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Jersey Number 32
Maggie Illig
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Troy Buchanan
- Hometown:
- Troy, Mo.
Career Capsule: Played in 81 career games, good for fifth place all-time in the MSU record book ... Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Region pick and All-Big Ten selection ... Three-time Academic All-Big Ten and Two-Time College Sports Communicators (CSC) All-District seleciton.
2025 (Senior): First Team United Soccer Coaches All-Region selection ... First Team All-Big Ten ... 2025 Hermann Trophy Watch List ... 2025 Big Ten Player to Watch and USC Defender to Watch ... CSC Academic All-District for the second straight season ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Started all 25 games at center back, leading all Spartans in minutes played (2024, 81 mpg) ... Went the full time in 12 of 25 games, including five of seven in the postseason ... Recorded career bests with three goals and an assist for seven points ... Scored her first goal of the season in a commanding home victory over Milwaukee (8/24) ... Had a pair of dangerous chances in the Big Ten opener at Rutgers (9/12), tied for the team lead in shots on goal ... Went a full 90 minutes in the 1-1 deadlock with No. 4 UCLA (9/18) ... Had an assist on Emerson Sargeant's first goal at Wisconsin (9/28) ... Headed home her second goal of the year on a corner play vs. Iowa (10/12) ... Delivered another header on a corner play to open the scoring vs. Illinois (10/19) ... Played every minute of the three games in the Big Ten Tournament, including OT affairs vs. No. 17 UCLA (94 minutes) and No. 13 Washington (110 minutes) ... Played all 90 vs. both Wake Forest and No. 12 Colorado in the NCAA Tournament, and 80 minutes vs. No. 1 Stanford.
2024 (Junior): United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Second Team ... Second Team All-Big Ten ... CSC Academic All-District ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Played in all 22 games for MSU, making 21 starts ... Totaled four points from one goal and a pair of assists in 1,706 minutes ... Played the most minutes of any field player in 2024 ... Played 48 minutes in MSU's season-opening, 2-1, win at No. 15 Notre Dame (8/15) ... Played a full 90 minutes in a 2-2 draw with No. 9 Arkansas (8/22) ... Aided in a 3-0 shutout against Ohio (8/25) ... Played 75 minutes in a 1-0 shutout over Ole Miss (8/29) ... Scored her first goal of the season in a 2-2 draw with No. 15 Xavier (9/1) ... Helped MSU to a 1-0 shutout in 68 minutes of action against Loyola Chicago (9/8) ... Tallied an assist in a 5-0 win at Maryland (9/12) ... Played 90 minutes in a 1-0 win at No. 9 Penn State (9/22) ... Played 84 minutes in a 2-2 draw at No. 11 Ohio State (9/26) ... Played 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Rutgers (9/29) ... Added a second-straight 90-minute outing in a 1-0 win against Michigan (10/5) ... Played 90 minutes at Washington (10/13) ... Recorded two-consecutive 87-minute matches in a 3-1 win over Purdue (10/27) and in MSU's Big Ten quarterfinal match against Rutgers (11/2) ... Played the full match in all three of MSU's NCAA Tournament games, including a 3-1 win over Western Michigan (11/16) and a 3-2 win against Texas in the second round (11/22) ... Added an assist on the golden goal in overtime against Texas ... Played all 90 minutes against Duke in the NCAA Sweet 16 (11/24) ... Named an honorable mention to the TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week on Nov. 26.
