College Recruitment
Our College Placement Program gives each player the tools and resources they need to take their soccer careers to the next level. We provide support, advice and information giving each potential collegiate athlete the best opportunity to plan for their future.
College Program FAQ's
The best way to start is by watching collegiate soccer matches in person! Being 5 yards from the action lets you see the pace of play, types of players, and team skill level much better than if you were to watch on TV or stream the game.
There are several collegiate soccer teams in Division 1 through Division 3 in the central Texas area. You can start by attending their games to see what level of play would be best suited for your skill and commitment levels for the next step in your soccer journey.
Division 1:
- UT Austin (women's)
- Texas State (women's)
- Incarnate World (men's and women's)
Division 2:
- St. Edwards (women's)
- St. Mary's (men's and women's)
Division 3:
- Southwestern (men's and women's)
- Concordia (men's and women's)
- And more!
Start by attending our College Info Night in the fall, or watch the video below from a previous College Info Night. This event covers how to research schools and programs, when to contact coaches, what information to include when you contact them, etc.
To simplify it:
- Contact coaches to let them know you're interested in their program
- Find a way to get in front of those coaches
- Show them what you can do
- Find out if they're interested in you
It can be difficult, but we're here to help you through the process!
Unless you are a top NCAA Division 1 prospect, sophomore or early junior year is a good time to get started. Most coaches start trying to watch players when they are juniors or maybe second semester sophomores. Contacting them sooner is great because it can get you “on their radar”. College coaches at all levels receive hundreds of emails from players and can struggle to get to all those players. If they see your name for the fourth or fifth time, your name may start to stand out as someone with genuine interest. You don’t want to be a pest, but being persistent is important.
Now if you’re a senior or about to be – it’s not too late, but get going now! Most division 1 teams are done recruiting your class, but lots of division 2 and 3 schools are still looking.
Yes, you should absolutely send video if you have it. For those teams who use Trace or Hudl, you can pull video clips from those and send them to coaches. If your team doesn’t use either of these, then have a parent video your games and put together clips from that.
The ideal video to send to coaches should have 4-5 minutes of game highlights followed by 20 minutes or so of continuous game tape. If a coach likes the highlights, then they’ll watch the game tape to see how you move off the ball, your speed compared to other players, how hard you work etc.Always start with the highlights because most coaches will only want to watch continuous game footage if they’re already interested from seeing the highlights.
The highlights should include a variety of clips with you mostly on attack but some defending as well (more if you’re a defender). For goalkeepers it can be good to have footage of keeper drills included in the highlights.
College Program Resources
Past Alumni
Name | FC Westlake Team | College Attending | High School |
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Andrew Roldan | FC Westlake U19B ECNL | Irvine Valley College | Lake Travis High School |
Ava Grosso | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | University of Texas El Paso | Bowie High School |
Ayden Sadat | FC Westlake U19B ECNL | University of Central Arkansas | Lake Travis High School |
Jackson Baker | FC Westlake U19B ECNL | St. Edwards Univeristy | Cedar Ridge High School |
Krystal Trejo | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | Huston-Tillotson | Lockhart High School |
Logan Thompson | FC Westlake U19B ECNL | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Westlake High School |
Macy Jennings | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | St Edwards University | Bowie High School |
Mack Elliott | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Westlake High School |
Maddie Dean | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL USC | Huston-Tillotson | Bowie High School |
Maddie Mayronne | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | Schreiner University | Bowie High School |
Miranda Sullivan | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | St Edwards University | Bowie High School |
Morgan Brannan | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | Texas Womens University | Leander High School |
Nicolas Mieres | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL | Southwestern University | Westlake High School |
Owen Pryor | FC Westlake U19B ECNL | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | Lake Travis High School |
Samantha Rabb | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | St Edwards University | Bowie High School |
Shea Sander | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | North Central College | Lake Travis High School |
Taylor Dimanlig | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | Schreiner University | Lake Travis High School |
