Mia Yang Season 2023

Awards & Honors

• 2025 Academic All-District Team 
• 2025 SEC Preseason Watch List
• 2024 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll

Missouri
2025 (Junior)

• Started all 17 matches, logging 1,527 minutes in the midfield.
• Finished the season with two goals on eight shots, placing six on target.
• Scored goals against Memphis (Aug. 28) and Kansas City (Sept. 7), with the Kansas City strike serving as the game-winner.
• Posted season highs of four shots and three shots on goal against Kansas City (Sept. 7).
• Played the full 90 minutes in 16 of 17 matches, including all SEC contests.

2024 (Sophomore)

• Played in 15 matches with 14 starts, totaling 1,205 minutes.
• Logged 56 minutes in a shutout win over Missouri State (Aug. 15).
• Played full 90-minute matches against Memphis (Aug. 18), Illinois (Aug. 22), Miami (Aug. 29), Duke (Sept. 12), Texas A&M (Sept. 19), Ole Miss (Oct. 10), Oklahoma (Oct. 18), Texas (Oct. 24) and LSU (Oct. 27).
• Recorded a shot in 49 minutes during a shutout victory over SEMO (Sept. 8).

2023 (Freshman)

• Appeared in 14 matches with nine starts, totaling 918 minutes.
• Helped the Tigers post clean sheets against Missouri State and SEMO.

Prep

• Prepped at Blue Valley High School in Stilwell, Kan.
• Three-sport athlete in soccer, basketball and track.
• Two-time Kansas All-State First Team and Eastern Kansas League 6A First Team selection.
• Twice named to the Top-15 Class 6A Players to Watch list.
• Helped Blue Valley capture two Class 6A Regional titles.
• Played club soccer for 13 years with Sporting Blue Valley under head coach Colin Bulwich, alongside fellow Tiger Monica Brauner.
• Also lettered two seasons in basketball, helping her team win a Sub-State championship.
• Chose Missouri over Wisconsin, Michigan State, Boston University and West Virginia.

Personal

• Born Sept. 9, 2004, in Leawood, Kan.
• Daughter of Augustine and Andrea Yang; has two sisters, Anna and Keely, and one brother, Max.
• Majoring in Biology.
• Favorite athletes include Alex Morgan, Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka.
• Chose Mizzou for the welcoming team culture, coaching staff and the opportunity to compete in the SEC close to home.
• Lists scoring her first in-season goal against Memphis as her most memorable soccer moment.
• Enjoys spending time with family and friends, shopping and trying new foods.
• Aspires to become a doctor.