The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2024 Soccer Roster
Roster
Trinity Byars
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- The June Shelton School
- Hometown:
- Richardson, Texas
- Major:
- Health Promotion & Behavioral Science
Career Accolades
- Texas' leader in game-winning goals (17) and hat tricks (4)
- 6x Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week (9/21/21, 9/20/22, 9/27/22, 10/11/22, 8/23/23, 10/4/23)
- 4x Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (11/2/21, 9/27/22, 8/22/23, 8/26/24)
- 4x Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Honorable Mention - 9/21/21, 9/28/21, 8/30/22, 10/25/22)
- 3x United Soccer Coaches Preseason National Watch List - Forward (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 3x Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
- 3x Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Week (9/21/21, 9/28/21, 10/5/21)
- 2x United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region First Team (2022, 2023)
- 2x Top Drawer Soccer National Preseason Best XI - First Team (2023, 2024)
- 2x Top Drawer Soccer Women's College Preseason Top 100 (2023, 2024)
- 2x Top Drawer Soccer Women's College Postseason Top 100 (2022, 2023)
- 2x MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List (2023, 2024)
- 2x College Soccer News Second Team All-American (2022, 2023)
- 2x College Soccer News National Team of the Week (10/11/22, 10/25/22)
- 2x Preseason All-Big 12 Conference Team (2022, 2023^)
- 2x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2022-23)
- 2x All-Big 12 First Team (2022^, 2023^)
- 1x SEC Offensive Player of the Week (8/26/24)
- 1x United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American (2023)
- 1x United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American (2022)
- 1x United Soccer Coaches National Division I Player of the Week (10/12/22)
- 1x United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Second Team (2021)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer National Postseason Best XI Second Team (2023)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer National Postseason Best XI First Team (2022)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer National Freshman Best XI First Team (2021)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer National Preseason Freshman Best XI (2021)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer IMG Academy Top 150 - 2021 No. 1 recruit
- 1x SEC Preseason Watchlist (2024)
- 1x NCAA.com Best Starting XI (2022)
- 1x MAC Hermann Trophy Top 15 National Semifinalist (2022)
- 1x College Soccer News National Player of the Week (8/22/23)
- 1x College Soccer News Preseason All-American (2023)
- 1x Big 12 Forward of the Year (2023)
- 1x Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year (2022)
- 1x Big 12 Conference All-Freshman Team (2021)
- 1x All-Big 12 Conference Second Team (2021)
^unanimous selection
2024, Senior
Became first student-athlete in program history to surpass the 50 career goal milestone during a four-goal perfomance at SMU (8/22) ... SEC Offensive Player of the Week (8/26/24) ... Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (8/26/24) ... MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List ... SEC Preseason Watchlist ... Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First Team ... Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 (#4) ... United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch - Forwards ...
2023, Junior
United Soccer Coaches (USC) Second Team All-American ... USC All-Midwest Region First Team ... MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List ... All-Big 12 First Team ... Big 12 Forward of the Year ... College Soccer News Second Team All-American ... Big 12 Championship All-Tournament Team ... two-time Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week ... was credited with 50 points, courtesy of 18 goals and 14 assists, in 1,728 minutes played on the pitch during 23 matches throughout her junior campaign in 2023 ... turned in two hat-trick performance with a three-goal outing in just 39 minutes of match time against Rice (8/20) and UTRGV (8/31) ... played 90 minutes on nine different occasions ... credited with three braces on the season: at Long Beach State (8/17), at Kansas (10/1) and at Houston (10/15) ... scored a goal in the Longhorns' first-round victory against Lamar (11/10) in the NCAA Tournament ... netted goals in back-to-back matches to open Texas' run to a conference tournament championship ... recorded 10 goals in 418 minutes on the pitch through UT's first seven matches of the season ... scored a goal in two matches against Texas Tech (9/21, 11/1) ... finished the season with at least one point in 19 of 23 matches played ... credited with an assist in two matches against BYU (9/25, 11/4) ...
