Florida State University Athletics

2024 Women's Soccer Roster

Roster

Goalkeeper
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Midfielder/Forward
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Forward
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Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Defender
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Midfielder
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Midfielder/Forward
/ Women's Soccer
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Forward
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Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Midfielder
/ Women's Soccer
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Goalkeeper
/ Women's Soccer
Forward/Defender
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Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Forward
/ Women's Soccer
Defender
/ Women's Soccer
Goalkeeper
/ Women's Soccer
Forward
/ Women's Soccer
Midfielder/Forward
/ Women's Soccer
Forward
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Heather Gilchrist
Heather Gilchrist
Heather Gilchrist
Heather Gilchrist
Heather Gilchrist '24
Jersey Number 20

Heather Gilchrist

  • Position:
    Defender
  • Year:
    Junior
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Hometown:
    Boulder, Colo.
  • High School:
    Fairview High School

CAREER ACCOLADES:

  • 2023 National Champion
  • 3x ACC Tournament Champion (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 2023 ACC Regular Season Champion
  • 3x All-ACC Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • 2x ACC Academic Honor Roll (2023-2024, 2022-2023)
  • 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Postseason Top 100 - #47
  • 2024 United Soccer Coaches All-American Fourth Team
  • 2024 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team
  • 2024 ACC All-Tournament Team
  • 2024 All-ACC Third Team
  • 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup - Third Place (United States)
  • 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Top 100 - #22
  • 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI Second Team
  • 2024 Preseason All-ACC
  • 2023 CSC Academic All-District Team
  • TopDrawerSoccer Freshmen Top-100 – #30
  • 2022 All-ACC Freshman Team

2024 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Earned 14 starts and 12 full-game appearances, scoring one goal and one assist with seven shutouts in the Seminole backline.
  • Recorded her fifth complete-game shutout in the regular season finale at Miami (10/31).
  • Scored her first career goal in the win over Pittsburgh (10/20).
  • Registered back-to-back shutouts and played all 90 minutes against Boston College and No. 23 Virginia (10/12, 10/17).
  • Recorded her first assist of the season in the victory over North Florida (8/18).
  • Started and played a full 90 minutes in the season opener at South Florida (8/15).

2023 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Tallied 1,840 minutes in 21 starts while adding two assists for the Seminoles in 2023
  • Helped FSU allow just one goal in the NCAA Tournament
  • Had a beautiful assist on FSU's first goal in the National Semifinal against Clemson
  • Gave up no goals en route to the College Cup, tallied four straight clean sheets (11/24)
  • Kept third straight clean sheet of the season against Duke, NC State, and No. 18 Pitt (10/22-11/2)
  • Played all 90 minutes and helped allow just six shots to No. 11 Notre Dame in a 4-1 win (10/12)
  • Recorded her third clean sheet of the season against rivals Florida (9/10)
  • Contributed her second career assist in the game-winning-goal against Texas A&M (8/17) before keeping a clean sheet at ninth-ranked TCU (8/20)


2022 HIGHLIGHTS:

  • Played in 23 games as a freshman with 22 starts.
  • Totaled 1,954 minutes as a freshman, the most on the team in her center-back position.
  • Helped lead a defense that recorded 11 shutouts in 23 games while holding the opponents to 0.87 goals per game.
  • Recorded her first career start in the season opener against No. 12 South Carolina (8/18), playing the full 90 minutes.
  • Recorded an assist to Emma Bissell in a 5-0 victory against FGCU (9/8).


NATIONAL TEAM

  • 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup - Third Place (United States)
  • Six appearances with five starts and two shutouts in the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
  • YNT Regional ID Center (2021)
  • US Training Center (June 2016-June 2019)

YOUTH

  • Colorado Rush DA Player of the Year (2019)
  • Trained with Lyon U20 in France (2019)
  • TopDrawer ECNL AZ National Event Best XI (2020)
  • Colorado Rapids WPSL, All-Conference Defender (2021)
  • First Team ECNL All-Conference Northwest (2021)
  • ECNL National Selection Game (2021)
  • Colorado State Champion, Gymnastics (2017)


PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Anne and Anthony Gilchrist
  • Earned a 4.0 throughout high school
  • Graduated Cum Laude
  • Finished high school with a 4.7 GPA
  • Mom did equestrian and dad played tennis at Cornell
  • Majoring in Behavioral Neuroscience
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