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 19 matches and made 17 starts, totaling three points from a goal and assist in 1,183 minutes ... Started in MSU's 1-0 season-opening win against Cincinnati, recording four shot attempts in 65 minutes (8/17) ... Played 49 minutes in the 3-1 win over Bowling Green (8/20) ... Tallied a pair of shots in the 7-0 win at Northern Colorado (8/24) ... Notched her first point of the season with an assist against Eastern Michigan (8/31) ... Played 83 minutes on the Spartan back line against Notre Dame (9/7) ... Recorded a shot attempt in MSU's 1-0 win at Wisconsin (9/24) ... Played 69 minutes in the 3-2 win at Michigan (10/7) ... Tallied a shot attempt in 65 minutes of play in the 2-0 win at Rutgers (10/15) ... Scored the opening goal in MSU's 3-0 win over Iowa to clinch the Spartans' second-straight B1G title (10/22) ... Started on the MSU back line in all three NCAA Tournament matches, playing a full 90 minute match in MSU's 1-0 win against Harvard to advance to the program's first NCAA Third Round (11/16).
2022 (Freshman): Appeared in 15 games, making three starts ... Totaled three points with a goal and assist in her inaugural collegiate campaign… Made the start in her collegiate debut and logged 36 minutes of action with a shot on goal and an assist at Bowling Green (8/18)… Saw 43 minutes on the field at Cincinnati (8/21)… Notched 32 minutes and put up a pair of shots against Binghamton (8/28)… Logged a pair of shots on goal in the 4-1 win over Dartmouth (9/1)… Logged a season-high 62 minutes in the shutout of Oakland (9/8)… Appeared in five Big Ten regular season contests, highlighted by her first collegiate goal at Maryland (10/2)… Played in MSU’s B1G Tournament semifinal win against Nebraska and NCAA Tournament opener against Milwaukee (11/3, 11/11).
Prior to MSU: Was a four-year letterwinner at Buchanan High School… Led her team in goals scored (20) in her junior campaign… Earned First Team All-Conference, All-District and All-Region honors while at Buchanan… Played club soccer for Sporting STL and coach Robert Kittner… Took home the Missouri State Cup championship in every season of her career… Was a Midwest Regional Champion and eventual National Finalist with Sporting STL in 2019… Competed with the Missouri State Team from 2015-17… Played four years of varsity basketball in high school in addition to her soccer commitments… Was a member of her high school’s chapter of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Tamara and Ned Illig… Has three older siblings, Michael, Matthew and Madison… Majoring in Kinesiology and plans to pursue a career as a physical therapist following her soccer career.
2025 (Senior): First Team United Soccer Coaches All-Region selection ... First Team All-Big Ten ... 2025 Hermann Trophy Watch List ... 2025 Big Ten Player to Watch and USC Defender to Watch ... CSC Academic All-District for the second straight season ... Academic All-Big Ten ... Started all 25 games at center back, leading all Spartans in minutes played (2024, 81 mpg) ... Went the full time in 12 of 25 games, including five of seven in the postseason ... Recorded career bests with three goals and an assist for seven points ... Scored her first goal of the season in a commanding home victory over Milwaukee (8/24) ... Had a pair of dangerous chances in the Big Ten opener at Rutgers (9/12), tied for the team lead in shots on goal ... Went a full 90 minutes in the 1-1 deadlock with No. 4 UCLA (9/18) ... Had an assist on Emerson Sargeant's first goal at Wisconsin (9/28) ... Headed home her second goal of the year on a corner play vs. Iowa (10/12) ... Delivered another header on a corner play to open the scoring vs. Illinois (10/19) ... Played every minute of the three games in the Big Ten Tournament, including OT affairs vs. No. 17 UCLA (94 minutes) and No. 13 Washington (110 minutes) ... Played all 90 vs. both Wake Forest and No. 12 Colorado in the NCAA Tournament, and 80 minutes vs. No. 1 Stanford.
