2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Nagai, Aria
Jersey Number 19
Aria Nagai
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Herndon, Va.
- High School:
- Chantilly
- Prev School:
- Princeton
Bio
UNC Career Honors
Graduate Season (2024)
2024 National Champion • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Dec. 4) • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District • One of five Tar Heels to start all 27 matches • Ranked fourth on the team with 2,178 minutes, averaging 80.7 minutes per game • Logged a full 90+ minutes in 14 matches, including every minute of the final three NCAA Tournament games • Finished the year with three goals and three assists for nine points • Her three goals matched her career total prior to the 2024 season • First goal as a Tar Heel, and third of her career, came against Louisville • First career brace at #17 Florida State with goals in the 34th and 36th minutes • Dished out an assist vs. Clemson and against #22 Penn State in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals • Had the game-winning assist vs. #1 Duke in the ACC Semifinals • Was No. 42 on TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100 Player rankings • Ended the year as TopDrawerSoccer's No. 66-ranked player.
At Princeton (2020-23)
Appeared in 55 matches at Princeton, starting 42 of them and logging 3,829 minutes • Finished her Tiger career with two goals, six assists and 10 points • 2023 First Team All-Ivy • 2022 Honorable Mention All-Ivy • 2021 Second Team All-Ivy • 2022, 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
High School/Club
Attended Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Virginia • Ranked as the No. 45 midfielder in the Class of 2020 • Named team captain • 2018, 2019 First Team All-District and First Team All-Region • 2019 Second Team All-State • Played club soccer for Braddock Road Youth Club • Named BRYC Elite team captain from 2015-20 • 2019 ECNL National Training Center Best XI • 2018, 2019 ECNL All-Conference Team selection.
Personal
Aria Nagai is the daughter of Masaaki and Yuka Nagai • Father played soccer at Waseda University in Tokyo • Has an older sister, Saano, and a younger brother, Terra • Terra plays soccer at NYU • Birthday is December 8 • Received her bachelor's degree in computer science from Princeton in May 2024 • Working towards her master's of applied professional studies with a focus on business and data science at UNC.
Why Carolina?
I chose UNC because of its incredible soccer program coupled with amazing academics. I’m excited to push myself on and off the field and compete at the highest level of college soccer while getting a masters degree from a great academic institution.
- 2024 National Champion
- 2024 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
Graduate Season (2024)
2024 National Champion • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Dec. 4) • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District • One of five Tar Heels to start all 27 matches • Ranked fourth on the team with 2,178 minutes, averaging 80.7 minutes per game • Logged a full 90+ minutes in 14 matches, including every minute of the final three NCAA Tournament games • Finished the year with three goals and three assists for nine points • Her three goals matched her career total prior to the 2024 season • First goal as a Tar Heel, and third of her career, came against Louisville • First career brace at #17 Florida State with goals in the 34th and 36th minutes • Dished out an assist vs. Clemson and against #22 Penn State in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals • Had the game-winning assist vs. #1 Duke in the ACC Semifinals • Was No. 42 on TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100 Player rankings • Ended the year as TopDrawerSoccer's No. 66-ranked player.
At Princeton (2020-23)
Appeared in 55 matches at Princeton, starting 42 of them and logging 3,829 minutes • Finished her Tiger career with two goals, six assists and 10 points • 2023 First Team All-Ivy • 2022 Honorable Mention All-Ivy • 2021 Second Team All-Ivy • 2022, 2023 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District.
High School/Club
Attended Chantilly High School in Chantilly, Virginia • Ranked as the No. 45 midfielder in the Class of 2020 • Named team captain • 2018, 2019 First Team All-District and First Team All-Region • 2019 Second Team All-State • Played club soccer for Braddock Road Youth Club • Named BRYC Elite team captain from 2015-20 • 2019 ECNL National Training Center Best XI • 2018, 2019 ECNL All-Conference Team selection.
Personal
Aria Nagai is the daughter of Masaaki and Yuka Nagai • Father played soccer at Waseda University in Tokyo • Has an older sister, Saano, and a younger brother, Terra • Terra plays soccer at NYU • Birthday is December 8 • Received her bachelor's degree in computer science from Princeton in May 2024 • Working towards her master's of applied professional studies with a focus on business and data science at UNC.
Why Carolina?
I chose UNC because of its incredible soccer program coupled with amazing academics. I’m excited to push myself on and off the field and compete at the highest level of college soccer while getting a masters degree from a great academic institution.
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