Vance Krutikov | FC Westlake U19B ECNL | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Dripping Springs High School |
Xander Pratt | FC Westlake U19B ECNL | Howard University | Bowie High School |
Name | FC Westlake Team | College Attending | High School |
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Annie Rocha | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | St Edwards University | Johnson High School |
Blaze Hatchett | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL USC | Huston Tillotson University | Bowie High School |
Brody Box | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL | St Edwards University | Round Rock High School |
Brynn Schulte | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | Milwaukee School of Engineering | Lake Travis High School |
Christian Mezas | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL | St Edwards University | Westlake High School |
Cristabela Mendoza | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | Eastern New Mexico | Bowie High School |
Jafeth Rodriguez | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL USC | Huston Tillotson University | IDEA Rundberg |
Jocelyn Rodriquez | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | Austin College | Johnson High School |
Joey Sibley | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL | Southwestern University | Bowie High School |
Kayla Herrera | FC Westlake U19G ECNL RL | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | Giddings High School |
Manuel Nunez | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL | Huston Tillotson University | Akins High School |
Ryan Dilworth | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL USC | Schreiner University | Lake Travis High School |
Romario Salazar | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL | Texas Lutheran University | Jefferson High School |
Vaibhav Thikkavarapu | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL USC | Willamette University | McNeil High School |
Vincent Morales | FC Westlake U19B ECNL RL | St Edwards University | Austin High School |
Name | FC Westlake Team | College Attending | High School |
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Abigail Hall | FC Westlake U19G Elite I | St Edwards University | Austin High |
Ainsley Van Treeck | FC Westlake U19G Elite I | Southwestern University | Austin High |
Drew Bemer | FC Westlake U19B ECNL-RL | Leeds Beckett University | Bowie High School |
Angel Cano | FC Westlake U19B Elite64 | Huston Tillotson University | KIPP Austin Collegiate |
Diego Aldama | FC Westlake U19B Elite64 | McMurry University | Dripping Springs |
Cooper Hudson | FC Westlake U19B Elite64 | Rhodes College | Westlake High School |
Name | FC Westlake Team | College Attending | High School |
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Holt Bliss | FC Westlake U19B Elite | Hendrix College | St Michael's Catholic Academy |
Jackson Wolf | FC Westlake U19B Elite | Dickinson College | Lake Travis High School |
Juan Acosta | FC Westlake U19B Elite | Huston-Tillotson University | Crockett High School |
Raghav Sharma | FC Westlake U19B Elite | Southwestern University | Westlake High School |
Brodi Tokar | FC Westlake U19B Elite | Trinity University | Bowie High School |
Santi Castillo | FC Westlake U19B Central | Concordia University | Bowie High School |
William Bradshaw | FC Westlake U19B Central | East Texas Baptist University | China Springs High School |
Mia Gomez | FC Westlake U19G FDL | Savannah College of Art & Design | McCallum High School |
Name | FC Westlake Team | College Attending | High School |
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Jason Beard | FC Westlake 02B | Mary Hardin-Baylor | Austin High |
David Aviles | FC Westlake 02B | Our Lady of the Lake | Crockett |
Hunter Thu | FC Westlake 02B | Pomona College | St. Stephens Episcopal |
Evan French | FC Westlake 02B | Trinity University | Hyde Park |
Kenley Kleiman | FC Westlake 02B | Emory Oxford College | LASA |
Zack Burd | FC Westlake 02B | Weslyn College | Westlake |
Becker Jackson | FC Westlake 02B Blue | Centre College | St. Andrews Episcopal |
Aidan Goliher | FC Westlake 02B Blue | Hendrix College | McCallum |
Tristyn Cabello | FC Westlake 02G | St Edwards | Bowie |
Addi Taylor | FC Westlake 02G | Concordia | Bastrop |
Abby Cargile | FC Westlake 02G | Jefferson | Belton |
Andy Webb | FC Westlake 02G | Millsaps College | Hays |
Trista Cook | FC Westlake 02G | Northeast Texas Comm. College | Atascosita |
Keeley Cooper | FC Westlake 02G | Sam Houston State University | Lake Travis |
Katy Evans | FC Westlake 02G | Northeast Texas Comm. College | Hendrickson |
Vanessa Ruvalcaba | FC Westlake 02G | Univ. of TX Permian Basin | Hendrickson |
Aniston Silverthorn | FC Westlake 02G | LeTourneau University | Taylor |
Adrian Chiang | FC Westlake 03B | Gordon College | Dripping Springs |
Dereck Espinal | FC Westlake 03B South | Midwestern State University | KIPP Austin Collegiate |
Jecsi Orellana | FC Westlake 03B South | Midwestern State University | KIPP Austin Collegiate |
Laren Gradt | FC Westlake 03G | Southwestern University | Vandergrift |
Isabella Cruz | FC Westlake 03G Red | Midwestern State University | Hendrickson |
Madalynn Tanksley | FC Westlake 03G Red | Alabama A&M | Cedar Ridge |