Tziarra King

Tziarra Lanae King (born August 24, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club OL Reign.

Tziarra King
Personal information
Full name Tziarra Lanae King[1]
Date of birth (1998-08-24) August 24, 1998
Place of birth Sicklerville, New Jersey, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 OL Reign
Number 23
Youth career
0000–2014 Winslow Tigers
2015–2016 Princeton SA
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 NC State Wolfpack 88 (48)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020 Utah Royals 0 (0)
2021– OL Reign 15 (1)
National team
2014 United States U16 (futsal)
2015 United States U18 (futsal)
2018– United States U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 5, 2021

Career

Early life

Raised in the Sicklerville section of Winslow Township, New Jersey, King played prep soccer at Winslow Township High School.[2]

University

King was one of two players nominated by the Atlantic Coast Conference for the 2020 NCAA Woman of the Year Award, after being the conference's first women's soccer player to win the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.[3][4]

Professional

King was drafted 8th overall in the 2020 NWSL College Draft by the Utah Royals, the first ever NC State Wolfpack player to be drafted into the NWSL.[5]

She made her professional debut with the club in the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup in June 2020, scoring her first professional goal less than 20 minutes after entering the field as a second-half substitute in a 3–3 draw against the Houston Dash.[6][7]

In January 2021, King was traded to OL Reign.[8]

Other activities

During high school, King participated in track-and-field competitions, being named New Jersey state champion in both the indoor and outdoor 4×400 in her junior year.[9]

In September 2020, King entered into a collaboration with the National Women's Hockey League to help improve representation on NWHL merchandise.[10]

References
  1. "Academic Excellence Award – 2020". 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives. August 14, 2019. Retrieved July 9, 2021.
  2. Tannenwald, Jonathan. "Sicklerville's Tziarra King a first-round NWSL draft pick by Utah Royals", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 16, 2020. Accessed June 30, 2020. "Growing up in Sicklerville, Tziarra King didn't play for any of the big-name youth teams in New Jersey. And, she was cut from a regional Olympic development program team. But she was so good at Winslow Township High School that she attracted the attention of colleges, including North Carolina State, where she ended up."
  3. "Tziarra King Nominated for NCAA Woman of the Year Award".
  4. "NC State's Tziarra King goes to great lengths". 5 September 2018.
  5. "Tziarra King celebrates the moment while maintaining a wider perspective – Equalizer Soccer".
  6. "Houston Dash 3–3 Utah Royals FC". NWSLSoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. June 30, 2020. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  7. "Tziarra King scores in her pro debut for Utah Royals". 2 July 2020.
  8. "OL REIGN ACQUIRES TZIARRA KING AND DRAFT PICK FROM KANSAS CITY". NWSLSoccer.com. National Women's Soccer League. January 4, 2021.
  9. "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL".
  10. "NWHL collaborates with NWSL star Tziarra King to improve t-shirt line". 4 September 2020.


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