Goalkeeper Anna Markland signs with USI Women’s Soccer
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Women’s Soccer announced the addition of transfer goalkeeper Anna Markland (Hoover, Alabama) for the 2023 season. Markland joins a talented list of newcomers added to the roster by USI Head Coach Eric Schoenstein for the upcoming season.
Markland, a 5’10” goalkeeper, comes to USI after spending her freshman campaign at Samford University. The Samford squad was the Southern Conference regular season and tournament champions in 2022.
“We’re very excited to add a player of Anna’s quality to the USI soccer family,” Schoenstein said. “She brings a great deal of experience, playing in the ECNL and collegiate experience.”
Playing her prep career at Hoover High School in Alabama, Markland was named to the 7A All-State First Team and Super All-State team during her junior campaign in the spring of 2021. She also garnered first-team All-Metro honors.
Markland played club soccer for Birmingham United Soccer Association, Alabama FC (ECNL) from 2019-21.
USI Women’s Soccer heads into its second season as an NCAA Division I program in 2023, coming off a postseason berth in the Ohio Valley Conference Championship Tournament. The 2023 schedule will be released at a later date.
