Women's Soccer - Kansas Jayhawks

Kansas Athletics student-athletes had a banner fall semester in the classroom, recording a combined department grade point average of 3.33, establishing a new non-COVID era record.

Kansas super-senior midfielder Rylan Childers was named a Second-Team Academic All-American as selected by College Sports Communicators (CSC) on Tuesday. Childers is only the second KU women’s soccer student-athlete in program history to be voted to a CSC Academic All-America team, joining Caroline Smith who earned the honor both in 2004 and 2005.

Kansas head soccer coach Mark Francis announced Thursday that the Jayhawks signed six student-athletes to National Letters of Intent during the early signing period.

Kansas forward Lexi Watts was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team, the conference office announced on Tuesday. Watts received the postseason honor after playing in all 20 games, starting the final 15 of those matches.

The No. 15 ranked TCU Horned Frogs defeated the Kansas Jayhawks 5-1 in the quarterfinal round of the Big 12 Championship at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex. Super-senior Rylan Childers scored the lone goal for the Jayhawks.

The No. 7 seeded Kansas Jayhawks will take on the No. 2 seeded TCU Horned Frogs on Sunday evening at 5:30 p.m. CT at Round Rock Multipurpose Complex. The quarterfinals match will be broadcast on Big 12 NOW on ESPN+.

Kansas freshman forward Lexi Watts was named Big 12 Freshman of the Week, the conference office announced on Friday. Watts has now won the award twice this season.

Freshman Lexi Watts scored two goals to lead the Kansas Jayhawks to a 2-0 win over the Iowa State Cyclones on Senior Night at Rock Chalk Park. With the win, Kansas qualified for the Big 12 Championship for the first time since the Jayhawks won it in 2019.

Kansas finishes its regular-season schedule on Thursday night at 7 p.m. CT against Iowa State at Rock Chalk Park. The Jayhawks will honor their seniors prior to the start of the game. 

Kansas Athletics unveiled its strategic plan on Wednesday, which will serve as a roadmap to future success in an everchanging world of college athletics.