2025 Michigan State Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Kaleigh McPherson
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Saint Dominic
- Hometown:
- St. Charles, Mo.
2024 (Freshman): Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection ... Played in all 22 games for the Spartans, starting 16 ... Totaled two points from one goal in 1,541 minutes of action ... Played 54 minutes in her Spartan debut in MSU's 2-1 win at No. 15 Notre Dame in the season opener (8/15) ... Made her first collegiate start in a 6-0 win against Queens (N.C.) (9/5) ... Helped MSU to a 1-0 shutout win over Loyola Chicago in her first 90-minute outing (9/8) ... Played 75 minutes in a 4-1 win over Nebraska (9/19) ... Totaled 84 minutes of action in MSU's 1-0 win at No. 9 Penn State (9/22) ... Played three-straight 90-minute games, vs. Rutgers (9/29), vs. Michigan (10/5) and at Oregon (10/10) ... Played 80 minutes in a 2-0 win against Wisconsin (10/17) ... Played the full match in MSU's last six matches of the season ... Helped MSU to a 1-0 shutout win against Northwestern (10/20) ... Scored her first collegiate goal, the game winner, in a 3-1 win over Purdue to close the regular season (10/27) ... Named Big Ten Freshman of the Week on Oct. 29 ... Played 95 minutes in MSU's Big Ten quarterfinal match against Rutgers (11/2) ... Played a full 90 minutes in the Spartans' 3-1 win over Western Michigan in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament (11/16) ... Aided in a 3-2 overtime win in 93 minutes of action in the NCAA Tournament Second Round over Texas (11/22) ... Played all 90 minutes in the NCAA Sweet 16 against Duke (11/24).
Prior to MSU: Played club soccer for St. Louis Scott Gallagher ECNL under the direction of Scott McDoniel … Two-time ECNL First Team All-Conference (2021-22) … Earned top-50 rankings from TopDrawerSoccer (3-star prospect) during her U-15 and U-16 seasons … Missouri State Cup Champion in 2019 … id2 Training Camp and National Camp participant in 2019 … Named to ICC Futures Tournament and Midwest All-Star Team in 2019 … 2018 US Club Soccer PDP Event participant … Attended Youth National Team ID Sessions in 2019, 2020 and 2022 … Three-time Missouri State Olympic Development participant (2018-20) … Four-time Olympic Development Regional ID Camp participant (2018-21) … 2019 Olympic Development Program Midwest Sub-Regional All-Star and Midwest Regional Team … 2020 Olympic Development Inter-Regional Event participant … Played one season of varsity soccer at Saint Dominic High School, where she was a state and district champion in 2021 and named First Team All-Conference and Newcomer of the Year … National Honor Society Member at Saint Dominic.
Personal: Daughter of Jim and Michelle McPherson … Has one brother, Kade … Cousin, Grace, attends Michigan State … Father played soccer at Missouri State, while her cousin, Brooke Scheurmann currently plays lacrosse at Elon … Nursing major.
