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#2 Korbin Albert 2021-22 Women's Soccer Roster

Midfielder

Height 5-7
Class Sophomore
Hometown Grayslake, IL
High School Classical Consortium Academy
Korbin Albert - Women's Soccer - Notre Dame Fighting Irish
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One of the best to don an Irish soccer uniform, Korbin Albert left Notre Dame after two seasons to sign a pro contract with Paris Saint-Germain. Going from the Notre Dame brand to one of the largest and most popular football clubs in Europe, Albert has trailblazed a new path for Irish collegiate players. For the 2022 season, Albert was named a Mac Hermann Trophy Finalist, First Team All-American and the ACC Midfielder of the Year.

CAREER HONORS

  • 2022 Mac Hermann Trophy Finalist (Top-3)
  • 2022 Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Year
  • 2022 First Team All-American (United Soccer Coaches)
  • 2022 College Soccer News First Team All-America
  • 2022 ACC Midfielder of the Year
  • 2022 ACC All-Tournament Team
  • Two-time All-ACC selection
    • 2022 First Team
    • 2021 Third Team
  • 2021 ACC All-Freshman Team
  • Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Region honoree
    • 2022 First Team All-Region
    • 2021 Second Team All-Region
  • 2022 ACC All-Academic Team
  • Two-time 2022 CollegeSoccerNews.com & Top Drawer National Soccer Player of the Week (Oct. 11, Nov. 8)
  • Two-time 2022 ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25, Nov. 1)
  • 2021 Top-Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI Team
  • 2021 Top-Drawer Soccer Top-10 Freshman list for 2021
  • 2021 College Soccer News All-Freshman Second Team
  • Played in 44 total games, with 42 starts.
  • Scored 28 career goals
  • Dished out 9 career assists
  • Totaled 65 career points
  • 8 career game-winners

2022 Season (Sophomore)

  • Mac Hermann Trophy Finalist (Top-3) – first Irish finalist since the 2010 season.
  • Top Drawer Soccer Player of the Year
  • First Team All-American (United Soccer Coaches)
  • College Soccer News First Team All-America
  • ACC Midfielder of the Year
  • All-ACC First Team
  • ACC All-Tournament Team
  • Two-time CollegeSoccerNews.com & Top Drawer National Soccer Player of the Week (Oct. 11, Nov. 8)
  • Two-time ACC Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 25, Nov. 1)
  • Played in 22 games, started in 21, missing the season opener due to the U.S U-23 World Cup
  • 16 total goals – 8th in the country – tops for a midfielder
  • 0.73 goals per game – 11th in the country
  • 37 total points – 9th in the country
  • 1.7 points per game – 12th in the country
  • 6 game-winning goals – 5th in the country
  • Scored an impressive 14 goals over the last 12 games. A total of 4 multi-goal performances over the last 8 games – 5 total on the year.
  • She had 3 PK goals, so when looking at her 13 non-PK goals – 10 came from outside the box. In addition, three came via direct free-kicks.
  • One of the best individual performances she had this season was against Florida State on Nov. 3 when she recorded her first career hat trick.
  • 9 of her 16 goals were scored against top-25 teams.

2021 Season (Freshman)

  • Third Team All-ACC
  • ACC All-Freshman Team
  • Top-Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI Team
  • United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-Region
  • Top-Drawer Soccer Top-10 Freshman list for 2021
  • Finished with the second most goals on the team with 12, which tied for the 13th most all-time in program history for a freshman
  • Her 12 goals also ranked 4th in the ACC and 29th in the country. Nationally, amongst Division I freshmen, Albert’s 12 goals ranked 2nd, just one goal behind Radford’s Kat Parris.
  • Cracked the starting lineup in game one and never looked back, starting in 21 of 22 games played, racking up over 1,488 minutes.
  • Scored eight goals over the final 11 games, including four in the last four.
  • Totaled three braces on the year – Detroit Mercy (9/9), Louisville (10/7) and SIUE (11/14)
  • Also achieved two game-winning goals – one against Louisville (10/7) and the other in the NCAA First Round vs. SIUE (11/14)
  • Secured a spot in the ND record book in the win over Louisville – scoring in the first 37 seconds, which marked the fifth fastest goal in program history
  • Recorded a ‘golazo’ at No 2 Virginia from over 30 yards out.
  • Also scored Notre Dame’s first goal in the NCAA third round at Arkansas in an absolute screamer of goal from outside the 18-yard box.

PREP AND PERSONAL

  • Played Club for Eclipse Select and coach Mike Nesci.
  • Member of the US Youth National Team Pool from 2015-2019
  • Got called up to the U-17 WNT in 2019 for a UEFA Development Tournament in Czech Republic
  • 2018-19 ECNL Midwest Player of the Year
  • ECNL Champions League Best XI U16 & U17
  • ECNL All-American Team 2018-2019
  • Top Drawer Best 11 2018 DA Tournament
  • U15 Girls National Team
  • U14 ECNL National Finalists (2017)
  • US Futsal National Team (2015-2016)
  • TDS ECNL playoffs U14 Best XI (2017)
  • TDS ECNL New Jersey Best XI (2017)
  • Graduated from Classical Consortium in three years
  • Daughter of Janet Albert
  • Has four brothers; DJ, Kyler, Keaton & Landon, and one sister, Teagon
  • Mom was an All American for Track & Field at the University of Iowa
  • DJ played soccer at the University of Cincinnati, Keaton played soccer at Indiana Wesleyan and Teagon plays soccer and is on the diving team at Olivet Nazarene University
  • Intends to major in animal behavior