Story by NU Athletic Communications
The Nebraska women’s soccer team welcomed forward Gracie English and defender Reese Snowden to the team on May 13, as the pair joins Anya McKay, Maddy Osborn and Rin Sato as additions to the 2024 Husker squad.
English joins the Huskers as a graduate transfer after competing at Saint Louis in her freshman and sophomore years and Missouri State for her junior and senior seasons. With the Billikens, she helped the team to two conference titles before starting 16 of 20 games and scoring two goals and three assists at Missouri State the following year. In her senior season, English started all 19 games, tallied a team-leading seven goals with three assists and tied the program record with five game-winning goals. She led the conference in shots and shots on goal percentage, and earned MVC All-Conference First-Team honors.
In high school, English played for Coach James Chambers at Belleville East High School in Belleville, Ill. She scored 16 goals in one season as a junior and during her career, earned first-team all-conference, all-sectional and McDonald’s Soccer Student-Athlete of the Week honors.
Snowden, a previous commit to Kansas State, will provide depth to the Husker backfield. The Manhattan, Kan., native helped Manhattan High School to three-straight Kansas Class 6A fourth-place finishes, while being recognized as a three-time KHSSA Class 6A All-State Second Team selection and three-time All-State selection. Snowden tallied 48 goals and 28 assists, while collecting Centennial League Player of the Year honors. Additionally, she was named to the 2023 All-Centennial League First Team.
On the club side, Snowden played for Coach Colin Bulwich at Sporting Blue Valley ECNL, where she helped the team to a third-place finish at the 2022 ECNL Nationals.