The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023 Soccer Roster
Lexi Missimo
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Southlake Carroll
- Hometown:
- Southlake, Texas
- Major:
- Physical Culture & Sports
A consensus five-star recruit at the midfield position and the country's No. 1 overall recruit, Missimo went on to play 7,871:30 career minutes throughout 89 career appearances on the pitch during her career on the Forty Acres ... concluded her collegiate women's soccer career as Texas' leader in career points (176), assists (64), goals (56) in addition to being the program's single-season leader in points (72, 2023), goals (26, 2023), assists (20, 2023), game-winning goals (9, 2023), penalty kicks (9, 2023) shots (126, 2023) ... finished her career tied for 10th on the NCAA Division I women's soccer career assist list with 64 ... became the first student-athlete in Big 12 Conference and Texas history to have a 20-goal, 20-assist season after having 26 goals, 20 assists throughout the 2023 campaign ... became just the fifth Division I women's soccer student-athlete since 2000 to score 72-or-more points in a single season after having 72, which were tied as the 15th-most points scored in a single season in Division I women's soccer history ... became the first student-athlete in Big 12 Conference history to lead the league in every individual statistical categories: goals, goals per match, assists, assists per match, game-winning goals, points and points per match in a single season (2023) ... four-time first team all-conference honoree ... four-time all-tournament selection ... appointed to four United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Teams, first Texas women's soccer student-athlete to achieve the feat since Kasey Moore (2005-08) ... 2024 United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American ... 2023 United Soccer Coaches, College Soccer News, Top Drawer Soccer First Team All-American ... 2023 Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Year ... two-time MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist (2023, 2024) ... four-time Top Drawer Soccer Best XI honoree ... 2023 Big 12 Midfielder of the Year .... 2021 Big 12 Freshman of the Year ... became the 21st student-athlete in NCAA Division I women's soccer history to score 50-or-more career goals and be credited with 50-or-more career assists ... credited with at least one point in 64 of her 89 (71.9 percent) career matches ... Texas was 34-2-2 when Missimo scored a goal and 10-1-0 when she was credited with a brace ... one of six student-athletes to tie the program's single-match goals scored (4) record ... tied the program's single-match assists (4) record and is the only student-athlete in program history to have multiple (4) 4-assist matches ... tied the program's single-match points (10) record with a three-goal, four-assist performance on Sept. 7, 2023 ... set the program's record for consecutive matches played with an assist with seven ... 2021, 2022 Goal NXGN Top World Ranked Football of the Year ... completed the USYNT Cycle (32 camps from U14 to U23) ...
Career Accolades
- 8x Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week Honorable Mention (4x – 2021, 1x – 2022, 2x – 2023, 1x - 2024)
- 5x Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (1x – 2022, 4x - 2023)
- 5x Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Week (1x – 2022, 4x – 2023)
- 4x United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team (3x – Midwest 2021!, 2022, 2023; 1x – Southeast, 2024)
- 4x Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Best XI (Freshman First Team - 2021; Third Team - 2022; First Team - 2023; Third Team - 2024)
- 4x College Soccer News National Team of the Week (1x – 2022, 3x – 2023)
- 3x United Soccer Coaches Preseason National Watch List – Midfielders (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 3x MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List (2022, 2023, 2024)
- 3x Big 12 Conference All-Tournament Team (2021, 2022, 2023)
- 3x All-Big 12 Conference First Team (2021, 2022, 2023^)
- 3x Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Week (3/8, 9/7, 9/14, 2021)
- 3x Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 Player Ranking (No. 30 - 2022; No. 1 - 2023; No. 25 - 2024)
- 2x United Soccer Coaches All-American (2023 - First Team; 2024 - Second Team)
- 2x MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist (2023, 2024)
- 2x Academic All-Big 12 First Team (2022-23)
- 2x Preseason All-Big 12 Conference Team (2022, 2023^)
- 2x United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (9/13, 10/18/23)
- 2x College Soccer News National Player of the Week (9/4, 11/6/2023)
- 2x Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 National Player Midseason Rankings (No. 1, 2023; No. 15, 2024)
- 2x Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI (Second Team - 2023, First Team - 2024)
- 2x Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 (No. 16, 2023; No. 1, 2024)
- 2x Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Freshman Best XI (Spring 2021, Fall 2021)
- 2x NXGN #4 Ranked Top Women' Footballers U20 in the World (2021, 2022)
- 1x SEC All-Tournament Team (2024)
- 1x All-SEC First Team - MF (2024)
- 1x SEC Preseason Watchlist (2024)
- 1x College Soccer News First Team All-American (2023)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Year (2023)
- 1x Big 12 Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player (2023)
- 1x Big 12 Conference Midfielder of the Year (2023)
- 1x NCAA Digital Player of the Week (9/7/23)
- 1x College Soccer News Preseason All-American (2023)
- 1x College Soccer News Preseason All-American Second Team (2022)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week (9/13/22)
- 1x Big 12 Conference Freshman of the Year (2021)
- 1x All-Big 12 Conference Freshman Team (2021)
