University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
2026 Soccer Roster
Natalie Mayes
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Lantana, Texas
- High School:
- Denton Guyer
2025 (Junior): Ranked third among Sun Belt Conference goalkeepers in goals against average (1.08), fourth in save percentage (.750), shutouts (5) and shutouts per game (0.28) … recorded 57 saves to finish sixth in the league … posted a 7-6-5 record on the pitch and played just under 1,590 minutes … posted shutouts in league matches against App State, Southern Miss and Troy … became the school’s all-time leader in shutouts in a 5-0 win against Southern Miss … combined for a shutout against South Alabama in the SBC Championships … stopped a season-best six shots at App State … added five saves in matches against Troy, Georgia Southern and UTRGV … enters the 2026 season ranked first in school history in shutouts (13), second in career GAA (1.19), fourth in minutes played (3,859), fifth in wins (15) and eighth in saves (138).
2024 (Sophomore): Made 18 starts in net, registering 1,659 minutes … Recorded a program single season record for shutouts with seven, also tying her for the Sun Belt Conference lead … Finished the season with 46 saves … Recorded a shutout against Louisiana Tech (8/18) … Had three straight shutouts against Florida Atlantic, Northwestern State, and Grambling, making four saves … Made four saves in a draw at Rice (9/5) … Followed that with a season-high eight saves against LSU (9/8) … Made three saves in a shutout win over UTRGV (9/15) … Had six saves in a draw with Texas State (9/22) … Recorded shutouts against Troy and Arkansas State in SBC action.
2023 (Freshman): Made nine appearances on the season, starting the final matches of the season after an injury to Makenna Garcia ... posted a 2-3-1 record with a 1.62 goals against average ... logged 611 minutes ... split time with Garcia in matches against Middle Tennessee, Florida Atlantic and James Madison ... earned her first collegiate victory in 3-1 win over Arkansas State ... finished with four saves ... posted her first collegiate clean sheet in Louisiana's 1-0 victory over Marshall and saving a season-high 10 shots ... had eight saves at South Alabama and stopped five shots at Troy.
High School/Club: A four-year letterwinner in soccer at Denton Guyer High School ... named first-team All-Region and first-team All-District 5-6A as a senior ... member of North Texas Celtic FC ... played on the 2005 ODP National Team and was an All-Conference member in the Elite Clubs Regional League.
Personal: Born July 11, 2005 in Columbus, Ohio ... the daughter of Stephanie and Mike Mayes ... has one sister, Emily, who currently plays soccer at Oklahoma Christian University ... father played basketball at Webber International University (Fla.) ... an honor graduate at GHS ... performed community service work with the National Charity League ... career ambition is to become a pediatrician ... a biology major.
