Momo Nakao

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: American Athletic Conference/Conor Kvatek

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-1
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Inzai City, Chiba, Japan

Honors

- 2024 All-AAC First Team
- 2024 AAC All-Tournament Team
- 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First Team
- 2023 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American
- 2023 AAC Championship All-Tournament Team
- 2023 AAC Midfielder of the Year
- 2023 AAC All-Conference First Team
- 2023 AAC Weekly Honor Roll (x2)
- 2022 AAC All-Conference Second Team
- 2022 AAC Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 29)
- 2021 AAC All-Rookie Team
- 2021 AAC Rookie of the Week (Sept. 27)
- 2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
- 2022-23 AAC All-Academic Team
- 2021-22 AAC All-Academic Team

2024 (Senior)

- Started all 19 games in the midfield
- Ranked fourth on the team with 1,659 minutes
- Scored four goals and added five assists
- Tallied two goals and an assist in the AAC Tournament
- Bagged a goal and added an assist in a 4-2 win over Iowa State (Sep. 1)

2023 (Junior)

- Played and started in all 22 matches for the Tigers
- Third on the team with 1,841 minutes of work
- Recorded six goals and assisted on five
- Played the full 90-minute match 13 times this season
- Scored the game-winning goals over Kansas State (Sept. 7) and Charlotte (Oct. 15)
- Sent the Tigers to the NCAA Second Round after netting the game-winning strike in the 3' against LSU (Nov. 11)

2022 (Sophomore)

- Played and started in all 22 games for Memphis
- Recorded four goals and five assists while playing in just over 2,000 minutes
- Scored the game-winning goal in the team's 3-0 win over Iowa State (Aug. 25)
- Netted her second straight GWG in team's 2-1 win against UAB (Aug. 28)
- Scored an insurance goal in team's win over Tulsa (Oct. 20)
- Made the team's first penalty kick over UCF (Nov. 3) in the AAC Championship Semi-Final
- Assisted on the game-winning goal to give the Tigers the AAC Championship over SMU (Nov. 6)

2021 (Freshman)

- Assisted on the game-winning goal in the team's 3-1 win over Alabama (Sept. 5)
- Scored the game-winning goal, and her first goal of the season, in the team's 2-1 win over UCF (Sept. 23)
- Netted an insurance goal in the team's 5-0 win over then No. 14 SMU (Oct. 28)

Prior to Memphis/Personal

- Attended Chiba Prefectual Makuhari Sohgoh High School
- Was a member of the JEF United Ichihara Chiba Ladies Club Team
- U18 National Champions
- 2019 Gothia Cup Champions
- Member of U16, U17, and U19 Japanese National Team Squads
- Played on the U17 National Team that competed in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay
- Academically received the Principal’s Special Award
- Daughter of Takayuki and Nami Nakao