2019 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Stephens, Louise

Jersey Number 14
Louise Stephens
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- The Kinkaid School
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
Bio
At Rice:
2019: Academic All-District 7 (CoSIDA); Honor Athlete (Rice Athletics); Moved to a new position (forward) before the start of the season and ended up sharing the team lead with seven goals… Scored three game-winning goals (vs. Cleveland State and C-USA foes UAB and Florida International)… Finished second on the team in points (16) and was third overall in shots (35)… Attempted a career-high five shots on the road at Florida Atlantic… Maintained a .543 shots-on-goal percentage and .200 shots percentage… Ranked forth on the team with 1,415 minutes played.
2018: Conference USA Academic Medalist; C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Rice University Scholar Athlete (team’s top G.P.A.); Team captain who battled through a nagging injury that sidelined her for seven full games during the season… Starting defender for nine of the ten games in which she did play… Finished 13th on the team with 770 minutes, but a more representative view of her defensive value is that she otherwise played 96.9 percent of the team’s total time when she was cleared to be on the field… Played 90 or more minutes seven different times… Attempted two shots, including one on goal, in the Owls’ C-USA Tournament match against top seed North Texas.
2017: All-Conference USA (third team); C-USA Defender of the Week (Oct. 9); C-USA Academic Medalist and C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Rice Soccer Defensive MVP; Provided a breakthrough season on defense that helped lift the program to the C-USA regular season championship… Started every match and was an anchor of the backline, finishing second on the team with 1,647 total minutes (99.2 percent of the team’s total time)… Came off the field only twice during the season when the Owls had already built comfortable leads in the match… Defensive leader who helped Rice hold opponents to an austere 11.1 shots per game, the third-lowest mark in the conference… Proved versatile enough to provide an attacking presence out of the backline, scoring two goals on just seven shot attempts… Scored the game-winning goal against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and also netted another against for league rival Tulsa… Maintained a steady .429 shots-on-goal percentage… Notched an assist against C-USA foe Middle Tennessee.
2016: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Played in five games in first season of Division I soccer... Made collegiate debut on the road against No. 8 ranked Texas A&M... Registered 49 minutes of playing time, including a career-high 23 minutes against longtime foe Sam Houston State... Saw C-USA action against regular season champion North Texas and in a hard-fought one-goal win at UTSA.
2019: Academic All-District 7 (CoSIDA); Honor Athlete (Rice Athletics); Moved to a new position (forward) before the start of the season and ended up sharing the team lead with seven goals… Scored three game-winning goals (vs. Cleveland State and C-USA foes UAB and Florida International)… Finished second on the team in points (16) and was third overall in shots (35)… Attempted a career-high five shots on the road at Florida Atlantic… Maintained a .543 shots-on-goal percentage and .200 shots percentage… Ranked forth on the team with 1,415 minutes played.
2018: Conference USA Academic Medalist; C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Rice University Scholar Athlete (team’s top G.P.A.); Team captain who battled through a nagging injury that sidelined her for seven full games during the season… Starting defender for nine of the ten games in which she did play… Finished 13th on the team with 770 minutes, but a more representative view of her defensive value is that she otherwise played 96.9 percent of the team’s total time when she was cleared to be on the field… Played 90 or more minutes seven different times… Attempted two shots, including one on goal, in the Owls’ C-USA Tournament match against top seed North Texas.
2017: All-Conference USA (third team); C-USA Defender of the Week (Oct. 9); C-USA Academic Medalist and C-USA Academic Honor Roll; Rice Soccer Defensive MVP; Provided a breakthrough season on defense that helped lift the program to the C-USA regular season championship… Started every match and was an anchor of the backline, finishing second on the team with 1,647 total minutes (99.2 percent of the team’s total time)… Came off the field only twice during the season when the Owls had already built comfortable leads in the match… Defensive leader who helped Rice hold opponents to an austere 11.1 shots per game, the third-lowest mark in the conference… Proved versatile enough to provide an attacking presence out of the backline, scoring two goals on just seven shot attempts… Scored the game-winning goal against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and also netted another against for league rival Tulsa… Maintained a steady .429 shots-on-goal percentage… Notched an assist against C-USA foe Middle Tennessee.
2016: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Played in five games in first season of Division I soccer... Made collegiate debut on the road against No. 8 ranked Texas A&M... Registered 49 minutes of playing time, including a career-high 23 minutes against longtime foe Sam Houston State... Saw C-USA action against regular season champion North Texas and in a hard-fought one-goal win at UTSA.
Club: Proven midfielder for the hometown Albion Hurricanes... Rated as a three-star player according to TopDrawerSoccer.com.
High School: A 2016 graduate of The Kinkaid School in Houston. Earned All-Southwest Preparatory Conference (SPC) each of the last three years... Serving as the Falcon's team captain as a senior... Versatile athlete who is a two-time All-SPC selection in both field hockey and lacrosse... Was named a Spotlight Athlete of the Week... AP Scholar... Member of the National Latin Honor Society.
Personal: Full Name: Louise Parsons Stephens. Parents: Rand and Annette Stephens of Houston (one brother, Sam, and one sister, Annie).
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