2025-26 Women's Soccer
Roster
#5 Carolyn Calzada Women's Soccer Roster
Defender
Height
5-9
Class
Graduate
Eligibility
Senior
Hometown
Sugar Hill, GA
Last Team
Texas A&M
CAREER HONORS
- United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Team (2023)
- A two-time All-SEC honoree
- All-SEC Second Team (2024)
- All-SEC First Team (2023)
- SEC All-Tournament Team (2023)
- Texas A&M Defensive MVP (2023)
- TopDrawerSoccer.com National Top 100 – No. 74 (2023)
- SEC All-Freshman Team (2022)
- TopDrawerSoccer.com Freshman Top 100 – No. 61 (2022)
- Texas A&M Soccer Newcomer of the Year (2022)
- SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2023)
- SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022)
AT TEXAS A&M
A Texas A&M graduate who earned her bachelor’s degree in allied health in December 2024 … two-time All-SEC performer … team co-captain 2024 … finished three-year Aggie career with 54 caps, all starts, totaling 4,657 minutes on the pitch … tallied five career points with five assists … Texas A&M recorded 21 shutouts in her 54 appearances … elected to play her final season as a graduate student at Notre Dame.
AS A JUNIOR (2024-25)
- Served as team co-captain in 2024
- Earned All-SEC Second Team recognition
- Appeared in 18 matches, all starts, logging 1,543 minutes on the pitch
- Notched two assists on the season
- Anchored back line in seven shutouts on the season
- Played the entire 90 minutes in 15 matches
- Notched an assist in the season-opening win at Lamar (8/15) and home victory over Louisiana Tech (9/8)
AS A SOPHOMORE (2023-24)
- Earned honors as United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region, All-SEC First Team, SEC All-Tournament Team and Texas A&M Defensive MVP following her second season in Aggieland
- Identified as one of the top 100 players in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer.com – tapped No. 74 on the list
- Appeared in 19 matches, all starts, logging 1,594 minutes on the pitch
- Played 90-plus minutes in 15 matches, including the last nine contests after returning from an injury
- Anchored the back line in nine shutouts on the season
- Registered one point on the season with an assist
- Recorded an assist against Tulsa (8/31)
AS A FRESHMAN (2022-23)
- Appeared in 17 matches, all starts, on the backline as a rookie for 1,520 minutes of action
- Identified as one of the top 100 freshman in the nation by TopDrawerSoccer.com – tapped No. 61 on the list
- Earned SEC All-Freshman Team recognition
- Helped the Aggies produce five shutouts – Clemson (8/18), McNeese (8/21), Sam Houston (8/25), Illinois (9/1) and Ohio State (9/4) … played 90-plus minutes in 16 matches, including 110 minutes against Mississippi State (10/30)
- Notched two assists on the season, in back-to-back games against Auburn (10/14) and South Carolina (10/20)
PREP/CLUB
- Played one season for Buford High School as a team captain under Coach Megan Hill, lettering in 2021 …
- Led Wolves to a 20-1-1 record, the best in school history, including not yielding a goal during a 12-0 regional campaign
- Qualified for the Georgia 6A Final Four with only loss of season coming in the state semifinal match
- Tallied 15 goals and 12 assists
- Earned GRIT Award as Buford Player of the Week on five occasions and the Gold GRIT Award for Buford Player of the Year in 2021
- Filled up the trophy case as All-Gwinnett County, All-Region 8-6A First Team, Region 8-6A Player of the Year and All-State in 2021
- Played at Tophat Soccer under coaches Troy Garner and Jerome Samuels since 2016
- Led Tophat to Girls Academy Southeast Region title and Nationals second place finish in 2021
- Served as club advisory representative for Girls Academy League
- Propelled Tophat to Development Academy Southeast Division Regional championships on three occasions, including 2018, ’19 and ’20
- Guided Tophat to ECNL U16 Southeast Regional title in 2016-17
- Played club soccer for Concord Fire under coaches Alan Woods and Nathan Harrell from 2012-15 and United Futbol Academy for Coach Iggy Moleka from 2006-12
- Participated in US Soccer Youth National Team Camp and Regional Youth National Identification Center in April 2021
- On US Soccer U17 Women’s National Team that won the title at the 2019 UEFA Development Tournament with victories over the Czech Republic, Belgium and Ireland
- Also lettered in cross country at Buford in 2019, finishing second in the region and qualifying for state meet
- Earned Academic Letter three seasons and ranks in top 10 percent of class with a 97.4 grade average