2022, Sophomore
Started 21 matches while playing 1,638 total minutes (missed the season opener against Lipscomb while on international duty) ... led the Big 12 Conference in goals (17), goals-per-match (0.81), points (43) and points-per-match (2.05), while tying for second in assists (nine) and rating third in assists-per-match (0.43) ... her 17 goals broke former Texas All-American Kelly Wilson’s school single-season mark (16 goals - 2004) ... Managed points in 16-of-21 matches and goals in 13-of-21 contests ... totaled 43 points to rate second all-time in a single-season in program history (trailing only Kelly Wilson’s 46 points from 2004) ... tied Kelly Wilson’s 2001 school record of nine consecutive matches with a point from Sept. 25 at Texas Tech to Oct. 30 vs. Kansas State ... scored a goal in five consecutive matches from Oct. 13 at West Virginia to Oct. 30 vs. Kansas State to tie for the second-longest goal-scoring streak in program history ... managed her second career hat trick (16th in school history) in just 48 minutes of playing time in the 8-0 rout of Texas Southern (Sept. 15) ... scored seven match-winning goals (second-most in a single season in program history), downing Florida, Utah State, Texas Tech, Baylor, West Virginia, Oklahoma State and Texas A&M ... also registered braces during a 3-2 win over Florida (Aug. 28) and a 2-0 blanking of Texas Tech (Sept. 25) ... tallied the match-winning goal at 61:42 to top Oklahoma State (Oct. 23), 2-1, and clinch the Big 12 Conference regular-season title ... dished a career-high three assists in the 4-0 rout of Kansas State (Oct. 6) ... her 58th minute goal at West Virginia (Oct. 13) sealed the program’s first ever road win in Morgantown ...
2021, Freshman
Started all 22 matches and played a total of 1,941 minutes (fifth-most on the team) ... led the Longhorns in goals (12) and scoring (34 points) while ranking second in assists (10) and total shots (67) ... her 12 goals rated sixth all-time in a single season in Texas program history, while her 10 assists were good for seventh ...ranked in a tie for second in the Big 12 Conference in points, third in goals, goals-per-match (0.55) and points-per-match (1.55), tied for fourth in assists and fifth in assists-per-match (0.45) and shots (67) ... totaled points in 12-of-22 matches and scored goals in eight-of-22 matches in 2021 ... tallied four match-winning goals (vs. Oklahoma - Big 12, at Kansas, Kansas State & Samford) ... established a new program record by scoring in six straight matches from Sept. 12-30 ... managed the second-longest point-scoring streak in program history by tallying at least one point in eight consecutive matches (Sept. 12-Oct. 8) ... registered Texas’ 15th overall hat trick by scoring three goals to go with an assist for seven total points in a 5-2, Big 12 Championship quarterfinal win over Oklahoma (Oct. 31) ... scored braces during triumphs at Oklahoma (Sept. 26) and versus Samford (Sept. 16) ... tallied her initial career goal at the 60:41 mark, to go with two helpers for four points, of the 7-0 rout of UTRGV (Sept. 12) ... dished her first two career assists during the 4-0 romp over New Mexico State (Sept. 2) ...
Club
Spent time in 2019 training alongside World Cup players with England’s Manchester City and Spain’s Atletico Madrid ... Rated as a five-star recruit as well as the No. 1 overall player and No. 1 forward in Top Drawer Soccer’s 2021 IMG Academy Top 150 rankings ... played exclusively for Solar Soccer Club ... two-time United Soccer Coaches Youth Girls All-American and All-Region selection (2018-19) ... scored 92 goals over her USSF DA career from 2017-19 ... earned the highest InStat rating of any ECNL player in 2020 after scoring a remarkable 13 goals in just five October matches, while converting 59% of her chances ... started off her career in the USSF Development Academy by playing up in the Under-18/19 group as a 15-year-old ... helped lead her Solar SC squad to a 2018 U-19 USSF National Final, a 2017 U-15 ECNL National Final and a 2016 U-13 USYS National Championship ... during the 2019 campaign, Byars earned both a nod to the USSF DA Central Conference Best XI as well as the USSF DA Golden Ball Award
International
Owns impressive international experience having played with U.S. Women’s National Teams from U-14 through U-20, while traveling throughout Europe, Asia, South America, Central America and North America ... selected to the official Team USA roster for the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica in August 2022 ... was the top scorer for the U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team at the Sud Ladies Cup in Aubagne, France, from June 22-28, 2022 ... won gold as part of the U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team at the CONCACAF Women’s Championship in the Dominican Republic (March 2022) ... Byars was the youngest player on the U.S. U-17 Women’s National Team roster that participated in the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay ... led the U.S. Girls National Team in goals in 2018 ... nominee for the 2019 U.S. Women’s National Team Young Female Player of the Year award
High School
Did not play soccer, but ran track and played basketball at The June Shelton School ... was a 2018-19 TAPPS All-State and All-District First Team selection in the 100 meters, 200 meters and 4x100-meter events as well as the TAPPS Running Events MVP ... during the 2017-18 girls basketball season, Byars was named the District Freshman of the Year after totaling 189 points, 109 rebounds, 128 assists (top 10 in Dallas-Fort Worth) and 130 steals ...
Personal
Daughter of Agatha and Charles Byars ... has four siblings: Tatyana (played soccer at Texas, 2018-19), Truth, (plays soccer at SMU), Treasure (plays soccer at UTD) and Temple ...
