2022-23 Women's Soccer Roster

#26 Julia Ware 2021-22 Women's Soccer Roster

Defender


Height 5-8
Class Graduate
Hometown Frisco, TX
High School John Paul II/Purdue
Julia Ware - Women's Soccer - Notre Dame Fighting Irish

2022 Season

  • Played in one game, subbing in for the final 5 minutes in the win over Illinois.

2021 Season

  • Made three appearances for the Irish, logging a total of 53 minutes on the pitch

Ware transferred to Notre Dame after graduating from Purdue.

2020 / AS A JUNIOR

  • Played and started in all 12 matches and tied for the team lead with 1,132 minutes played
  • Ware has started the last 33 consecutive games for the Boilermakers dating back to the final game of the 2018 season
  • She anchored the defense that allowed 10 goals in 12 games and tallied four shutouts on the season
  • Ware assisted on the game-winning goal in the 1-0 win over Northwestern on March 13
  • She was appointed to the NCAA Division I Competition Oversight Committee and her term runs through June 2022

2019 / AS A SOPHOMORE

  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Played in and started all 20 matches and had nine shots, one on goal, in 1,773 minutes
  • Played at least 90 minutes in all but two matches
  • Helped the defense post nine shutouts, Purdue’s most since 2007
  • Started both matches in the Big Ten Tournament, including at top-seeded and No. 7-ranked Wisconsin in a 1-0 victory on Nov. 3
  • Had two shots at Maryland on Oct. 20
  • Recorded two shots at Michigan State on Sept. 29
  • Had a pair of shots in a double-overtime scoreless draw at Saint Louis on Sept. 15
  • Notched a shot on goal against No. 11 Kansas on Sept. 8
  • Helped Purdue shut out Georgia and added two shots in a 1-0 win on Aug. 22

 2018 / AS A FRESHMAN

  • Played in 17 of Purdue’s 18 matches and recorded  five shots, and two on goal, all coming in conference play, in 1,356 minutes, third-most among freshman
  • Played at least 90 minutes in 10 matches
  • Had a career-high and team-high three shots vs then-ranked No. 25 Northwestern
  • Set up the game-winning goal vs Indiana by forcing a handball in the penalty box (9/29)
  • Played 110 minutes vs Iowa, when she notched a game saving slide tackle to prevent the golden goal

 HIGH SCHOOL

  • Focused on her Solar Soccer Club DA as an upperclassman in Dallas after relocating with her family
  • Moved to Texas as a junior after being part of league and CIF championship teams at Mater Dei High School in Orange County, California
  • Helped lead Solar DA to a place in the finals of the club national championship
  • First Team All-Trinity League and honorable mention CIF as a sophomore
  • Second Team All-Trinity League and CIF performer as Mater Dei won league and CIF titles her freshman year
  • Also part of ODP regional and national championship teams
  • Four-year honor student was also part of student council all four years
  • Valedictorian of her eighth grade class

 PERSONAL

  • Majoring in law and society
  • Parents are Chris Ware and Rosita Smith
  • Has two sisters, Olivia and Emma
  • Father, Chris, played baseball at Boise State
  • Mother, Rosita, ran track at Notre Dame
  • Step-Dad, Chris, was a cheer captain at Notre Dame
  • Sister, Olivia, plays soccer at Northeastern
  • Born in Newport Beach, California