2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Gagne, Clare
Jersey Number 0
Clare Gagne
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Orono, Minn.
- High School:
- Orono
- Prev School:
- Brown
Bio
UNC Career Honors
Graduate Season (2024)
2024 National Champion • NCAA College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player • NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team • TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second Team • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District • One of five Tar Heels to start all 27 matches • Led the team with 2,389 minutes, playing between the posts for all but 50 minutes the entire season • Finished the year with a 0.771 save percentage and 0.83 goals-against average • Made 74 saves (2.74 saves per game) • Credited with 13 shutouts, which led the ACC and ranked third in the nation • Had five 5+ save performances • Recorded a career-high 13 saves at #17 Florida State, erasing her previous career-best of five, and was just one shy of the program record from 1980 • Conceded only one goal throughout the NCAA Tournament, with back-to-back shutouts in the College Cup • Totaled 17 saves across six NCAA Tournament games • Stopped a penalty kick in the NCAA Second Round vs. #11 Santa Clara • Had five first-half saves vs. #1 Duke in the NCAA Semifinals • Made three saves, all in the first half, vs. #3 Wake Forest in the NCAA Championship • Ended the year as TopDrawerSoccer's No. 23-ranked player.
At Brown (2020-23)
Appeared in 29 games, earning 23 starts • Logged 2,193 minutes between the posts, including 1,498 as a senior • Finished her career at Brown with 59 saves, a .74 goals-against average and a .766 save percentage • Capped off her senior year with a 9-1-2 record, six shutouts, a .846 save percentage and a .483 GAA to rank second in the league while earning All-Ivy Honorable Mention praise • Received the team’s Coaches Award as a senior • Selected to the 2023 NEWISA Senior Bowl • Helped the Bears win three-straight Ivy League titles • Named to the 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team • Team captain as a senior.
High School/Club
Attended Orono High School in Orono, Minnesota • Ranked the No. 51 player and No. 5 goalkeeper in the nation for the Class of 2020 • 2019 Minnesota State Ms. Soccer finalist • Played at Orono under head coach Erin Murray • Recorded 51 career shutouts and served as team captain for two seasons • Earned All-Conference honors all four years • Twice named All-State, All-Metro First Team and MNHSL All-Tournament • Helped lead Orono to three state runner-up finishes • Received Great Lakes Class of 2020 High School Stars: Top Honors • Was an AP Scholar with Distinction • Also played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Academy for Danny Storlien and Terry Leindecker • Selected to the Midwest PDP and ODP Region II Pool twice … Earned ECNL Midwest All-Conference honors as a junior … Reached the ECNL National Playoffs twice.
Personal
Clare Wilson Gagne is the daughter of Stacey Wilson and Steve Gagne • Has three siblings: L, Owen and Peter • Birthday is February 22 • Received her bachelor's degree in health and human biology from Brown in May 2024 • Working towards her master's of public health with a certificate in community preparedness and disaster management • Is an ordained minister.
Why Carolina?
UNC provided an opportunity to continue to push myself to the highest possible level in both athletics and academics. This program is defined by the talent and competition of every person who is a part of it, and I am grateful to be surrounded by a group of players and staff so motivated to grow.
- 2024 National Champion
- 2024 NCAA College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player
- 2024 NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second Team
- 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Graduate Season (2024)
2024 National Champion • NCAA College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player • NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team • TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second Team • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District • One of five Tar Heels to start all 27 matches • Led the team with 2,389 minutes, playing between the posts for all but 50 minutes the entire season • Finished the year with a 0.771 save percentage and 0.83 goals-against average • Made 74 saves (2.74 saves per game) • Credited with 13 shutouts, which led the ACC and ranked third in the nation • Had five 5+ save performances • Recorded a career-high 13 saves at #17 Florida State, erasing her previous career-best of five, and was just one shy of the program record from 1980 • Conceded only one goal throughout the NCAA Tournament, with back-to-back shutouts in the College Cup • Totaled 17 saves across six NCAA Tournament games • Stopped a penalty kick in the NCAA Second Round vs. #11 Santa Clara • Had five first-half saves vs. #1 Duke in the NCAA Semifinals • Made three saves, all in the first half, vs. #3 Wake Forest in the NCAA Championship • Ended the year as TopDrawerSoccer's No. 23-ranked player.
At Brown (2020-23)
Appeared in 29 games, earning 23 starts • Logged 2,193 minutes between the posts, including 1,498 as a senior • Finished her career at Brown with 59 saves, a .74 goals-against average and a .766 save percentage • Capped off her senior year with a 9-1-2 record, six shutouts, a .846 save percentage and a .483 GAA to rank second in the league while earning All-Ivy Honorable Mention praise • Received the team’s Coaches Award as a senior • Selected to the 2023 NEWISA Senior Bowl • Helped the Bears win three-straight Ivy League titles • Named to the 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team • Team captain as a senior.
High School/Club
Attended Orono High School in Orono, Minnesota • Ranked the No. 51 player and No. 5 goalkeeper in the nation for the Class of 2020 • 2019 Minnesota State Ms. Soccer finalist • Played at Orono under head coach Erin Murray • Recorded 51 career shutouts and served as team captain for two seasons • Earned All-Conference honors all four years • Twice named All-State, All-Metro First Team and MNHSL All-Tournament • Helped lead Orono to three state runner-up finishes • Received Great Lakes Class of 2020 High School Stars: Top Honors • Was an AP Scholar with Distinction • Also played club soccer for Minnesota Thunder Academy for Danny Storlien and Terry Leindecker • Selected to the Midwest PDP and ODP Region II Pool twice … Earned ECNL Midwest All-Conference honors as a junior … Reached the ECNL National Playoffs twice.
Personal
Clare Wilson Gagne is the daughter of Stacey Wilson and Steve Gagne • Has three siblings: L, Owen and Peter • Birthday is February 22 • Received her bachelor's degree in health and human biology from Brown in May 2024 • Working towards her master's of public health with a certificate in community preparedness and disaster management • Is an ordained minister.
Why Carolina?
UNC provided an opportunity to continue to push myself to the highest possible level in both athletics and academics. This program is defined by the talent and competition of every person who is a part of it, and I am grateful to be surrounded by a group of players and staff so motivated to grow.
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