2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Adriana Benassi
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Lee's Summit HS
- Hometown:
- Lee's Summit, Mo.
2024 (Freshman): Summit League Offensive Peak Performer (Sep. 23) … Made eight starts and 18 appearances… Tied for first on the team in game-winners with two… Tied for eighth in the Summit in goals and ranked first on the team with five… Played 909 total minutes, ninth on the team… Earned one assist, tied for first on the team in points with 11… Ranked first in shots on goal… Landed a career-high three shots on goal in three games… One of two Roos with a multi-goal performance… Scored two goals against Emporia State on Aug. 22 and again against Northern Colorado on Sept. 22… On Aug. 22 scored her first collegiate goal in the 7th minute and her second in the 81st minute, led all players with three shots on goal… Earned five points in the 4-1 win over Northern Colorado on Sep. 22 with two goals and an assist… Played 37 minutes against Northern Colorado with an assist in the 25th minute, an unassisted goal in the 36th minute and another goal in the 41st minute… On Oct. 13 scored an unassisted goal in the 54th minute to tie the game with North Dakota… The Roos completed a three-goal comeback to defeat North Dakota 3-2.
High School/Club: 2023 First Team All-State … 2023 First Team All-Conference … 2023 First Team All-District … 2022 Second Team All-State … 2022 Conference Offensive Player of the Year … 2021 Second Team All-Conference … Team won 2023 district championship … Two-time conference champion (2021, 22) … Also played basketball, where she was a three-time First Team All-District performer … Played club soccer with Kansas City Scott Gallagher … Two-time ENCL All-Regional League Selection (2021-22, 22-23)
Personal: Born April 10, 2006 … Daughter of Jill and Tom Benassi … Tom played football at Missouri S&T … Has two siblings: Alex and Drew … Alex plays basketball at Missouri S&T … Participated in National Honors Society, Spanish National Honors Society, Tiger Pride Advisory and Loud Crowd … Earned an academic letter every semester … Favorite movie is Legally Blonde … Favorite food is pasta … Would like to live in Australia … Intends to major in biomedical engineering
Why Kansas City?: “I chose to play at Kansas City because it is close to home and when I met the coaching staff I loved all of them.”
