AUBURN, Ala. — Auburn soccer celebrated Women's History Month during its exhibition matchup versus Georgia with alternate uniforms depicting the last names of trailblazing women throughout history.
Each player and staff member selected a woman that inspires them and donned her last name for the duration of the match.
The team's selections are listed below.
| Player/Staff Member | Woman Celebrated | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| #0 Madeline Moore | Jane Goodall | Early primatology expert, anthropologist |
| #00 Maddie Prohaska | Muffet McGraw | Former women's college basketball coach |
| #3 Helene Tyburczy | Malala Yousafzai | Pakistani female education activist |
| #4 Anna Haddock | Nadia Nadim | Professional soccer player/physician, Afghan refugee |
| #6 Becky Contreras | Marta Viera da Silva | Professional soccer player |
| #7 Carly Thatcher | Brandi Chastain | Olympic medalist/former professional player |
| #8 Mallory Mooney | Allyson Felix | Former track & field athlete/women's equality activist |
| #10 Sammie Brown | Toni Morrison | First black woman to win Nobel Prize in literature |
| #11 LJ Knox | Corrie ten Boom | Provided safe harbor to Jews in WWII/public speaker |
| #12 Haley Duca | Diana Spencer | International activist |
| #13 Taylor Richards | Simone Biles | Olympic medalist/mental health advocate |
| #14 Sydney Richards | Mary McMillan | Mother of physical therapy |
| #15 Sydnie Thibodaux | Aly Raisman | Olympic medalist/sexual assault spokesperson |
| #16 Dylan Driver | Pat Summitt | Former women's college basketball coach |
| #17 Maddy Bondon | Rosa Parks | The First Lady of Civil Rights |
| #18 Jaycie Silhan | Sydney McLaughlin | Olympic medalist/Christian spokesperson |
| #19 Marissa Arias | Becky Hammon | professional basketball coach |
| #20 Hayden Colson | Kim Crabbe | First African American woman called up to USWNT |
| #23 Olivia Candelino | Serena Williams | Professional tennis player/women's equality activist |
| #27 Olivia Fout | Amelia Earhart | First woman to fly solo across Atlantic Ocean |
| #28 Erin Houston | Katherine Johnson | Human calculator for NASA |
| #32 Maddie Simpson | Mary Verdi-Fletcher | Physically integrated dance pioneer |
| Karen Hoppa | Casey Hayden | Civil rights activist |
| Ben Madsen | Dorothea Dix | Mental health & research advocate |
| Nick Flohre | Florence Griffith-Joyner | Olympic medalist |
| Amy Reif | Marie Curie | Physicist & chemist, first woman to win Nobel Prize, first person to win Nobel Prize twice |
| Meagan Hooshyar | Karen Hoppa | College soccer pioneer, 25-year head coach at Auburn |
| Matt Smith | Babe Zaharias | Female athletics pioneer |
| Tucker Cleverdon | Shelly Poe | Sports information trailblazer, former president of CoSIDA |
| Joanna Foss | Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Former Supreme Court Justice/women's equality activist |
| Maddie Warner | Misty Copeland | First female African American principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre |
| Xaymara Gonzalez Adams | Sonia Sotomayor | First Latina Supreme Court Justice |
| Meagan Ryan | Zabel Yessayan | Author, Armenian academic & political figure |
| Savannah Stoughton | Henrietta Lacks | Contributed cancer cells to medical research |
In the matchup, Auburn defeated the Bulldogs 3-0. Carly Thatcher opened the scoring in the 36th minute followed by Dylan Driver in the 70th and Sydnie Thibodaux in the 77th.
The women of Auburn soccer return to exhibition action next weekend, facing off against Mercer, Saturday, April 1 at 1 p.m. CT. The matchup will the Tigers' final home game of the spring season.