The Purple Aces sign the program’s second-ever player from Minnesota
EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The University of Evansville women’s soccer has announced the signing of midfielder Josie Seehafer (Inver Grove Heights, Minn. / Eagan HS) to the 2025 class.
Seehafer will join the Purple Aces in the fall of 2025 after graduating from Eagan High School in the Twin Cities. Seehafer will bolster UE’s midfield as she primarily plays at outside midfielder but can also attack as a forward. In her three years as a varsity starter for the Wildcats Seehafer was part of the team’s 2023 and 2024 Minnesota State High School League State Tournament runs.
Seehafer helped the Wildcats to a third-place finish in Class 3AAA in 2024 scoring a goal in Eagan’s quarterfinals win over Lakeville North. While Seehafer was on the pitch for the Wildcats’ first state tournament appearance since 2018 in the 2023 quarterfinals.
Individually Seehafer made First Team South Suburban All-Conference for two straight years from 2022-2023. She was also named to the MSHS All-State Second Team in 2023 and the Eagan High School Offensive Player of the Year after being named the Eagan Attacking Player of the Year in 2022.
Along with her integral role on the Wildcats roster, Seehafer also participated in club soccer. In 2023 she was a member of the ENCL Minnesota Thunder Academy. With the Thunder Seehafer appeared in the Dallas Showcase, the Florida Showcase, and the Midwest Conference.
In the classroom Seehafer is part of the National Honors Society and has a 3.80 GPA. She is the daughter of Lori and John Seehafer and plans to major in either anthropology or environmental science at UE. Seehafer is only the second player from Minnesota to join the Evansville women’s soccer program. The Aces’ last player from the Land of 10,000 Lakes was Dena Ascheman from 1997 to 2000.
