2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Means, Asha
Jersey Number 39
Asha Means
- Position:
- Defender/Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
- High School:
- Lake Norman Charter
Bio
Career Honors
Senior Season (2024)
2024 National Champion • One of three team captains • Saw action off the bench in 12 matches • Scored her first career goal off a penalty kick vs. Louisville after drawing the foul • Logged 137 minutes, including a career-high 25 vs. North Dakota • Played a combined 34 minutes vs. USC Upstate and Minnesota during the NCAA Tournament • UNC out-scored its opponents 39-4 in matches she appeared in • Finished the year with six shots, five which were on target.
Junior Season (2023)
Saw action in five matches, logging 65 minutes • Played a career-high 45 minutes against Gardner-Webb • Subbed in during the NCAA Quarterfinals at BYU, also playing against USC, NC State and Syracuse • Took two shots, including one on frame, against Gardner-Webb.
Sophomore Season (2022)
Played in three games for a total of 29 minutes • Logged a career-high 21 minutes against Baylor • Did not record any statistics.
Freshman Season (2021)
Appeared in two games for a total of 19 minutes • Was on the field for 17 minutes at Illinois and two minutes against Washington • Did not record any statistics.
High School/Club
Attended Lake Norman Charter • Named the 2021 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Soccer Player of the Year • Led the Knights to a 19-0 record as a senior, including a N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A state championship • Named MVP of the 2021 state championship match, scoring a hat trick in Lake Norman’s 5-0 win over Carrboro • N.C. Soccer Coaches Association and HighSchoolOT all-state selection • Named the 2021 South Fork Conference Player of the Year after scoring 42 goals and recording 11 assists • Co-founder of the Lake Norman Charter African-American Studies Club • Volunteered with the Special Olympics and served as a fundraiser for cancer research.
Personal
Daughter of Shonda and Natrone Means • Her father is a former UNC running back (1990-92) who was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft and spent eight years in the league • Her mother was a member of the Carolina Panthers’ Top Cats and Charlotte Hornets’ Honeybees • Has two siblings, Kiya and Nare.
- 2024 National Champion
- 2024 Team Co-Captain
Senior Season (2024)
2024 National Champion • One of three team captains • Saw action off the bench in 12 matches • Scored her first career goal off a penalty kick vs. Louisville after drawing the foul • Logged 137 minutes, including a career-high 25 vs. North Dakota • Played a combined 34 minutes vs. USC Upstate and Minnesota during the NCAA Tournament • UNC out-scored its opponents 39-4 in matches she appeared in • Finished the year with six shots, five which were on target.
Junior Season (2023)
Saw action in five matches, logging 65 minutes • Played a career-high 45 minutes against Gardner-Webb • Subbed in during the NCAA Quarterfinals at BYU, also playing against USC, NC State and Syracuse • Took two shots, including one on frame, against Gardner-Webb.
Sophomore Season (2022)
Played in three games for a total of 29 minutes • Logged a career-high 21 minutes against Baylor • Did not record any statistics.
Freshman Season (2021)
Appeared in two games for a total of 19 minutes • Was on the field for 17 minutes at Illinois and two minutes against Washington • Did not record any statistics.
High School/Club
Attended Lake Norman Charter • Named the 2021 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Soccer Player of the Year • Led the Knights to a 19-0 record as a senior, including a N.C. High School Athletic Association 2A state championship • Named MVP of the 2021 state championship match, scoring a hat trick in Lake Norman’s 5-0 win over Carrboro • N.C. Soccer Coaches Association and HighSchoolOT all-state selection • Named the 2021 South Fork Conference Player of the Year after scoring 42 goals and recording 11 assists • Co-founder of the Lake Norman Charter African-American Studies Club • Volunteered with the Special Olympics and served as a fundraiser for cancer research.
Personal
Daughter of Shonda and Natrone Means • Her father is a former UNC running back (1990-92) who was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft and spent eight years in the league • Her mother was a member of the Carolina Panthers’ Top Cats and Charlotte Hornets’ Honeybees • Has two siblings, Kiya and Nare.
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