2018 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Messiah Bright
- Position:
- F
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Cedar Hill HS
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
Career Honors
• 2023 NWSL 2nd-Round Draft Pick (Orlando)
• 2022 USA Soccer U23 National Team Call-Up
• 2022 United Soccer Coaches 2nd-Team All-American
• 2022 United Soccer Coaches 1st-Team All-Midwest Region
• 2022 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI 2nd-Team
• 2022 1st-Team All-Big 12
• 2022 Big 12 All-Tournament team
• United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week selection (Aug. 31, 2022)
• 2021 United Soccer Coaches 1st-Team All-American
• 2021 TopDrawerSoccer Best XI 2nd-Team
• 2021 United Soccer Coaches 1st-Team All-Midwest Region
• 2021 Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player
• Big 12 Player of the Week (Sept. 14, 2021; Oct. 29, 2021; Aug. 30, 2022)
• 2021 1st-Team All-Big 12
• 2021 1st-Team Academic All-Big 12
• 2020 United Soccer Coaches 2nd-Team All-Midwest Region
• 2020 2nd-Team All-Big 12
• 2020 1st-Team Academic All-Big 12
• Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (April 19, 2021)
• 2019 United Soccer Coaches 2nd-Team All-Midwest Region
• 2019 1st-Team All-Big 12
• 2019 1st-Team Academic All-Big 12
• Ranked No. 71 on TopDrawerSoccer’s Top 100 (2019)
• 2019 Big 12 Championships Offensive MVP
• 2018 Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year
• 2018 TopDrawerSoccer.com Freshmen Best XI
• Ranked No. 16 on TopDrawerSoccer’s Top 100 Freshmen (2018)
• 2018 United Soccer Coaches 2nd-Team All-Midwest Region
• 2018 2nd-Team All-Big 12
• 2018 Big 12 All-Freshman Team
2022 (COVID Senior)
Was one of four players to play in and start all 24 games… led the team with 26 points… led the team with 11 goals and registered four assists… tallied 86 shots on the season, 32 of which were on goal… notched two game-winning goals on the year... logged 1,452 minutes on the pitch... had six total shots, two on goal, in the opening weekend against Wisconsin (Aug. 18) and Minnesota (Aug. 21)... tallied a goal and an assist against nationally-ranked Santa Clara (Aug. 25)... became the only player in TCU history to record her second career hat trick, scoring three times at UTRGV (Aug. 28)... tallied seven shots, two on goal, in 54 minutes at USC (Sept. 1)... collected second assist of the season against Duke (Sept. 4)... goal No. 5 of the season came at Texas State (Sept. 11)... recorded her eighth career multi-goal game against Harvard (Sept. 17)... took four shots, one on goal, in 70 minutes against Texas (Sept. 22)... two of five shots taken at Kansas State (Sept. 30) were on goal... took a season-high eight shots, three on goal, against West Virginia (Oct. 6)... tallied the game-winning goal and assisted on another against Iowa State (Oct. 9)... scored in second straight game, tallying ninth goal of the year at Oklahoma State (Oct. 13)... took seven shots in 80 minutes played at Oklahoma (Oct. 20)... scored in back-to-back games of the Big 12 Tournament, tallying a goal in the quarterfinals against Kansas (Oct. 3) and the semifinals against Oklahoma (Nov. 3)... played a season-high 87 minutes vs. West Virginia in the Big 12 championship game (Nov. 6)... recorded an assist in the NCAA Tournament first round win over UTSA (Nov. 11)... tallied four shots in the Sweet Sixteen contest at Notre Dame (Nov. 20)..
2021 (Senior)
Was one of seven Horned Frogs to play in and start all 24 games... set school single-season records in goals scored (17), a mark that was tied for fourth nationally, and points (40), a total that was tied for fifth nationally... led the team with 102 shots, 52 of which were on goal... tied for the team lead with four game-winning goals... contributed to multiple goals in six games... tallied a goal in the season-opener at Stephen F. Austin (Aug. 19)... picked up goal No. 2 on the season in the win over UTRGV (Aug. 29)... scored the overtime game-winner in a 2-1 win at Alabama (Sept. 9)... posted first multi-goal game with two in the win at Ohio State (Sept. 12)... netted the lone goal in a win against Kansas (Sept. 23)... first assist of the season came on the lone goal at Texas (Sept. 30)... collected two assists in a 3-1 win against Houston (Oct. 3)... picked up assist No. 4 on the year in a win against Oklahoma (Oct. 7)... goal No. 7 came in a 3-0 win over Oklahoma State (Oct. 10)... scored in three straight starting with a goal at Iowa State (Oct. 17)... had a goal and an assist in the win at Kansas State (Oct. 22)... scored the lone goal and the Big 12 regular season title-clinching goal at Texas Tech (Oct. 28)... scored twice, including the game-winner the Big 12 Tournament semifinals against Texas Tech (Nov. 4)... game started a four-game scoring streak that included seven goals and one assist for 15 points... had a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over Texas in the Big 12 Tourrnament championship game... collected a goal in the NCAA Tournament opener against Prairie View A&M (Nov. 12)... netted a hat trick in the 3-2 win over Princeton (Nov. 19) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament... had five shots and played a season-high 94 minutes at Rutgers in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen (Nov. 21).