- 1x College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team (2021)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 National Freshman Postseason Update (No. 5, 2021)
- 1x Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 National Freshman Midseason Update (No. 1, 2021)
- Fastest student-athlete to 10 career goals in program history (12 matches)
- Led the NCAA in assists per matches (0.88; 2022)
- Named to the 2023 Top Drawer Soccer Twenty-Three Players to Watch in ’23 List
- Named to Pro Soccer Wire / USA Today Sports Best Young USWNT Players ’23 Prospect List
- Named as one of Top Drawer Soccer’s Top Young U.S. Players of 2021
- Rated as a five-star recruit and both the No. 1 overall player and midfielder in the nation, according to Top Drawer Soccer's 2021 IMG Academy Top 150 rankings, from the Fall of 2018 to Fall of 2021
! - only freshman listed in 2021
^ - unanimous selection
2024, Senior
United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American ... MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist ... United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast First Team ... Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Third Team ... SEC All-Tournament Selection ... All-SEC First Team - MF ... MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List ... SEC Preseason Watchlist ... Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First Team ... Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Top 100 (#1) ... United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch - MF ... Top Drawer Soccer Midseason Top 100 (#15) ... Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention (10/29) ... Became Texas' leader in career goals with her 53rd career goal in the 56th minute of the Longhorns' 3-1 victory at LSU on Oct. 13 ... played 99.3 percent (2,077) of 2,092 possible minutes, including every minute of the last 21 consecutive matches ... tied a program record with one point in nine consecutive matches ... scored a goal in five consecutive matches, tied for the second longest streak in program history ... was credited with at least one point in five of Texas' six postseason matches ... recorded at least one point in 20 of the Longhorns' 23 matches throughout the season ... Texas concluded the season with a 16-3-1 record when Missimo was credited with a point during the 2024 campaign ... gave the assist on Carly Montgomery's game-winning goal in Texas' 1-0 win over South Carolina to win the program's first-ever SEC championship ... credited with two assists in the Longhorns' first-ever regular season SEC match (vs. Alabama, 9/19) ... was credited with at least one point in nine of Texas' 10 regular season SEC matches before going on to add points in two of the Longhorns' three SEC Tournament matches to make it 11 of 13 matches against conference foes ... had multiple points in 13 different matches ... was a contributing factor (either by scoring the goal or assisting on the goal) on 49 percent (25-51) of Texas' goal total on the season ... was the only women's soccer student-athlete in the SEC to finish the season with 10-or-more (12) goals scored and being credited with 10-or-more (13) assists ... finished tied for first in the SEC in assists (13) second in total points (37), second in points per match (1.61), second in assists per game (0.57), tied for fourth in goals scored (12) ... her 13 assists were tied for the second most in all of Division I women's soccer, while her 0.57 assists per match total was the 10th-highest average and her 37 total points were the 12th most in the country ... concluded her senior season with her second consecutive double-figure goal (12) and assist (13) campaign ... became the first American-born Division I women's soccer student-athlete to join the 50-goal, 50-assist club since the 2012 season ...
2023, Junior
United Soccer Coaches First Team All-American ... United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest First Team selection ... Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Year ... Top Drawer Soccer National Postseason Best XI First Team ... College Soccer News First Team All-American ... became the first student-athlete in UT and Big 12 history to record a 15-goal, 15-assist as well as a 20-goal, 20-assist season ... became latest member of the 40-goal, 40-assist club in Division I women's soccer ... became the first-ever student-athlete to lead the Big 12 Conference in every individual offensive statistical category ... became just the fifth Division I women's soccer student-athlete since 2000 to score 72-or-more points in a single season, which were tied as the 15th-most points scored in a single season in Division I women's soccer history ... Big 12 Conference Midfielder of the Year ... Big 12 Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Offensive Player ... Big 12 Conference All-Tournament selection ... All-Big 12 First Team selection ... played 98.7 percent (2,131) of her team's possible 2,160 minutes throughout 24 matches ... set 10 different University of Texas single-season program records: points (72), goals (26), assists (20), shots (126), game-winning goals (9), penalty kicks (9), points by a junior (72), goals by a junior (26), assists by a junior (13), game-winning goals by a junior (9) ... broke the Longhorns' career points (139) and assists (51) records ... was named the Big 12's Offensive Player of the Week a program-record four different times ... matched the program record with 10 points -- three goals, four assists -- in only 74 minutes against Stephen F. Austin (9/7/23) ... was involved in 65.7 percent of Texas' 70 goals on the season whether scoring herself (26 goals) or finding a teammate (20 assists) ... four-time Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week ... three-time College Soccer News National Team of the Week ... two-time College Soccer News National Player of the Week ... two-time Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week Honorable Mention ... one-time NCAA Player of the Week ...
