Get to Know Saige ...
At what age did you start playing soccer and how did you get into soccer?
- I started playing at five. I always loved the game and my parents put me in it.
What sport would you play if you did not play soccer and why?
- I would play volleyball. I used to play competitively when I was younger but had to give it up for soccer.Â
Who is your biggest role model and why?
- My parents, they inspire me both on and off the field.Â
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
REDSHIRT JUNIOR – 2025
- Preseason All-Big 12 Team
REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE – 2024
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Academic All-Big 12 Team
- Started all 23 matches
- Scored five goals; third on the team
- Tied for the team lead in assists with seven
- Recorded 17 points;Â third on the team
- Attempted 38 shots, including 20 shots on goal
- Logged 1,380 minutes
- One of 11 Jayhawks to play over 1,000 minutes
SOPHOMORE – 2023
- Missed the season with an illness
FRESHMAN – 2022
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Appeared in 19 matches (five starts)
- Scored two goals against Yale (Sept. 11); first career multi-goal game
- Recorded 14 shots, including four shots on goal
- Tallied an assist at Drake (Aug. 28) and at USF (Sept. 18)
- Played a season-high 64 minutes at Iowa (Aug. 25)
- Logged 731 minutes
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended St. Teresa’s Academy
- Scored 10 goals and had 12 assists during her junior season in 2020-21
- Helped lead St. Teresa’s Academy to third place in Class 4A in 2021, winning the district and sectional championship in the process
- 2020-21 ECNL First Team All Conference
- 2021 Bob Durig MO-KAN All Tournament Team
- Earned All-State Second Team, All-District and All-Region honors in 2021
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Brian and Michelle Wimes
- Has two sisters, Sydney and Gabby
- Father, Brian, played football at Central Missouri
- Sister, Sydney, did dance at Oklahoma City University
- Sister, Gabby, played volleyball at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville
- Majoring in sociology