The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023 Spring Soccer Roster
Roster
Mia Justus
- Position:
- GK
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- IMG Academy
- Prev School:
- Florida State
- Hometown:
- Lakewood, Ohio
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
Career Accolades
- 2x United Soccer Coaches All-Region Second Team (1x - Midwest, 2023; 1x - Southeast, 2024)
- 2x Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week (2x - 2023)
- 2x SEC Defensive Player of the Week (2x - 2024)
- 1x SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player (2024)
- 1x SEC All-Tournament Team (2024)
- 1x All-SEC Third Team - GK (2024)
- 1x SEC Preseason Watchlist (2024)
- 1x United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch - Goalkeepers (2024)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Top 100 ranking (No. 83 - 2024)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 ranking (No. 98 - 2024)
- 1x Big 12 All-Tournament (2023)
- 1x Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player (2023)
- 1x All-Big 12 Second Team (2023)
- 1x Academic All-Big 12 Second Team (2023)
- 1x NCAA National Champion (2021 - Florida State)
- 1x ACC All-Freshman Team (2021 - Florida State)
2024, Senior
United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Second Team ... SEC Tournament Most Valuable Player ... SEC All-Tournament selection ... All-SEC Third Team - GK ... SEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/30, 10/14) ... SEC Preseason Watchlist ... Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 (#98) ... United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch - Goalkeepers ... Set program's single-season clean sheet record (12) following a 90-minute clean sheet against South Carolina in the SEC Tournament Final (11/10) ...
2023, Junior
United Soccer Coaches (USC) All-Midwest Region Second Team ... Big 12 All-Tournament selection.. Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player ... All-Big 12 Second Team ... two-time Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week ... set a program single-season record with 17 wins ... tied program single-season record with four consecutive clean sheets ... key contributor in the Longhorn defense setting a program record for longest stretch of time without an opponent scoring at 597:38 (8/24 - 9/21) ... guided the UT defense to six consecutive clean sheets, a program record ... set a season-high in saves at nine in matches against Gonzaga (9/10) and BYU (9/25) ... finished the season with 89 total saves and a .774 save percentage ... recorded two clean sheets against conference opponents during the regular season... allowed just two goals in 270 minutes of match time in the Longhorns' three-game run to a postseason conference tournament championship ... began UT's Sweet Sixteen run with a 90-minute clean sheet against Lamar in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament ...
Prior to Texas (Florida State, 2021-22)
Went 5-1-0 over six starts with 19 saves, a 0.83 GAA and four shutouts as a sophomore in 2022 ... played all 90 minutes in earning wins over Florida, Rice, Louisville, Miami (FL) and Pittsburgh ... made a career-high five saves in a road defeat at Notre Dame (Oct. 9) ... stopped four shots during FSU’s 1-0 victory at Pittsburgh (Oct. 23) ... as freshman in 2021, went 7-1-0 overall in the regular season during Florida State’s run to the national championship ... made nine combined saves (in 720 minutes) and posted five shutouts over eight starts with a 0.38 GAA ... managed three saves in a 1-0 road defeat at Duke (Oct. 24) ... was forced to make one stop each in recording league blankings of Louisville (Sept. 26), Syracuse (Oct. 7) & Virginia Tech (Oct. 15) ... made her first career Atlantic Coast Conference start and played all 90 minutes in a 4-1 victory over Boston College (Sept. 18) ... her first career start and shutout came on Aug. 22, 2021, as Florida State blanked Alabama, 4-0 ...
International
Member of the U.S. Soccer Youth National Team program at numerous levels since 2015 ... was called up by Emma Hayes into the USWNT Futures Camp practicing alongside the senior national team (1/16 - 1/24, 2025) in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. ... 2019 U.S. Development Academy East Conference Best XI selection ... joined Texas All-American Trinity Byars as part of the U.S. U-20 WNT roster at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica ... started Group D matches in goal against Ghana (W, 3-0) and Japan (L, 1-3) ...
High School
The top-rated goalkeeper in Top Drawer Soccer’s 2021 IMG Academy recruiting rankings ... named a 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-American ...
Personal
Daughter of Lauren & Leon Justus ... has five siblings: Darien, Ellie, LJ, Tatum & Sadie ... cousin to U.S. Men’s National Team goalkeeping legend Tim Howard ...
