University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2024 Soccer Roster
Mariella Stephens
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lantana, Texas
- High School:
- Denton Guyer
- Prev School:
- Little Rock
2024 (Senior): Played in all 20 games with 19 starts … Scored two goals and assisted on two more in 1,465 minutes … Scored the game-winning goal in the season opener at McNeese (8/15) … Assisted on a goal in the win over Middle Tennessee (8/22) … Played the full 90 in a draw at Rice (9/5) … Followed that by playing all 90 at LSU (9/8) … Scored a goal at Lamar (9/12) … Had an assist against UTRGV (9/15) … Played 84 minutes against App State (9/26) … Played 84 minutes against Georgia State (10/27) … Played the full 90 in season finale at Marshall (10/31).
2023 (Junior): The lone player to start in all 18 matches on the season ... midfielder logged 1,260 minutes on the pitch while ranking third on the team in shot attempts (14) ... played the full 90 minutes in five contests during the season, including three of the final four matches ... had a pair of assists on the season beginning against Southern Miss ... added her second assist of the season one week later in a win over Arkansas State ... had five shots - two on frame - in the 3-1 win over A-State ... had a pair of shot attempts in matches at Troy and against Marshall ... placed a shot on frame against Texas State in the Sun Belt Conference Championships.
2022 (Sophomore): Started in all 17 matches in the midfield for Louisiana, logging 1,282 minutes and scoring one goal ... had 14 shot attempts on the season and placed eight on-goal ... played full time in six matches on the season, including the final four contests ... scored goal on a pair of shots against Texas State (10/9) ... had a pair of shot attempts in matches against Idaho (9/9), Coastal Carolina (10/2), Texas State and Troy (10/20).
2021 (Covid Freshman - at Little Rock): Played in 19 matches with 18 starts for Little Rock, adding a pair of goals and a pair of assists ... logged nearly 1,600 minutes on the pitch for the Trojans while taking 24 shot attempts with 15 on-goal ... played season-best 110 minutes against Louisiana in the Sun Belt Conference Championships ... scored on an equalizer and added an match-tying assist against Georgia State ... scored a goal in the season-opener against Arkansas-Pine Bluff ... credited with an assist in the SBC Championships.
2020 (Freshman - at Little Rock): Played in 13 games with seven starts as a freshman for the Trojans, logging 833 minutes ... Scored three goals on the season, ranking second on the team ... Notched both goals in the 2-1 win over Georgia Southern (Nov. 2) in the Sun Belt tournament first round, converting two of her three shots ... Scored the first goal in the Sun Belt semifinal match against South Alabama (Nov. 4), giving her three-straight goals scored for Little Rock ... Her six points on the year ranked second on the team ... Finished the year with 13 shots on the year, including five on goal ... Registered three shots at Arkansas State (Mar. 6) during the spring season ... Tallied a pair of shots at ULM (Oct. 11) and against South Alabama (Nov. 4).
Prior to Little Rock: Played for club team FC Dallas ECNL/DPL, earning the FC Dallas Scott Dymond Academic scholarship ... Two-time All-District team member, 2018-19 Area Finalist, 2019-20 Team Captain, and four-time letter winner at Denton Guyer High School ... Also saw success in high school cross country as a four-year letter winner, regional qualifier, and Academic All-State honoree ... Two-time State Cup Finalist and International Cup Finalist with Solar Soccer Club ... Denton ISD Varsity Scholar Athlete Team member ... Involved in student council and orchestra in high school.
Personal: Born May 22, 2002 in Dallas, Texas ... the daughter of Curt and Nichole Stephens ... has two younger siblings, Vincent and Sisley ... younger sister is a member of the Ragin' Cajuns Soccer team ... majoring in speech pathology.
