Women’s Soccer’s Nasello Chosen in Second Round of NWSL Draft
TAMPA, Fla., Dec. 18, 2021 – University of South Florida alumna
Sydny Nasello was chosen in the second round of the NWSL Draft by the Portland Thorns at 13th overall on Saturday afternoon.
Nasello, who is the program's second-ever two-time All-American, helped lead the Bulls over the last four seasons to four conference championships, earning a title in each season she was on the team. Overall, she scored 24 goals and tallied 28 assists for 76 points in her 71 games wearing green and gold.
In addition to leading USF in all scoring categories in both of the last two years, Nasello finished her collegiate career with multiple top-10 finishes in the program record books. She currently ranks tied for first in assists, third in assists per game (0.394), fourth in points per game (1.07), shots (214) and shots per game (3.014), fifth in points and seventh in goals and goals per game (0.338).
The Land O' Lakes, Fla., native was named a United Soccer Coaches first-team All-American in 2020 and a second-team All-American in 2021. She also was voted the American Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year in both 2020 and 2021, and was named to all-conference teams in all four years she was on campus.
The Portland Thorns are one of the most successful teams in the NWSL, capturing the NWSL Championship in 2013 and 2017. The Thorns also earned the NWSL Shield, which honors the top regular-season team based on standings points, in 2016, 2020 and 2021.
Nasello joins 2019 grad
Evelyne Viens on the program's drafted list, as Viens was the second-highest draft pick in USF Athletics history at No. 5 overall in the 2020 NWSL Draft by now Gotham FC.
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The USF women's soccer team has posted ten consecutive seasons of 10-plus wins under head coach Denise Schilte-Brown. The Bulls made their first NCAA tournament appearance in 2010 and returned in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. South Florida has five consecutive seasons with a conference championship, earning the tournament title in 2017, 2019 and 2020 as well as the regular-season title in 2018, 2020 and 2021. The program had its first draft pick and second-highest pick in USF Athletics history with Evelyne Viens being taken with the fifth overall pick in the 2020 NWSL Draft by Sky Blue FC, now Gotham FC.
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