2025 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 18
Sarah Foley
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Belleville West
- Hometown:
- Belleville, Ill.
 2024 & 2025 All-Big Ten Second Team |
Senior - 2025
- Second-Team All-Big Ten
- Featured in all 21 matches on the season, starting all 21.
- Notched the program's fifth seven point game against Valparaiso on Sept. 7 with her first career hat trick and an assist
- Tallied career-best marks in shots (48) and shots on goal (30)
- Ended the season tied with Cayla Jackson for the most goals and points on the team at seven and 17, respectively.
- Opened the 2025 season with back to back goals vs. Boston College on Aug. 25 and then again on Aug. 28 at DePaul.
- Scored the only goal at Oregon on Sept. 18
- Assisted on both goals in the 2-1 win over Maryland on Oct. 5
- Scored the lone goal at Michigan St. Oct. 19
Junior - 2024
- All-Big Ten Second Team
- CSC Academic All-District
- Featured in all 18 matches on the season, making 17 starts.
- Tallied career-best marks in goals (11), shots (33), shots on goal (22) and game-winning goals (6).
- Her 11 goals and 24 points were both the most in a single season by an Illini since 2015.
- Her six game-winning goals are fourth-most all-time in program history and were the most in a single season by an Illini since 2011.
- Opened the 2024 campaign with a goal and an assist vs. Wright State on Aug. 15.
- Scored in consecutive matches on Aug. 25 vs. Illinois State and on Aug. 31 vs. Kentucky.
- Recorded her first-career brace on Sept. 8 at Mercer.
- Posted her second brace of the season at Wisconsin on Sept. 19.
- Scored the game winner on Sept. 29 vs. Maryland from the penalty spot.
- Assisted on Lia Howard's match winner on Oct. 6 at Purdue.
- Recorded her fifth match-winning goal of Oct. 17 at Indiana.
- Curled home a free kick on Oct. 20 at Rutgers for her 10th goal of the season...became the first Illini to reach double figures in goal scored since Jannelle Flaws (11 goals) in 2015.
- Scored the match-winner, her sixth of the campaign, in the season finale on Oct. 27 vs. Northwestern...her six game-winners were the most in a single season by an Illini since Vanessa DiBernardo had eight in 2011...scored for the third-consecutive match, a new career best.
Sophomore - 2023
- Academic All-Big Ten.
- Played in all 17 matches, starting 15-straight matches to end the season.
- Ranked third on the team with 21 shots...fired 13 on target...had the second-highest shot on goal percentage (.619) on the team.
- Tallied two goals and a career-best two assists on the season...one of six players to have a multi-goal season.
- Assisted on Maeve Jones' goal in the season opener on Aug. 17 vs. Loyola.
- Opened her account on Sept. 10 vs. Pepperdine, scoring off of the rebound on a saved penalty kick.
- Picked up her second assist of the season on Sept. 21 vs. Indiana.
- Scored her second goal of the season on Sept. 24 vs. No. 19 Michigan, scoring off of the rebound on her own penalty kick miss.
Freshman - 2022
- Appeared in 13 games, all off the bench.
- Recorded 519 minutes of action in her freshman campaign...season-high 60 minutes on Sept. 4 vs. Indiana State.
- Tallied five points on the season (2 G, 1 A).
- Fired 10 shots with six on goal...her shot on goal percentage of .600 was tied for a team-high among players with at least 10 shots.
- Scored her first-career goal on Aug. 21 vs. Toledo.
- Picked up her first-career assist on Aug. 21 vs. Toledo.
- Scored her second goal of the season on Sept. 4 vs. Indiana State.
High School/Club
- 2019 USYS National Champion with Lou Fusz
- Leading scorer at the Midwest Regional Championships with six goals
- 2020 IHSA All-Sectional
- WPSL team member for Fire and Ice, scoring four goals on the season and playing with former Illini Nicole Breece
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