2022, Sophomore
Highest assist percentage in Division I women's soccer with an 0.88 assists per match mark ... on the pitch for 1,380 total minutes over 17 matches played (16 starts) ... led the Big 12 Conference, ranked No. 3 in NCAA Division I and broke the program single-season record with 15 assists despite missing almost six total matches due to injury ... scored six goals and finished second in the league with 27 total points on 55 shots (23 on frame) ... finished first in the Big 12 Conference in assists-per-match (0.88), second in points-per-match (1.59) and seventh in goals-per-match (0.35) ... managed points in 12-of-17 matches played and in four consecutive contests on two occasions: 9/8 - 9/18 and 10/20 - 10/30 ... returned from injury on 10/20 and combined for a goal and seven assists over Texas’ last seven matches ... was credited with an assist on Ashlyn Miller’s 79th minute goal during the 3-1, NCAA First Round triumph over Texas A&M (11/11) ... recorded a four-point effort (goal and two helpers) in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinal 4-0 win over Kansas State (10/30) ... dished a season-high three assists during the 8-0 rout of Texas Southern (9/15) ... also registered two helpers in wins over Lipscomb (8/18) and Oklahoma (10/27) ... managed a season-high five points on two goals and an assist in the 5-0 triumph over UTRGV (9/11) ...
2021, Freshman (Fall)
Started all 22 matches in 2021, playing 2,028 of 2,113 possible minutes ... totaled points in 12-of-22 matches with at least three points in five separate contests ... led the Longhorns with a school single-season record-tying 14 assists (equaled Kelly Wilson – 2004), while ranking second on the squad with nine goals and 32 total points ... topped the Big 12 Conference in assists (14) and assists-per-match (0.64), rated second in shots (89), fourth in points (32) and points-per-match (1.45) and tied for fourth in goals (nine) ... tied a program mark by scoring four goals in a 7-0 rout of UTRGV (9/12), becoming the first Longhorns player to do so since Oct. 10, 2003 (Kelly McDonald) ... tied a school record for assists with four helpers during a 4-3 win at Oklahoma (9/26) ... with her four-goal effort versus UTRGV, Missimo also became the 11th different Texas player to score at least three goals in a single match and the first since 2010 ... earned her program single-season record-tying 14th assist on Ashlyn Miller’s goal during the first half of the 2-1 loss to No. 9 in the Big 12 Championship Final ... dished three assists in UT’s 5-2 rout of Oklahoma during the Big 12 Championship quarterfinals (10/31) ... scored at the 55:02 mark to seal a 2-0 league road triumph at Kansas (10/28) ... assisted on Mackenzie McFarland’s match-winning goal at 53:57 to top Oklahoma State (10/24), 2-1 ... managed match-winning scores to beat both SIUE (9/19) and Iowa State (10/8) ... recorded her second career brace in the 4-0 romp over New Mexico State (9/2) ...
2021, Freshman (Spring)
Started and played 260 of 270 possible minutes over Texas’ three 2021 spring matches ... second on the team in the spring with three goals and two assists for eight points ... fired a team-high 17 spring shots, eight of those on frame ... wasted no time in her collegiate debut by scoring a goal and dishing two assists in a 4-0 win over Texas State (3/5) ... managed her first Texas two-goal effort by tickling the twine at 33:22 and 52:49 during the 4-0 rout of Baylor (4/1) in Waco ...
