University of Memphis Athletics
2017 Women's Soccer Roster
Sydney Kingston
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
Academic Honors:
- Memphis Tiger 4.0 Club 2015
- Fall 2014 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List; Tiger Academic 30
- Spring 2015 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List; Tiger Academic 30
- Fall 2015 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List; Tiger Academic 30
- Spring 2016 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List; Tiger Academic 30
- Fall 2016 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List; Tiger Academic 30
- Spring 2017 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean’s List; Tiger Academic 30
- Fall 2017 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean's List; Tiger Academic 30
- Spring 2018 Tiger 3.0 Club; Dean's List; Tiger Academic 30
- 2017 Capital One CoSIDA Second-Team Academic All-American
- 2017 Capital One CoSIDA First-Team Academic All-District
2017 (Senior):
Kingston played and started in all 20 matches for the Tigers … logging 1647 minutes, finishing in sixth in that category on the team … helped anchor a defense that recorded eight shutouts … consistently stopped runs from opposing forwards, making hard tackles and timely takeaways … netted one goal against Gonzaga (9/17) … was named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Oct. 30.
2016 (Junior):
Kingston suffered through an injury-plagued season and played in seven games for the Tigers, starting six of them ... Kingston had one assist during the season, setting up Marie Levasseur’s game winner in double overtime against UCF (10/30) ... Transitioned to a defensive role … She was named to the AAC All-Academic team.
2015 (Sophomore):
Followed up a solid freshman season to have an even better sophomore campaign, starting all 19 matches for Memphis … Logged 1,579 minutes in the Tigers midfield … After playing 70 minutes in the season opener, she played every minute of the next five matches … Played every minute of 11 games … Scored first career goal in the narrow loss at Western Kentucky … First career assist in the thrilling win over Idaho … Provided the assist on the game-winning goal against Houston at home.
2014 (Freshman):
Kingston was a unanimous selection to the American Athletic Conference All-Rookie Team, despite missing five games due to injury … Played in 14 games for the Lady Tigers as a midfielder in her first season and started in 13 of them, logging 1003 minutes … Had nine shots, two of which were on goal … Logged every minute in six games, including the final three games of the season … Earned her first career start in the season opener against Alabama (8/24) ... Recorded first two shots of her career against Kennesaw State (9/14).
Prior to Memphis:
Ranked No. 113 in TopDrawerSoccer.com's IMG Academy 150 ... A four-year letterwinnter at Wakeland High School in Frisco, Texas ... Helped team to the 2010-11 Texas Class 4A State Championship ... A two-time District MVP who also took home First Team All-Region honors in 2012 ... Earned Second Team All-State and First Team All-Region in 2011 and was a Dallas Morning News Second Team All-Area selection in 2013 ... Played club soccer for the Dallas Sting ... Led club squad to the 2013 National Championship final ... Other club honors include: 2010 State Cup Final, 2010 USYS Region III Championship, 2010 USYS National Championship finalist, 2011 Lake Highlands Division I Championship, 2011 State Cup Champion, 2011 USYS Region III Championship, 2011 USYS Third Place National Champion and 2012 National Championship finalist.
Personal:
Daughter of Roger and Holly Kingston ... Her father played professional baseball for the Cleveland Indians ... Graduated in top five percent of her high school class ... Accepted into the Honors program at the University of Memphis.
