Haley VanFossen - Soccer - Arkansas Razorbacks

#99 Haley VanFossen

99 | D | Sr. | 5-10 | Broken Arrow, Okla. | Union HS | TSC Hurricane

>> All-SEC First Team (2018, 19, 20)
>> MAC Hermann Award Watch List (19, 21)
>> SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Year (2019)
>> United Soccer Coaches All-American Third Team (2019)
>> United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region First Team (2018, 19)
>> United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team (2021)
>> SEC Defender of the Week (9/16/19)
>> SEC All-Tournament Team (2017, 18)
>> SEC Defensive Player of the Week (9/24/18)
>> No. 91-ranked player in nation by TopDrawerSoccer.com (2018)

As a Graduate Senior (2021)

Appeared in all 24 matches, getting the start in 22, recording a total of 1,914 minutes… Notched nine shots as a defender, with four on target… Started all four NCAA Tournament games and tallied 90+ minutes in three of them… Led the back line, helping hold opponents to 24 goals on the season… Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll while getting her master’s in operations management.

As a Senior (2020-21)

Got the start in all 16 matches, logging 1,393 minutes… Was named to the All-SEC First Team for the third-straight season… Member of the MAC Hermann Award Watch List for the second-straight year… Tallied four assists, a career-high for a single season, including two that came in Arkansas’ victory over Missouri State (Feb. 23)… Played 80+ minutes in 15 matches and the full 90 in 10… Added five shots and took nine corners… Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll, majoring in Journalism: Advertising-Public Relations.

As a Junior (2019)

Started in all 23 matches, playing 1,855 minutes … Was named the first SEC Defender of the Year and joined Anna Podojil in becoming the first All-Americans in school history … Became just the third Razorback all-time to be named to the All-SEC First Team in back-to-back seasons … Put away a goal against Ole Miss (10/3) and dished out an assist against Minnesota (8/29) … Anchored a defense that allowed just 11 goals in 23 matches … Led the defense to a 0.565 shutout percentage and 0.466 goals-against-average which both ranked second in the SEC … Played 80+ minutes in 16 matches, including three matches logging 100+ minutes …  Was named SEC Defender of the Week on Sept. 16 after helping shutout No. 22 Baylor and No. 1 North Carolina in the program’s first back-to-back wins over ranked teams.

As a Sophomore (2018)

Played in all 23 matches, starting 22 … Logged 1,956 minutes, the second-highest total on the team … Was a major component of Arkansas’ back line, contributing to all eight shutouts during the season … Has now been a part of 18 shutouts in her career … Played 90 or more minutes 15 times and has already notched 45 starts in her career, including 19-straight dating back to Aug. 31 against Baylor … Became the first Razorback to be named to the All-SEC First Team since Claire Kelley in 2016 and seventh different Razorback named to the first team in school history … Was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 24) after helping Arkansas to wins over No. 2 Texas A&M and Alabama, playing all 180 minutes of those two matches … The win over the Aggies was Arkansas’ first since 1993, breaking a 25-match losing streak … Against Texas A&M, she helped limit the Aggies to only two shots on goal, neither in the run of play, marking the lowest for Texas A&M in a match that year … Named to the SEC All-Tournament Team after leading Arkansas to shutouts of Ole Miss and Florida en route to its third-straight SEC Tournament final appearance … It was her second-straight all-tournament team selection … Named to the SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll, majoring in Broadcast Journalism.

As a Freshman (2017)

Played and started in 23 matches as a freshman … Logged 1,878 minutes, the fifth-most minutes on the team … Scored one goal while notching three assists for five points … Also totaled nine shots with five coming on target (.455) and took a team-leading 39 corner kicks … Scored her only goal at Providence (Sept. 10) after finishing a rebound in the 5th minute for the first goal of the match … Tallied assists against Mississippi Valley State (Sept. 3) and in the SEC Tournament First Round against Ole Miss (Oct. 29) … Sent in the long free kick near midfield against the Rebels to help score the only goal of the match and send Arkansas through to the SEC Tournament quarterfinals … Played 11 matches of 90 or more minutes including nine of the final 10 matches … Played every minute of every match in the SEC Tournament helping Arkansas run to the SEC Tournament final for the second-consecutive year.

Club
Played for the Tulsa Soccer Club Hurricane.

High School
Rated a three-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer.com … Named into TopDrawerSoccer.com 2016 Girls IMG Academy 150 Player Pool … Named into 2015 TopDrawerSoccer.com Spring High School State All-Star list … Two-time undefeated Class 6A state champion with Union High School (2015, 16) … Part of team that finished 2015-16 season 19-0 and ranked No. 1 in USA Today’s girls’ soccer rankings … Also included among 21 candidates in publication’s poll to select North America’s best high school sports team … Three-time All-District largest classification in Oklahoma … Club teammates with Parker Goins, Nayeli Perez and Taylor Malham.