Club
Played exclusively for Solar Soccer Club ... rated as a five-star recruit and both the No. 1 overall player and midfielder in the nation, according to TopDrawer Soccer's 2021 IMG Academy Top 150 rankings from the Fall of 2018 to the Fall of 2021 ... reclassified as the No. 1 overall player and midfielder in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer’s 2020 IMG Academy Top 150 rankings after graduating high school in June 2020 ... spent time in August and November 2019 training alongside numerous World Cup players with England's Manchester City Women’s Football Club ... three-time youth United Soccer Coaches All-American (2018-2020) ... 2018-20 USSF Girls DA: scored 100 goals, assisting on 153, to become one of only two players in history of league to score 100 during her career ... 2018/ 2019 USSF Girls DA Golden Boot winner as the nation's leading scorer, after scoring 63 goals and dishing 41 assists in only 31 matches ... 2016 US Youth Soccer - U13G National Champions ... 2017 Elite Clubs National League - U15G National Finalist ... 2017 Elite Clubs National League - Texas Conference U15G Grand Champions ... 2018 USSF U18/19G National Finalist ... 2018/19 USSF U18/19G Frontier Conference Grand Champions ... 2019 USSF U17G National Champions ... 2018/19 USSF U17 Frontier Conference Grand Champions ... the 2018/19 USSF Girls Development Academy Player of the Year ... 2017/2018 & 2018/ 2019 USSF Central Conference Selected BEST XI ... 2017/18 TopDrawer Soccer Youth National Player of the Year Nominee ... selected BEST XI for every ECNL and/or USSF National Showcase event participated in from 2016-2020 ... 2020 Solar u17 GDA were the consensus Top Drawer Soccer and USSF No. 1 nationally ranked U17G Team in America before pandemic ended season ...
International
From 2016-25, participating in 33 domestic camps/international events with the U.S National Soccer Teams from Under-14 through Under-23 age groups, while playing in 12 countries completing the USYNT cycle … Missimo 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. ... selected to U.S. Under-23 Women's Youth National Team roster for the Thorns Preseason Tournament, which featured three matches against NWSL teams over seven days (3/12 - 3/18, 2023) in Portland, Oregon ... selected to U.S. Under-23 Women's Youth National Team and played two matches (2/12 - 2/21, 2023) against France's U-23 WNT at Clairefontaine, France's famed national training center located in Paris ... selected to U.S. Under-20 roster for the Sud Ladies Cup in Aubagne, France, from June 16-29, 2022 ... named to the CONCACAF U-20 Championship Best XI Team after scoring three times in Group E play - Team USA went 7-0 and out-scored its opponents, 49-0, in securing the event title and earning a berth in the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica ... CONCACAF U-20 Championship - Dominican Republic (2/25 - 3/12, 2022) ... U-20 Women’s National Team Camp - Chula Vista, Calif. (12/2021) ... U-17 Women’s National Team International Friendlies - Sarasota, Fla. (2/2020) ... U-17 Women’s National Team Camp - Lakewood Ranch, Fla. (1/2020) ... U-17 Women’s National Team Camp - Carson, Calif. (11/2019) ... U-17 Women’s National Team International Tournament - Falkenberg, Sweden (9/2019) ... U-17 Women’s National Team International Tournament - Lisbon, Portugal (5/2019) ... U-17 Women’s National Team International Camp Bisham at the Abbey National Sports Center - Berkshire, United Kingdom (2/2019) ... U-19 Women’s National Team International Event - Vriezenveen, Netherlands (11/2018) ... U-18 Women’s National Team Camp - Lakewood Ranch, Fla. (10/2018) ... U-17 Women’s National Team Camp in Carson, Calif. (9/2018) ... U-17 Women’s National Team International Camp - Seoul, South Korea (8/2018) ... U-17 Women’s National Team Camp in - Carson, Calif. (7/2018) ... U-17 Women’s National Team Camp in - Kansas City, Kan. (6/2018) ... The 15th Annual Delle Nazioni Women U17 International Tournament - Florence, Italy (4/2018) USA Grand Champions ... U-17 Women’s National Team Camp - Carson, Calif. (3/2018) ... U-16 Girl’s National Team Camp - IMG Academy, Fla. (1/2018) ... U-15 Girl’s Germany International - Weltzar, Germany (10/2017) ... U-15 Girl’s National Team Camp - Carson, Calif. (9/2017) ... U-15 Girl’s National Team Camp - Portland, Ore. (6/2017) ... U-16 Girl’s Belgium International Tournament - Brussels, Belgium (5/2017) ... U-15 Girl’s National Team Camp - College Station, Texas (4/2017) ... U-15 Girl’s National Team Camp - Carson, Calif. (2/2017) ... U-14 Girl’s National Team Camp - Sunrise, Fla. (11/2016) ... U-14-Girl’s National Team Camp - Carson, Calif. (10/2016) ... U-14-Girl’s National Team Camp - Fort Collins, Colo. (7/2016) ... U-14 Girl’s National Team Camp – Carson, Calif. (5/2016) ... U-14 Girl’s National Team Camp - Carson, Calif. (1/2016) ...
High School
Did not play soccer for Southlake Carroll High School ... graduated from Southlake Carroll High School a year early ...
Personal
Daughter of Susan and Derek Missimo ... has an older sister, Gabriella, who played soccer at Texas in 2019 ... father is the all-time leading scorer for the North Carolina men’s soccer program, while her mother played collegiate soccer at TCU ... Derek has coached Lexi in soccer throughout her entire career ...
