Sophie Halus

Photo by: Louisville Sports Information

Photo by: Gary Breedlove

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Chapel Hill, N.C.
High School:
East Chapel Hill
Major:
Journalism

CAREER HIGH:
Goals: 1 vs. Vanderbilt (3/04/22)
Assists: 1 vs. Oregon (5/03/23)
Points: 1 vs. Vanderbilt (3/04/22) & Oregon (5/03/23)
Ground Balls: 3 (3x)
Draw Controls: 1 at ASU (3/13/22) & vs Stanford (3/25/22)

CUMULATIVE CAREER STATS:
Goals: 1
Assists: 3
Points: 4
Ground Balls: 40
Draw Controls: 2
Caused Turnovers: 22
Shots: 3 (.333)
Shots on Goal: 1 (.333)

2023 (SOPHOMORE):

Played and started in all 19 games.
Tied her career high for ground balls with three against Vanderbilt and Louisville.

2022 (FIRST YEAR):

Played in all 17 games and made her college debut in CU’s season opener against Louisville.
Scored her first career goal against Vanderbilt (2/11)
Completed the season with 17 ground balls and 10 caused turnovers.
Twice had three ground balls on the season against USC (3/11) and Oregon (3/18).

HIGH SCHOOL:

2021 graduate of East Chapel Hill High School.
Lettered in lacrosse, track and field, basketball and field hockey
Played midfield on the lacrosse team which won the 2021 conference and state championship while recording a 16-2 record.
Recorded 200 career points, 145 goals, 55 assists and 245 ground balls.
Lists the biggest moment of her prep career when her lacrosse team beat their rival (and four-time state champions) in the 2021 quarterfinals before moving on to win the state championship.
Named to the 2021 all-conference and all-state first teams.
2021 Conference Player of the Year and U.S. Lacrosse All-American.
2021 U.S. Lacrosse Academic All-American.
As a sophomore she was named an Under Armour All-American.
School record holder in the 100-meter dash (12.5 seconds) on the track.
Member of the honor roll.

CLUB TEAM:

Played for Carolina Fever.

IN THE CLASSROOM:

Open option major.

PERSONAL:

Enjoys hiking, spending time with friends and being outside.
Lists her favorite foods as bagels and acai bowls.
Favorite professional team is the USWNT and her favorite athlete is Serena Williams.
Also recruited by North Carolina, Dartmouth, Highpoint, Cornell, Penn, UConn, Villanova and Davidson.