2024 Soccer Roster
English, Maeve
Jersey Number 31
Maeve English
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- D.H. Conley
- Hometown:
- Greenville, N.C.
- Major:
- Engineering
Bio
Career: 2024 American Athletic Conference Tournament Champion…. Served as a Team Captain in each of her final three seasons… Finished her career with the ECU program records for both starts and appearances with 88 games started in Purple and Gold… Ended up with the most goalkeeper minutes in ECU history with 8,085, also becoming the 25th keeper in NCAA history to play 8,000 minutes… Recorded 30 career shutouts to end her career tied for the program record and alone in second in American Athletic Conference history… Ended up with a goals against average of 1.12, second in program history… Made 294 career saves which ranked third in program history as well as being an AAC record… Helped the Pirates to an improved win percentage in all five of her seasons in goal… Ended her time in Greenville with a 38-32-18 record.
2024: Started 20 of the team’s 21 games, going the distance in each… Was named to the American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player as well as earning All-Tournament Team honors… Earned American postseason recognition with a All-Conference Third Team nod… The Campbell game on Aug. 25 represented the first game missed in her illustrious career, snapping a 70-game start streak… Recorded nine shutouts, a career high and second in a season most in program history, also tied for eighth in a season in AAC history… Finished with a 1.07 goals against average and a .728 save percentage with 59 saves… Played 1,848 minutes, tied for fifth most keeper minutes in program history… Her nine shutouts ranked tied for ninth in the NCAA while her 1,848 goalkeeper minutes played ranked 28th and goals against average of 1.07 ranked 111th… Made several highlight-reel saves throughout the AAC Tournament, including a stop against South Florida in overtime in the semifinal which ended up No. 7 on the SportsCenter Top 10 Plays… Made five total saves in the South Florida match… Saved Gentiana Fetaj’s penalty in the PK shootout in the Semifinal Round against South Florida to help propel the Pirates to the AAC Final… Made another highlight reel save in overtime, one of five in the game, against No. 19 Memphis to keep the Pirates alive en route to winning the American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship… Made five saves, including a stop on a PK, in the loss at No. 14 South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament… Was named Goalkeeper of the Week on Oct. 7 and earned weekly Honorable Mention recognition on Aug. 19.
2023: Appeared in and started 19 games ... Recorded 57 saves on the season and finished with a 0.740 save percentage... Eight clean sheets is the fifth most in program history... Named AAC Second-Team All-Conference... Named the 2023-24 ECU Female Outstanding Scholar Athlete of the Year at the annual Breakfast of Champions.
2022: Played every minute on the season, making 59 saves and registering a career-best seven clean sheets... Finished with a 0.766 save percentage... Named AAC Goalkeeper of the Week on Sept. 5 and Honor Roll on Oct. 28... Seven shutouts is tied for fifth most in a season in ECU history... 0.94 goals against average is third best in a single season in ECU history... Named AAC Second-Team All-Conference... Made Dean's List in the Fall and Spring Semesters... Named Ms. Pirate at the 2023 Goldspys.
2021: Started all 19 games in goal for the Pirates…Played 1,781 minutes of a possible 1,791 between the sticks…Finished the year with 77 saves, a .740 save percentage and a 1.36 goals against average…Completed four shutouts while also playing the first 81 minutes of a shutout of VMI (Aug. 22)…Named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week on Oct. 11 after allowing just one goal and making 12 saves in wins over Temple (Oct. 7) and Houston (Oct. 10)…Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Aug. 30 and Oct. 4…Finished third in the AAC in saves…Set a season-high with nine saves against South Carolina (Aug. 26)…Made eight saves in the victory over Houston…Had seven saves against No. 23 Memphis (Oct. 24), which helped ECU to not only beat a ranked team for the first time under Jason Hamilton, but also clinch a spot in the AAC Championship.
2020: Started all 11 games and played all 1,038 possible minutes…Unanimously named to the AAC All-Rookie Team, becoming one of just five Pirates to earn the honor…Named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week three different times, the first rookie to earn the award at least three times…Recorded shutouts against Houston (2/13) and against Tulsa (4/3)…Set a career-high with seven stops en route to helping ECU earn a 1-1 draw at UCF (3/14)…Recorded six stops against Tulsa (4/3) and in her first postseason game, the AAC Championship semifinals at South Florida (4/15)…Named to the AAC Championship All-Tournament team after making those six stops against the Bulls…Finished second in the AAC with 36 saves and with a save percentage of .750.
