Keegan Smith (soccer, born 2006)
{{Short description|American soccer player (born 2006)}}
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Keegan Smith (born 2006) is an American college soccer player who plays as a goalkeeper for the Arkansas Razorbacks.
Early life and college career
Smith grew up in Bath, New York, the daughter of Chris and Kristi Smith, and has a sister, Mackenzie, who played college soccer at Clemson.{{cite news|url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/keegan-smith/|title=Keegan Smith|publisher=Arkansas Razorbacks|access-date=2025-02-12}} While she played goalkeeper for club and the youth national team, she played in the outfield as a center midfielder at Haverling High School. She recorded 89 goals and 59 assists during her high school career and was named the New York Gatorade Player of the Year after winning the NYSPHSAA Class B state championship as a senior in 2023, heading in the winning goal in the title game.{{cite news|url=https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/high-school/2024/06/25/keegan-smith-haverling-gatorade-new-york-girls-soccer-player-of-the-year/74171636007/|title=Haverling girls soccer star named Gatorade New York Player of the Year|last=Slaughter|first=Marquel|date=2024-06-25|newspaper=Democrat and Chronicle|access-date=2025-02-12}} She played ECNL club soccer for the Western New York Flash.
=Arkansas Razorbacks=
Smith took the starting goalkeeper position at the start of her freshman season with the Arkansas Razorbacks in 2024.{{cite news|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2024/aug/23/freshman-delivers-for-no-9-ua-in-draw/|title=Freshman delivers for No. 9 UA in draw|last=Kristensen|first=Anthony|date=2024-08-23|newspaper=Arkansas Democrat-Gazette|access-date=2025-02-12}} She started all but one match and kept 11 clean sheets in 21 games, earning Southeastern Conference all-freshman honors and reaching the SEC tournament semifinals.{{cite web|url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/sport/w-soccer/2024-soccer-stats/|title=Cume Stats Soccer - 2024-25|publisher=Arkansas Razorbacks|access-date=2025-02-12}}{{cite news|url=https://www.mytwintiers.com/sports/college-sports/haverlings-keegan-smith-set-for-ncaa-tournament-with-arkansas-soccer/|title=Haverling's Keegan Smith set for NCAA Tournament with Arkansas soccer|last=Ketter|first=Nick|date=2024-11-12|publisher=WETM-TV|access-date=2025-02-12}} She made a season-high nine saves against Stanford in the round of 16 at the NCAA tournament, losing in a penalty shootout.
International career
Smith has been called up to the United States youth national team at the under-16 and under-19 levels.{{cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/club-soccer-articles/roster-for-us-u16-gnt-camp_aid49262|title=Roster for U.S. U16 GNT Camp|last=Eskilson|first=J.R.|date=March 31, 2021|website=TopDrawerSoccer|access-date=2025-02-12}}
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:Soccer players from New York (state)
Category:American women's soccer players
Category:Women's association football goalkeepers
Category:Arkansas Razorbacks women's soccer players
Category:United States women's youth international soccer players