2020-21 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Bella Killgore
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Memorial H.S.
- Hometown:
- Houston, Texas
ATHLETIC HONORS
2022 United Soccer Coaches First Team All-South Region
2022 Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Year
2022 First Team All-Conference USA
2022 Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Week (5x)
2022 MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List
2022 United Soccer Coaches Goalkeepers to Watch
2022 Conference USA Preseason Team
2021 (Fall) United Soccer Coaches First Team All-South Region
2021 (Fall) Second Team All-Conference USA
2021 (Fall) Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Week (2x)
2021 (Fall) Conference USA Preseason Team
2020-21 (Spring) United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-South Region
2020-21 (Spring) TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week (April 20)
2020-21 (Spring) Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Year
2020-21 (Spring) First Team All-Conference USA
2020-21 (Spring) Conference USA All-Tournament Team
2020-21 (Spring) Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Week (2x)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023 Commissioner's Honor Roll
2022 United Soccer Coaches Second Team Scholar All-American
2022 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2022 Conference USA First Team All-Academic
2022 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021 Conference USA First Team All-Academic
2021 Rice Scholar Athlete
2021 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 Third Team United Coaches Scholar All-America
2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District
2020-21 Conference USA First Team All-Academic
2020 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2022: United Soccer Coaches First Team All-South Region … Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Year … First Team All-Conference USA … Five-time Conference USA Goalkeeper of the Week … MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List … United Soccer Coaches Goalkeepers to Watch … Conference USA Preseason Team … United Soccer Coaches Second Team Scholar All-American … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Conference USA First Team All-Academic … became the first Owl goalkeeper with three straight 10-win seasons … set the Rice career record for games played (91), games started (90), wins (46), saves (375), goalie minutes played (7589:04), is second in shutouts (25) and sixth in goals against average (1.04) … her 375 career saves are the fourth-most in C-USA history … first goalkeeper in C-USA history with at least 375 career saves, 45 wins and 25 shutouts … started every match, playing 98.9% of the team’s minutes … extended her streak of consecutive starts to 90 dating back to her freshman year … led the league in saves (89) and shutouts (8), was second in saves per game (4.45), save percentage (.788) and was fifth in goals against average (1.21) … her eight shutouts are the fifth-most in a season in school history and her 89 saves are the sixth-most … second on the team in shots on goals and third in goals (4), points (8) and shots (27) … was 3-for-3 on penalty kicks … made a season-high 11 saves in a shutout of North Texas (10/9), tying the fifth-most in a match in school history … made 10 saves versus No. 8 Florida State (9/11) … scored the team’s only goal at No. 23 SMU (8/18) … converted penalty kicks against Houston (9/4), FIU (9/18) and Louisiana Tech (9/25).
2021: Second Team All-Conference USA … United Soccer Coaches First Team All-South Region … Conference USA Preseason Team … C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week (Aug. 24, Oct. 31) … Conference USA All-Academic Second Team … became just the second Owl goalkeeper with back-to-back 10-win seasons … starting goalkeeper for every match and never subbed out of a game at any point during the season (playing 100-percent of the team’s total minutes) … extended her streak of consecutive starts to 70 in a row dating back to her freshman year … recorded four shutouts … led C-USA with 103 saves, the second-most in a season in school history … led the league with an 85.8% save percentage … had a 0.88 goals against average, the fifth-lowest in the conference … became the first goalkeeper in school history to record shutouts in the first two games … was second on the team with 29 shots … recorded an assist in each of Rice’s first two games (vs. Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin) … made 11 saves in a 1-1 tie against Texas (9/5) … made 14 saves in a 1-1 tie a North Texas (10/28), the second-most saves in a game in school history … scored her only goal against UNT on a penalty kick in the 40th minute.
2020-2021: National Player/Team of the Week (TopDrawerSoccer, April 20); All-South Region (Third Team, United Coaches); Scholar All-America (Third Team, United Coaches); C-USA Academic Honor Roll; C-USA Soccer All-Academic (First Team); CoSIDA Academic All-District; Rice Scholar Athlete; C-USA Goalkeeper of the Year; All-Conference USA (First Team); C-USA Tournament Defensive MVP; C-USA All-Tournament Team; C-USA Goalkeeper of the Week (April 11; Feb. 16); Starting goalkeeper for every match and never subbed-out of a game at any point during the season (playing 100-percent of the team’s total minutes)… Only the second player since the start of Rice’s scholarship soccer program in 2001 to play every minute of the team’s season… Extended her streak of consecutive starts to 52 in a row dating back to her freshman year… Recorded 11 shutouts, the second-highest single season total in school history… Maintained an 0.71 goals-against average… Made a total of 70 saves, including a career-high ten in the upset victory over No. 18 ranked Texas A&M… Goalkeeping skills proved only part of the story, as she also provided a unique attacking presence by coming forward to take free kicks… Scored four goals, the fourth-highest total on the team, of which three were game-winners… Finished as the team leader with 38 shots overall… Contributed to Rice advancing in the C-USA Tournament by scoring a goal that does not go in the ledgers when she converted her shot attempt in the PK shootout of the semifinal vs. Southern Miss… Credited with four or more shots in a game five times, including a career-high six vs. crosstown foe Texas Southern… All five of her shots against Old Dominion in the C-USA Tournament were on-goal… Maintained a steady .474 shots-on-goal percentage.
2019: Starting goalkeeper for all 19 of the team’s games, giving her a streak of 34 consecutive starts in-goal to close out her second season with the Rice program… Finished the year with 55 saves in 1,041 minutes between the pipes… Registered a season-high six saves three different times, all against Conference USA rivals: Charlotte, Florida Atlantic and North Texas… Posted improved single season totals in save percentage (.821) and goals-against average (1.04) from her freshman campaign a year ago… Successful season while working with her third different goalkeeper coach in as many years dating back to her senior year of high school.
2018: Conference USA Academic Honor Roll; Worked her way into the starter’s role the third game of the season and registered 1,379 minutes, the third-highest total on the team… Recorded two complete game shutouts and was part of four shutouts overall (subbing out after Rice built a comfortable lead)… Maintained a 1.44 goals-against average, the sixth-best mark in the conference and the second-best among the league’s freshman keepers… Posted a steady .725 saves percentage… Made a total of 58 saves, including a career-high seven against nationally-ranked Memphis.
Club -- Net-minder for the Houston-based Challenge Soccer Club... Serves as team captain for the 2017-2018 season... Teammate of fellow Rice Owl Madison Kent.
High School -- A 2018 graduate of Memorial High School in west Houston... Serving as the team captain for the second-straight season... Earned first team all-state goalkeeper as a junior in 2017... Named the 2017 District 15-6A Goalkeeper MVP in addition to first team all-district honors... Selected to the 15-6A All-Academic team... Earned the Mustangs' Outstanding Defense Award as a junior and Team MVP as a sophomore in 2016... MVP Team Award 2016.
Personal -- Full name: Isabella Claire Killgore. Parents: Jernee and Robert Killgore of El Dorado Hills, Calif. (one brother, two sisters).
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