High School/Club: Represented NCFC at the club level…Helped NCFC qualify for the Jefferson State Cup and North Carolina State Cup Final Four…Also played for D.H. Conley…Named the Defensive Player of the Year in 2019, as well as being named All-State, All-Region and All-Conference…Racked up 44 career shutouts and 127 saves, averaging 5.1 per game.
Personal: Daughter of Laura Bullard and Dean English…Has one brother, Thomas…Majoring in Biology at ECU.
2024: Started 20 of the team’s 21 games, going the distance in each… Was named to the American Athletic Conference Tournament Most Outstanding Defensive Player as well as earning All-Tournament Team honors… Earned American postseason recognition with a All-Conference Third Team nod… The Campbell game on Aug. 25 represented the first game missed in her illustrious career, snapping a 70-game start streak… Recorded nine shutouts, a career high and second in a season most in program history, also tied for eighth in a season in AAC history… Finished with a 1.07 goals against average and a .728 save percentage with 59 saves… Played 1,848 minutes, tied for fifth most keeper minutes in program history… Her nine shutouts ranked tied for ninth in the NCAA while her 1,848 goalkeeper minutes played ranked 28th and goals against average of 1.07 ranked 111th… Made several highlight-reel saves throughout the AAC Tournament, including a stop against South Florida in overtime in the semifinal which ended up No. 7 on the SportsCenter Top 10 Plays… Made five total saves in the South Florida match… Saved Gentiana Fetaj’s penalty in the PK shootout in the Semifinal Round against South Florida to help propel the Pirates to the AAC Final… Made another highlight reel save in overtime, one of five in the game, against No. 19 Memphis to keep the Pirates alive en route to winning the American Athletic Conference Tournament Championship… Made five saves, including a stop on a PK, in the loss at No. 14 South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament… Was named Goalkeeper of the Week on Oct. 7 and earned weekly Honorable Mention recognition on Aug. 19.
2023: Appeared in and started 19 games ... Recorded 57 saves on the season and finished with a 0.740 save percentage... Eight clean sheets is the fifth most in program history... Named AAC Second-Team All-Conference... Named the 2023-24 ECU Female Outstanding Scholar Athlete of the Year at the annual Breakfast of Champions.
2022: Played every minute on the season, making 59 saves and registering a career-best seven clean sheets... Finished with a 0.766 save percentage... Named AAC Goalkeeper of the Week on Sept. 5 and Honor Roll on Oct. 28... Seven shutouts is tied for fifth most in a season in ECU history... 0.94 goals against average is third best in a single season in ECU history... Named AAC Second-Team All-Conference... Made Dean's List in the Fall and Spring Semesters... Named Ms. Pirate at the 2023 Goldspys.
2021: Started all 19 games in goal for the Pirates…Played 1,781 minutes of a possible 1,791 between the sticks…Finished the year with 77 saves, a .740 save percentage and a 1.36 goals against average…Completed four shutouts while also playing the first 81 minutes of a shutout of VMI (Aug. 22)…Named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week on Oct. 11 after allowing just one goal and making 12 saves in wins over Temple (Oct. 7) and Houston (Oct. 10)…Named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll on Aug. 30 and Oct. 4…Finished third in the AAC in saves…Set a season-high with nine saves against South Carolina (Aug. 26)…Made eight saves in the victory over Houston…Had seven saves against No. 23 Memphis (Oct. 24), which helped ECU to not only beat a ranked team for the first time under Jason Hamilton, but also clinch a spot in the AAC Championship.
2020: Started all 11 games and played all 1,038 possible minutes…Unanimously named to the AAC All-Rookie Team, becoming one of just five Pirates to earn the honor…Named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week three different times, the first rookie to earn the award at least three times…Recorded shutouts against Houston (2/13) and against Tulsa (4/3)…Set a career-high with seven stops en route to helping ECU earn a 1-1 draw at UCF (3/14)…Recorded six stops against Tulsa (4/3) and in her first postseason game, the AAC Championship semifinals at South Florida (4/15)…Named to the AAC Championship All-Tournament team after making those six stops against the Bulls…Finished second in the AAC with 36 saves and with a save percentage of .750.
High School/Club: Represented NCFC at the club level…Helped NCFC qualify for the Jefferson State Cup and North Carolina State Cup Final Four…Also played for D.H. Conley…Named the Defensive Player of the Year in 2019, as well as being named All-State, All-Region and All-Conference…Racked up 44 career shutouts and 127 saves, averaging 5.1 per game.
Personal: Daughter of Laura Bullard and Dean English…Has one brother, Thomas…Majoring in Biology at ECU.
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