Madison Less Season 2020

HONORS & AWARDS
2018 Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Academic All-Ohio Second Team
AAC Goalkeeper of the Week (4x): 10/30/17; 9/17/18; 8/26/19, 9/16/19
AAC Weekly Honor Roll (6x): 9/11/17, 9/25/17, 10/16/17; 10/8/18; 9/23/19, 9/30/19
 
2019 (RS-Junior): Started all 19 matches on the year, posting a 7-9-3 record in goal... recorded 8.0 shutouts on the year, the fifth-most in a single season for a UC keeper... brought her career tally to 16.0, the fifth-most in program history... posted a career-high-tying 10 saves in a 2-0 loss at #25 Virginia Tech the first weekend of the season... named AAC Goalkeeper of the Week following her career performances... earned the same honor a second time following a 1-0-1 weekend that included a 3-2 come-from-behind win at Lipscomb before a 0-0 draw with Xavier that began a streak of four matches in a row with a clean sheet... twice named to the AAC Weekly Honor Roll, including 9/23 and 9/30... the first week saw a 0-0 draw with Austin Peay before road wins of 2-0 at Temple and 1-0 (ot) at UConn opened AAC play... earned Academic All-AAC honors following the season... also earned OCSA Division I Academic All-Ohio First Team.
 
2018 (RS-Sophomore): Appeared in 10 matches, starting nine… posted a 3-7-0 record on the year with one shutout… stopped 55 shots and allowed 17 goals for a 1.83 goals-against average and a .764 save percentage… ranked seventh in the AAC in saved and 10^th in GAA… selected as the AAC’s Goalkeeper of the Week September 17 after recording 12 saves in two matches and allowing one goal… in those matches, subbed in early in the second half against Lipscomb and stopped all four shots to help UC back from a 1-0 deficit to a 2-1 win… followed that up three days later with eight saves in a 2-1, come-from-behind win over LSU… also earned a place on the AAC Weekly Honor Roll October 8 after recording a 13 saves on the road, including a career-high 10 at USF… closed the year with a nine-save performance at ECU… selected to the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association All-Ohio Second Team following the season.
 
2017 (RS-Freshman): Saw the lion’s share of minutes in goal for the Bearcats as she was called upon to start 13 of the team’s 19 matches… recorded a miniscule 0.66 goals against average, the second-best in the AAC and the fourth-best in a single season in UC history… played 1,230 minutes and allowed just nine goals while halting 46 shots for a save percentage of 83.6, the second-best in the league… kept seven clean sheets on the season, tying for the seventh-most in a single season and ranking her 11^th all-time in the program’s career ledger (#10 is 8.2)… her 0.54 shutouts per game average led the AAC as well… got the start in four matches during UC’s shutout streak that lasted 592:37 of game time, the third-longest streak for UC (since 2001) and the longest in Neil Stafford’s time at UC (2013)… played in three of the first seven matches of the year, limiting foes to two goals, as the Bearcats got off to a 6-0-1 start, the best in program history... named the AAC Goalkeeper of the Week after posting six saves and her seventh shutout of the year in a 1-0 win over ECU on the final day of the season… also was named to the league’s Weekly Honor Roll three times… recorded a career-high seven saves in a double-overtime 0-0 draw with #14 UCF… upped her career mark to eight saves in a scoreless draw with Memphis later in the season… averaged 3.5 saves per contest and posted at least four stops in seven matches… named to the AAC All-Academic team.
 
2016 (Freshman): Redshirted… named to the AAC All-Academic team.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2016 graduate of Highland HS (Medina, Ohio)… four-year varsity members for the Hornets, starting 69 of the 71 games she played… posted 36 shutouts, a 0.958 goals against average and 4.803 saves per game average… recorded a shutout in at least 50-percent of the time each season… four-time All-Suburban League All-Conference selection, including twice on the first team and twice on the second team… 2015 Suburban League Player of the Year… four-time All-Medina County honoree, twice on the first team and twice on the second team… twice a team captain, Less was named the team’s Defensive MVP and Team MVP during her time at HHS… at the club level, was a member of the USYS Olympic Development Program Region II team in 2014… OYSA North State ‘A’ Team 2010-14… team advanced to 2013 national finals… four-time national league participant… Region II champions (2013) and Top 4 in 2014 (finals) and 2015 (semifinals)… 2015 USYS Midwest Regional League Premier Division I champions and runners-up in 2013… also played on the basketball team, playing as a starter over her last three years… named All-Suburban League Honorable Mention as a junior… accomplished in the classroom, earning the National Soccer Coaches Association of American High School Academic Team Award, the Ohio Scholastic Soccer Coaches Association High School Academic Team Award, College Board AP Scholar Award and the Suburban League Scholar-Athlete Award… member of the National Honor Society and Highland Honorary Society.