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2020 Soccer Roster

Big 12 Conference
Nicole Curry 2020

23 Nicole Curry

  • Position
    GK
  • Height
    5-10
  • Class
    Redshirt Senior
  • High School
    Episcopal School of Dallas
  • Hometown
    Dallas, Texas
  • Major
    Physical Culture & Sports

Biography

HONORS & AWARDS
•  United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (Sept. 26, 2017)
•  Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1, 2019; Aug. 28 & Oct. 23, 2018; Sept. 26, 2017)

SENIOR (2019)
Played 913:10 in net while starting 10 matches, posting a 0.89 GAA. 37 saves and a 7-3-0 record with six solo shutouts ... Posted four consecutive shutouts from Sept. 22-Oct. 3 (Grambling, at Kansas, at Kansas State, TCU) as Texas kept its opponents scoreless for a stretch of over 400 minutes of consecutive playing time ... Made eight saves in 103:10 of action during the 2-1 (2OT) loss to West Virginia (Oct. 6) ... Was between the pipes, making four saves in the 2-0 shutout of Washington (Sept. 13) ... Earned her first playing time of the season by making one stop in the 3-1 win at Stephen F. Austin (Sept. 6).

JUNIOR (2018)
Started all 21 matches between the pipes for the Longhorns and posted a 0.75 GAA while playing 1,908 of 1,953 possible minutes ... Faced a career-high 28 shots during the Big 12 Semifinal loss to No. 14 West Virginia (Nov. 2), but made seven big saves to keep the Horns in the eventual 1-0 defeat ... Made five stops in regulation and then two more in the penalty kick shootout as Texas advanced past Kansas in the Big 12 Championship Quarterfinal (Oct. 28), 0-0 (2OT) - 3-1 on PK’s ... Registered back-to-back solo shutouts in wins over Kansas (single-season-high-tying seven stops - Oct. 19) and Kansas State (Oct. 21) ... Stopped three shots in the 2-1 (OT) win against Baylor (Sept. 21) ... Picked up her third shutout of the year by registering four stops during the 3-0 victory over Northern Colorado (Sept. 16) ... Made two saves in posting her 13th career solo shutout during the 4-0 rout of Houston Baptist (Sept. 9) ... Was outstanding in the 1-1 (2OT) tie at No. 4 North Carolina, making four vital saves, including one on a Dorian Bailey penalty kick attempt at 23:41 ... Made three stops in picking up a 3-0 shutout victory at Rice (Aug. 17) to open the season.

SOPHOMORE (2017)
Was named the United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week and the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 26 ... Started all 21 matches in goal for the Longhorns, posting a 14-4-3 record, a program single-season record 11 shutouts and 76 saves over 2,005 minutes ... Made a huge diving save late in the second OT and stopped Clemson’s seventh penalty in the PK shootout as Texas advanced past the Tigers in NCAA Second Round play (Nov. 17) ... Was required to make just three saves in blanking North Texas (Nov. 10) during her first career NCAA action, 3-0 ... Registered seven stops during the 2-1 (OT) loss to Baylor in the Big 12 Championship quarterfinal (Nov. 1) ... Put up shutouts nine and 10 during victories at Kansas State (Oct. 15) and Baylor (Oct. 20) ... Made eight saves against a season-high 22 shots in the 2-1 loss at Kansas (Oct. 13) ... Wasn’t required to make a single stop in recording her eighth career shutout at Oklahoma (Oct. 1) ... Faced 17 shots and made a career-best nine saves while holding off Texas Tech on Sept. 29, 3-2 (2OT) ... Blanked No. 5 West Virginia (Sept. 24) by making five stops, including a huge one on a point-blank shot by Michaela Abam at 88:16 (her save ranked at No. 8 on ESPNW’s “Top 10 Plays of the Week” on Sept. 27), to preserve a 1-0 triumph ... Came through with three vital saves to hold off a late Iowa State (Sept. 22) charge as the Longhorns opened the Big 12 campaign with a 1-0 victory ... Made three saves against UTRGV (Sept. 15) in blanking the Vaqueros in overtime, 1-0 ... Picked up her fourth career shutout and first win over a ranked team by making a pair of stops during a 3-0 win over No. 25 Colorado (Sept. 8) ... Was forced to make just one stop in blanking Sacramento State (Sept. 3), 1-0 ... Delivered a pair of clutch second-half diving saves to help blank North Texas on Aug. 27, 1-0 ... Faced just one shot and wasn’t forced to make a stop in earning her first career clean sheet during the 2-0 shutout of Western Kentucky (Aug. 20) ... In her initial career start and action between the pipes on the Forty Acres, Curry made six huge saves, including two in 1-v-1, point-blank situations, to preserve a season-opening, 2-1 UT victory over Rice (Aug. 18).

FRESHMAN (2016)
Curry did not see playing time in 2016.

CLUB
With her club team, the Dallas Sting ECNL 98, coached by Antonio "Tatu" Percorari/Randy Lucas & Sagu, she played in four straight ECNL National Finals – Champions League (U-17 – eighth in 2015; U-16 – fourth in 2014; U-15 – seventh in 2013), finished top eight in 2016 and was part of three ECNL Texas Conference champs (2013, 2015, 2016) and two second-place finishes (2012, 2014) … Her 2013 team entered the ECNL Champions League as the No. 1 seed after allowing no opponents to score during conference and national event play.

HIGH SCHOOL
A two-sport athlete in soccer and volleyball at The Episcopal School of Dallas for Mike Renshaw and Laura Gomez, respectively, Curry helped her soccer squad to consecutive Southern Preparatory Conference (SPC) Championships in 2014 and 2015, while also being named 2014 All-North Zone and 2015 All-SPC … As a senior in 2016, Curry earned Top Drawer Soccer TeamSnap Second-Team Winter All-American, Texas-North and Texas State Star honors while leading her team to a third-consecutive SPC title with a 16-0-3 overall record, allowing just two goals all season … Curry scored the winning penalty kick in the final minute of double overtime during the 2016 championship match victory over Austin St. Stephen’s Episcopal School.

PERSONAL
Born on Dec. 27, 1997 … Parents are Gene and Ana Katherine Curry … Has three siblings, Alex, Rachel and Michael …  Is studying Physical Culture & Sports and hopes to become an orthopedic physician’s assistant after graduation … Chose to attend Texas over a list of schools that included Texas A&M, Rutgers, Texas Tech and Baylor.

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

    GK
    5'10"
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    2016-17Freshman

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    5'10"
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    2017Sophomore

    GK
    5'10"
    23
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    2017-18Sophomore

    GK
    5'10"
    23
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    2018Junior

    GK
    5'10"
    23
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    2018-19Junior

    GK
    5'10"
    23
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    2019Redshirt Junior

    GK
    5'10"
    23
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    2019-20Redshirt Junior

    GK
    5'10"
    23
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    2020Redshirt Senior

    GK
    5'10"
    23
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