The Bulldogs added three field players and two goalkeepers for 2019.
Five Spring Enrollees Join Bulldog Soccer Program
January 14, 2019 | Soccer
by Brian Ogden, Assistant Coordinator/Communications
STARKVILLE – Five new student-athletes have begun classes this semester as members of the Mississippi State soccer program. MSU added two goalkeepers and three field players for 2019.
Alyssa Austin (Cypress, Texas), Madison Cotta (Tulare, California), Katie Moore (Charlotte, North Carolina), Ryann Mushkin (New Canaan, Connecticut) and Emily Samisch (Collierville, Tennessee) are the first members of MSU's 2019 signing class to enroll.
Austin, a midfielder out of Cypress Ranch High School, played her club ball with Challenge SC in the ECNL where she was a team captain. She attended the U.S. Soccer Center in 2016 and the U.S. Club Soccer Player Development Program in 2018.
Cotta can play as both a midfielder and forward. She totaled 97 goals in her career at Mission Oak High School, including netting 15 in just eight games as a senior. She is a three-time team MVP and played club soccer for Clovis Crossfire SC. Her club team won the Davis Showcase twice, the 2018 Surf Cup and the 2018 Champions League.
Mushkin played forward for IMG Academy as a member of the school's U.S. Soccer Development Academy team. She scored five goals in her junior season as the team won 19 games and made the playoffs as the first wild card. Mushkin spent her freshman and sophomore years at Kent School in Connecticut where she earned offensive player of the year honors.
Moore and Samisch will join Peyton York in the Bulldog's young goalkeeping corps. Moore played at Gaston Christian School where she was a three-time all-conference selection. She played her club soccer for the Carolina Rapids in the ECNL and with Global Premier Soccer Bayern Munich.
Samisch is a two-star prospect out of Collierville High School where her team made the semifinals of the state tournament all four years of her career and finished as runners-up in her junior and senior seasons. She was nominated for player of the year after posting school records for career shutouts (48) and goals against average. Samish played club soccer for Lady Lobos Rush Premier and was a team captain for three years.
MSU is coming off its first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. The 2018 squad won nine games and earned the first ranking in program history, while setting school records in shots allowed per game (11.6), shots per game (18.4) and goals allowed (17). The Bulldogs' plus-15 goal differential was second only to the 1996 team.
For more information on the Bulldog soccer program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "HailStateSOC." You can also find all-access coverage of the program on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
STARKVILLE – Five new student-athletes have begun classes this semester as members of the Mississippi State soccer program. MSU added two goalkeepers and three field players for 2019.
Alyssa Austin (Cypress, Texas), Madison Cotta (Tulare, California), Katie Moore (Charlotte, North Carolina), Ryann Mushkin (New Canaan, Connecticut) and Emily Samisch (Collierville, Tennessee) are the first members of MSU's 2019 signing class to enroll.
Austin, a midfielder out of Cypress Ranch High School, played her club ball with Challenge SC in the ECNL where she was a team captain. She attended the U.S. Soccer Center in 2016 and the U.S. Club Soccer Player Development Program in 2018.
Cotta can play as both a midfielder and forward. She totaled 97 goals in her career at Mission Oak High School, including netting 15 in just eight games as a senior. She is a three-time team MVP and played club soccer for Clovis Crossfire SC. Her club team won the Davis Showcase twice, the 2018 Surf Cup and the 2018 Champions League.
Mushkin played forward for IMG Academy as a member of the school's U.S. Soccer Development Academy team. She scored five goals in her junior season as the team won 19 games and made the playoffs as the first wild card. Mushkin spent her freshman and sophomore years at Kent School in Connecticut where she earned offensive player of the year honors.
Moore and Samisch will join Peyton York in the Bulldog's young goalkeeping corps. Moore played at Gaston Christian School where she was a three-time all-conference selection. She played her club soccer for the Carolina Rapids in the ECNL and with Global Premier Soccer Bayern Munich.
Samisch is a two-star prospect out of Collierville High School where her team made the semifinals of the state tournament all four years of her career and finished as runners-up in her junior and senior seasons. She was nominated for player of the year after posting school records for career shutouts (48) and goals against average. Samish played club soccer for Lady Lobos Rush Premier and was a team captain for three years.
MSU is coming off its first NCAA Tournament appearance in school history. The 2018 squad won nine games and earned the first ranking in program history, while setting school records in shots allowed per game (11.6), shots per game (18.4) and goals allowed (17). The Bulldogs' plus-15 goal differential was second only to the 1996 team.
For more information on the Bulldog soccer program, follow on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching for "HailStateSOC." You can also find all-access coverage of the program on SnapChat by searching for "HailStateSnap."
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