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
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