2020-21 (Junior)
Played in and started 12 games on the season... ranked third on the team with nine points (4 goals, 1 assist)... tied for third on the team with 30 shots and ranked third with 11 shots on goal... played a total of 785 minutes on the field... two of four goals on the year were game-winners... made season debut on Oct. 2 against Iowa State, taking two shots in 63 minutes of action... tallied the game-winner in the win over Texas Tech (Oct. 16)... played a season-high 84 minutes at Oklahoma (Oct. 30)... notched another game-winning goal in the spring opener against Oklahoma (March 20)... took three shots in 81 minutes of play at Texas A&M (April 10)... contributed to both goals in a 2-1 win over Notre Dame (April 17)... scored the opening goal and assisted on the game-winner against the Fighting Irish... scored the game-tying goal in the second half against New Mexico (April 30) in the NCAA second round tournament game... played 73 in the Sweet Sixteen game against Georgetown (May 5)... tallied two shots in 61 minutes in the Elite 8 contest against Virginia (May 9).
2019 (Sophomore)
One of six Horned Frogs to play in and start all 22 games... led the team with 30 points and 12 goals... the 30 total points on the season were the most by a Horned Frog since Jordan Calhoun posted 32 in 2008.... ranked as the third-most points in a single season... also contributed six assists... the 12 goals are the third-most in a single season... was 43rd nationally and fourth in the Big 12 in goals and 42nd nationally and third in the Big 12 in points.. led the team with 94 shots and 41 shots on goal... tallied three game-winning goals... totaled 1,497 minutes on the field... played at least 43 minutes in all but one game... took one shot in 67 minutes of action in the season-opener at Florida State (Aug. 22)... registered three shots, two on goal, in the win at UAB (Aug. 25)... contributed to four of the six goals scored against Sam Houston State (Aug. 29)... notched the game-winner and the fifth goal for her first two tallies of the season... also pitched in two assists in the contest... scored the second goal in a 4-0 win over Little Rock (Sept. 5)... tallied six shots in the game while playing 50 minutes... contest started a five game point streak that saw her register nine points (3 goals, 3 assists)... had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 win over Ohio State (Sept. 8)... scored the first goal of the contest and assisted on Gracie Brian's game-winning goal... picked up fourth assist of the season on Brian's game-winning goal at Houston Baptist (Sept. 12)... scored the lone goal against Washington (Sept. 15)... assisted on Yazmeen Ryan's second goal of the game at Arizona (Sept. 21) while playing the entirety of the contest... took three shots each in games against Oklahoma (Sept. 26) and Oklahoma State (Sept. 29)... had four shots in 78 minutes of play at Texas (Oct. 3)... tallied six shots, two on goal, in the win at Iowa State (Oct. 6)... scored the opening goal in a win at nationally-ranked Texas Tech (Oct. 18)... notched the game-winner and tallied another goal in a 4-0 win against Kansas State (Oct. 24)... scored the game-tying goal with 13 seconds left in regulation to help TCU to a 2-2 tie against Kansas (Oct. 27)... tallied TCU's lone goal at West Virginia (Oct. 31)... tallied a career-high 11 shots in 103 minutes against Texas (Nov. 3) in the Big 12 Tournament quarterfinals... scored both goals in a 2-1 win over Texas Tech (Nov. 8) in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals... totaled six shots in the Big 12 Championship game against Kansas (Nov. 10)... played 65 minutes and took six shots in the NCAA Tournament match at Arizona (Nov. 16).
2018 (Freshman)
Was one of five Horned Frogs to play in and start all 21 games… tied for first on the team with six goals… added an assist for 13 points on the year, tied for second on the squad… ranked second on the team with three game-winning goals… totaled 1,476 minutes on the field… 17 of 47 shots taken on the season were on goal… made collegiate debut on Aug. 17 against Alabama… took four shots, two of which were on goal, in 79 minutes against McNeese State (Aug. 19)… first career goal stood up as the game-winner against Stephen F. Austin (Aug. 23)… took two shots in 89 minutes against SMU (Aug. 26)… collected three shots in a win over Pittsburgh (Aug. 30)… had a goal and an assist, taking three shots, two on goal, against Butler (Sept. 16)… took a career-high seven shots, three on goal, and tallied her third goal of the season against Iowa State (Sept. 21)… racked up six shots in a win over Texas (Sept. 30)… scored back-to-back game-winning goals against Texas Tech (Oct. 19) and at Oklahoma State (Oct. 25)… played a season-high 102 minutes vs. Texas Tech (Oct. 28) in the Big 12 Tournament… scored the game-tying goal and took three shots, two of which were on goal, against BYU (Nov. 9) in the NCAA Tournament… played 82 minutes and collected two shots in the second round against Texas A&M (Nov. 16).
High School
Played club soccer with Solar Soccer Club under Adrian Solca and Derek Missimo for their ECNL and DA team... team went to Nationals four times... was a three-time Dallas Girls Cup Champion ... club placed third and was a finalist in two separate ECNL seasons ... called up to the U-18 USWNT for training camps in Florida and Switzerland in 2018 ... scored 48 goals and 15 assists in her freshman and sophomore year ... did not play high school her last two years ... named District 8-6A Offensive MVP in 2016... standout track athlete.
Personal
Parents are Kimberly and Damion... has one sibling, Harley.
