#18 Margo Matula
Defender
Honors:
• 2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll
• 2024 CSC Academic All-District
• 2023 SEC All-Freshman Team
• 2023 Texas A&M Newcomer of the Year
• 2023-24 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
As a Sophomore (2024, Texas A&M)
• Started all 19 matches, leading team with 1,663 minutes on the back line
• Anchored a defense which recorded seven shutouts and a 1.26 goals-against average
• Played the entirety of 15 matches, including the last eight of the year
• Logged five points on two goals and one assist
• Accounted for the game-winning goal at Missouri (Sept. 19)
• Tallied an assist in 2-0 win at Central Connecticut State (Sept. 12)
• Scored her first career goal against Fairfield (Aug. 24)
As a Freshman (2023, Texas A&M)
• Appeared in 22 matches, including 20 starts
• Ranked second on the team in minutes played with 1,810
• Key back on a defense that recorded 10 shutouts and a 1.08 goals-against average
• Played the entirety of 17 matches, including the last 13 of the year
• Recorded an assist against Grambling (Sept.7)
High School
• Three-year letter winner at St. Piux X High School
• Team Captain 2021-22 season
• Led team to TAPPS Division I State Championship title game for the first time in school history
• 2x TAPPS Division I All-State First Team (2021 and 2022)
• Tapped a 2021 VYPE Awards Private School Women’s Soccer Player of the Year finalist in 2021
• 2x Houston Chronicle All-Greater Houston Private School Team selection (2020, 2021)
• 2020 TAPPS Division I All-State Honorable Mention
The Matula File:
• Club Team: Albion Hurricanes Football Club
• Club Coaches: Danny Hill, Rafa Brazo and Ben Williams
• Sister Macy played soccer at Texas A&M for four years
• Grandfather, Charles Matula, played football at Texas A&I (now Texas A&M-Kingsville), winning the NAIA national championship in 1969 and 70, and earning a spot in the Javelina Hall of Fame