2024 (Junior): United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Second Team ... Second Team All-Big Ten ... CSC Academic All-District ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten selection ... Played in all 22 games for MSU, making 21 starts ... Totaled four points from one goal and a pair of assists in 1,706 minutes ... Played the most minutes of any field player in 2024 ... Played 48 minutes in MSU's season-opening, 2-1, win at No. 15 Notre Dame (8/15) ... Played a full 90 minutes in a 2-2 draw with No. 9 Arkansas (8/22) ... Aided in a 3-0 shutout against Ohio (8/25) ... Played 75 minutes in a 1-0 shutout over Ole Miss (8/29) ... Scored her first goal of the season in a 2-2 draw with No. 15 Xavier (9/1) ... Helped MSU to a 1-0 shutout in 68 minutes of action against Loyola Chicago (9/8) ... Tallied an assist in a 5-0 win at Maryland (9/12) ... Played 90 minutes in a 1-0 win at No. 9 Penn State (9/22) ... Played 84 minutes in a 2-2 draw at No. 11 Ohio State (9/26) ... Played 90 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Rutgers (9/29) ... Added a second-straight 90-minute outing in a 1-0 win against Michigan (10/5) ... Played 90 minutes at Washington (10/13) ... Recorded two-consecutive 87-minute matches in a 3-1 win over Purdue (10/27) and in MSU's Big Ten quarterfinal match against Rutgers (11/2) ... Played the full match in all three of MSU's NCAA Tournament games, including a 3-1 win over Western Michigan (11/16) and a 3-2 win against Texas in the second round (11/22) ... Added an assist on the golden goal in overtime against Texas ... Played all 90 minutes against Duke in the NCAA Sweet 16 (11/24) ... Named an honorable mention to the TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week on Nov. 26.
2023 (Sophomore): Played in 19 matches and made 17 starts, totaling three points from a goal and assist in 1,183 minutes ... Started in MSU's 1-0 season-opening win against Cincinnati, recording four shot attempts in 65 minutes (8/17) ... Played 49 minutes in the 3-1 win over Bowling Green (8/20) ... Tallied a pair of shots in the 7-0 win at Northern Colorado (8/24) ... Notched her first point of the season with an assist against Eastern Michigan (8/31) ... Played 83 minutes on the Spartan back line against Notre Dame (9/7) ... Recorded a shot attempt in MSU's 1-0 win at Wisconsin (9/24) ... Played 69 minutes in the 3-2 win at Michigan (10/7) ... Tallied a shot attempt in 65 minutes of play in the 2-0 win at Rutgers (10/15) ... Scored the opening goal in MSU's 3-0 win over Iowa to clinch the Spartans' second-straight B1G title (10/22) ... Started on the MSU back line in all three NCAA Tournament matches, playing a full 90 minute match in MSU's 1-0 win against Harvard to advance to the program's first NCAA Third Round (11/16).
2022 (Freshman): Appeared in 15 games, making three starts ... Totaled three points with a goal and assist in her inaugural collegiate campaign… Made the start in her collegiate debut and logged 36 minutes of action with a shot on goal and an assist at Bowling Green (8/18)… Saw 43 minutes on the field at Cincinnati (8/21)… Notched 32 minutes and put up a pair of shots against Binghamton (8/28)… Logged a pair of shots on goal in the 4-1 win over Dartmouth (9/1)… Logged a season-high 62 minutes in the shutout of Oakland (9/8)… Appeared in five Big Ten regular season contests, highlighted by her first collegiate goal at Maryland (10/2)… Played in MSU’s B1G Tournament semifinal win against Nebraska and NCAA Tournament opener against Milwaukee (11/3, 11/11).
Prior to MSU: Was a four-year letterwinner at Buchanan High School… Led her team in goals scored (20) in her junior campaign… Earned First Team All-Conference, All-District and All-Region honors while at Buchanan… Played club soccer for Sporting STL and coach Robert Kittner… Took home the Missouri State Cup championship in every season of her career… Was a Midwest Regional Champion and eventual National Finalist with Sporting STL in 2019… Competed with the Missouri State Team from 2015-17… Played four years of varsity basketball in high school in addition to her soccer commitments… Was a member of her high school’s chapter of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Tamara and Ned Illig… Has three older siblings, Michael, Matthew and Madison… Majoring in Kinesiology and plans to pursue a career as a physical therapist following her soccer career.
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