scored Notre Dame’s first goal in the NCAA third round at Arkansas in an absolute screamer of goal from outside the 18-yard box.

PREP AND PERSONAL

Played Club for Eclipse Select and coach Mike Nesci.
Member of the US Youth National Team Pool from 2015-2019
Got called up to the U-17 WNT in 2019 for a UEFA Development Tournament in Czech Republic
2018-19 ECNL Midwest Player of the Year
ECNL Champions League Best XI U16 & U17
ECNL All-American Team 2018-2019
Top Drawer Best 11 2018 DA Tournament
U15 Girls National Team
U14 ECNL National Finalists (2017)
US Futsal National Team (2015-2016)
TDS ECNL playoffs U14 Best XI (2017)
TDS ECNL New Jersey Best XI (2017)
Graduated from Classical Consortium in three years
Daughter of Janet Albert
Has four brothers; DJ, Kyler, Keaton & Landon, and one sister, Teagon
Mom was an All American for Track & Field at the University of Iowa
DJ played soccer at the University of Cincinnati, Keaton played soccer at Indiana Wesleyan and Teagon plays soccer and is on the diving team at Olivet Nazarene University
Intends to major in animal behavior

Albert heads to France with USWNT U-20