The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2023 Soccer Roster
Roster
Hannah Waesch
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- The Colony
- Prev School:
- Auburn
- Hometown:
- The Colony, Texas
- Major:
- Communication & Leadership
- 2x College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District (2022, 2023)
- 1x Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (2021-22)
- 1x SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020-21)
2023, Senior
One of just four Longhorn student-athletes to start all 24 matches throughout the 2023 season as the first-year Texas student-athlete went on to total 1,680 minutes played in UT's midfield ... played all 90 minutes in a match on five separate occasions ... credited with her first assist on the season in Texas' 7-0 win against SFA (9/7) ... was also credited with an assist in Texas' 3-1 win at UCF (10/5) ... factored into the defensive assignments that resulted in a program-record six consecutive clean sheets by the Longhorns ... played 77-or-more minutes in all three matches that ultimately led to UT winning the Big 12's postseason conference tournament ... played all but six minutes in a possible 270 minutes throughout three NCAA Tournament matches ...
Prior to Texas, (Auburn, 2020-22)
Started all 18 matches, totaling 1,576 minutes on the pitch in her final season at Auburn ... was on the pitch for all 90 minutes on 15 occasions ... dished a career-high three assists during the season ... helped limit opponents to a single goal or less in 17-of-18 contests ... managed single shots versus both Vanderbilt (9/30) and Mississippi State (10/9) ... picked up an assist on Grace Sklopan’s 18th minute goal during a 1-1 tie with Vanderbilt (9/30) ... registered her first career two-assist effort by providing helpers on consecutive goals by Carly Thatcher (41:25) and Hayden Colsen (48:24) in a 9-0 throttling of Southern Miss (8/21) ... Started all 20 matches and played all 90 minutes as a holding midfielder in 17-of-20 contests (1,792 total minutes) in 2021 ... played every possible minute during AU’s Southeastern Conference slate ... tabbed to Top Drawer Soccer’s National Team of the Week (9/7) for her efforts in victories over UAB (9/2) and Chattanooga (9/5) ... fired off a career-high three shots (one on goal) in a 1-0 loss at Alabama (10/28) ... managed single shots against Arkansas (SEC Tournament - 11/4), Florida (10/17), at South Carolina (10/1), Texas A&M (9/26), Chattanooga & BYU (8/21) ... tickled the twine with her second career goal to open the scoring at the 23:41 mark of a 2-1 triumph over Troy (8/26) ... started the final 15 matches of the year (played in 18) on the way to earning Auburn’s Barbara Camp Unsung Hero award, presented to the player who was crucial to the performance of the team but went under the radar in her first season at Auburn in 2020-21 ... was on the pitch for a total of 1,498 minutes while registering one goal and two assists for four points on 10 shots ... dished a helper on Hailey Whitaker’s 54th minute match-winning score to down rival Alabama (3/27), 2-1 ... registered her first career goal, assist and points (three) during a 5-0 rout of Kennesaw State (2/19) ... fired off a pair of shots in a loss at Texas A&M (11/9) ... posted her first collegiate shot and shot on goal during a 1-0 victory over Ole Miss (10/13) ... earned her initial career start and played 85 minutes of a 1-1 tie against Kentucky (10/24) ... saw her first career action with 52 minutes in a 1-1 deadlock against Mississippi State (9/18) ... earned SEC Academic Honor Roll (2020-21) and Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (2021-22) accolades ...
International
Selected for the U.S. Soccer 2019 Women’s U18 National Team Training Camp in Bradenton, Fla. ...
Club
A four-star recruit & the No. 26 overall player by Top Drawer Soccer ... totaled 119 points on 32 goals and 55 assists (104 matches) for Solar Soccer Club ... tabbed as a United Soccer Coaches All-South Region selection ... captained the Solar U17 squad to a 37-1-1 record and the 2019 USSDA National Championship as well as the Solar U15 team to the 2017 ECNL Championship Final ...
High School
Scored 13 goals and dished 16 assists for 42 total points in 2016 on the way to earning first-team all-district and midfielder of the year honors ... played just one season (2016) at The Colony H.S. and became the only freshman to ever be named varsity captain in program history ...
Personal
Daughter of Tiffanni and John Waesch ... has one brother, Hagen, who is set to play men's soccer at North Carolina ... holds dual U.S. and German citizenship and remains eligible to play for either national team
