The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013 Soccer Roster
Roster
Sydney Shutter
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Bowie
- Hometown:
- Austin, Texas
SENIOR (2015)
First-Team Academic All-Big 12 ... Played in six matches during the 2015 season, earning 76 minutes of playing time ... Started in the midfield on “Senior Night” and fired one shot in 29 minutes of playing time ... Drew nine minutes of action off the bench in the 0-0 (2OT) dead-lock against Little Rock (Sept. 20) and six minutes in the 2-0 loss at No. 5 West Virginia (Sept. 25) … Earned 18 minutes of playing time as a sub during the 2-0 loss to No. 5 North Carolina (Aug. 28).
JUNIOR (2014)
Drew 143 minutes of playing time over 11 matches (one start) in 2014: at Hawai’i (19 min.), No. 25 Arkansas (23 min.), Nevada (26 min.), at Texas A&M-CC (19 min.), Montana (20 min.), vs. UCF (started and played 16 min.), at USF (seven min.), vs. #1 UCLA (two min.), vs. No. 17 West Virginia (three min.), vs. UALR (six min.) and vs. No. 12 Notre Dame (two min.) … Saw her first NCAA tournament action by spending two minutes on the pitch during the 2-1, second round loss to No. 12 Notre Dame (Nov. 21) ... Was credited with one of Texas’ 29 total shots in the 2-0 blanking of UALR (Oct. 20) … Registered her lone shot on goal of the campaign during the 6-0 rout of Texas A&M-CC on Sept. 5.
SOPHOMORE (2013)
As a sophomore, Shutter was on the field for 280 minutes over 13 matches with four starting nods … Managed one goal and two points while firing six shots (one on frame) … Scored off a Kelsey Shimmick feed at the 61:28 mark to give Texas some insurance in a 2-0 home victory over TCU (Sept. 27) … Started matches against UTSA (season-high 45 minutes - Sept. 22), TCU, Iowa State (Sept. 29) and No. 10 West Virginia (Oct. 4).
FRESHMAN (2012)
A valuable reserve forward who played in 17 games and earned a pair of starts -- at Arkansas (Aug. 19) and Utah (Sept. 8) ... logged 365 minutes and played a year-high 52 versus Dayton (Aug. 17) in the season opener ... other contest with more than 45 minutes of action was against the Utes ... scored one goal, against the Flyers that gave the Longhorns a 2-1 lead at 80:38 ... recorded one assist, against Toledo (Aug. 26), on Kristin Cummins[apos] game-winning goal ... tallied a season-best two shots versus Dayton ... against Big 12 Conference foes, entered five matches for a total of 60 minutes ... registered one shot in league action, at Oklahoma (Sept. 23) ... experienced action in both Big 12 Championship matches, going in for 19 minutes versus the Sooners (Oct. 31) and 20 agianst TCU (Nov. 2).
CLUB
Spent the last two seasons as a starter for the Lonestars Elite Clubs National League U18 squad and head coach Don Cameron ... had played for the Austin United Caps Premier 94 club previously (2004-10), helping the Caps to the 2010 US Youth Soccer National Championship Series State Cup title as the leading scorer ... active in the Olympic Development Program (ODP) and was named to the Region III ODP State Team in 2009 and 2010.
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year starter who was named the District 15-5A Offensive Most Valuable Player as a senior under head coach Carrie Hoffman-Howell ... a first team All-District 15-5A selection following junior and senior years ... served as team captain during senior year ... during 2010 opening round of the Class 5A playoffs, scored a goal and tallied an assist to lift Bowie to a 3-0 victory over Westwood ... helped Bowie to district titles as a sophomore and junior ... led the team to a third-place finish at the University Interscholastic League State Championship during 2010 campaign ... teammate of current Longhorn Allison Smith ... participated in track and cross country as a freshman and sophomore ... qualified for the regional cross country meet both years ... received the outstanding athletic achievement award for the track program in 2009 ... served as the mile runner in the distance medley event at the 2009 Texas Relays ... earned Austin Independent School District Academic All-District honors for three seasons ... received the school’s science fair award in 2010 ... a member of the Key Club, math club and National Honor Society.
PERSONAL
Born on Oct. 14, 1993, to Jay and Jamie Shutter ... has a younger sister, Taylor ... mother is the Director of University Health Services at the University of Texas ... major is computer science ... Big 12 Commissioner[apos]s Honor Roll selection (Fall 2012) ... uncle Chris Shaw swam at Southern Illinois University, earning varsity letters from 1982-85 and another uncle, Gary Shaw, swam at Eastern Illinois from 1979-82 ... says if she could play a sport in addition to soccer it would be rock climbing as she was on a competitive team from ages 7 to 11 and then gave it up to focus on soccer ... says her greatest athletic accomplishment to date was signing at Texas.
