The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2024 Soccer Roster
Amelia Abbott
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Nelson College for Girls
- Hometown:
- Nelson, New Zealand
- Major:
- Psychology (BA)
2023, Junior
Appeared in 43 minutes on the pitch throughout four matches ... played a season-high 19 minutes in Texas' 5-0 win against UTRGV (8/31) ... also totaled 17 minutes of match action during the Longhorns' 7-0 victory over Stephen F. Austin (9/7) ...
2022, Sophomore
Played in two matches for a total of 28 minutes ... was on the field for 10 minutes in the 5-0 season-opening win over Lipscomb (8/18) and 18 minutes during the 8-0 rout of Texas Southern (9/15) ...
2021, Freshman (Fall)
Earned 74 combined minutes of playing time over three matches ... was on the pitch for 23 minutes during the Big 12 Championship quarterfinal 5-2 win over Oklahoma (10/31) and played a career-high 34 minutes while firing her first career shot in the 2-0 triumph at Kansas (10/28) ... picked up her first action of the season with 16 minutes of playing time during the 7-0 rout of UTRGV (9/12) ...
2021, Freshman (Spring)
Earned her first collegiate playing time by coming off the bench as a sub for six minutes in the 4-0 rout of Texas State (3/5) ...
Club
Played club soccer for Nelson Suburbs Division I Men’s, serving as the first and only female to play Division I men’s football, while earning a 2018 nod as the Nelson/Tasman Region Female Footballer of the Year ... part of national title winners with Canterbury United Pride in 2017 and 2018 ... earned a national championship in 2018, too, as a guest player for Waimakariri United at the New Zealand U-17 Tournament ...
International
A New Zealand international player with experience both as part of her country’s Under-17 and Under-20 squads ... earned six caps and played 499 total minutes (most by any New Zealand outfield player) during New Zealand’s run to a bronze medal at the 2018 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup in Uruguay ... scored a 17th-minute goal during the 1-1, quarterfinal tie against Japan (N.Z. advanced on penalties, 4-3) that was nominated for FIFA “Goal of the Tournament” ... helped the New Zealand Under-20 team qualify for the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica and Panama, by virtue of winning the 2019 Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) U-19/U-20 Women’s Championship in the Cook Islands ... earned her first senior-level cap with New Zealand during the "Canada Celebration Tour" in a friendly against Canada on Oct. 23, 2021 ...
High School
Was enrolled at Nelson College for Girls … reaped the Lee Family Trophy for Most Promising Year 8 Sportswoman … earned a NCG Old Girls Association Rose Bowl Award for the highest achieving student-athlete … earned a Swimming Sports Preparatory Championship in both swimming and diving …
Personal
Daughter of Fiona McGill and Chris Abbott … has an older sister, Cailtin …
