Tess Boade

Tess Boade dribbles the ball during a 2020 Duke women's soccer home game at Koskinen Stadium

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Photo by: Duke Athletics

Duke Women’s soccer in studio in Durham NC. August 6, 2021 - Reagan Lunn / Duke Athletics

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Awards/Honors: 2021 All-ACC First Team ... 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... 2021 All-ACC Academic Team ... 2021 ACC Honor Roll ... 2018 ACC Honor Roll.

NWSL: Drafted by NJ/NY Gotham FC (formerly Sky Blue FC) in fourth round (40th overall) of the 2021 NWSL Draft.

National Team Experience: Trained with the U.S. U-18 & U-19 Women’s National Teams … Traveled with the U.S. U-17 Women’s National Team to South Korea in 2014 … Participated in U.S. U-15 National Team training in 2014.

2021 -- Graduate Student: Opted to use additional year of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic ... earned first-team All-ACC honors for the first time in her career ... named to United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Second Team ... finished career ranked tied for fourth in program history in games played (93) and tied for eighth in game-winning goals (10) ... ranked second on the team in goals (8), assists (5) and points (21) ... scored on a penalty attempt to put Duke ahead 2-1 in the season opener versus No. 13 Arkansas (Aug. 19) ... recorded two assists in a game for the first time in her career against Western Carolina (Aug. 26), dishing out a pair of helpers in the first half ... converted a PK to open the scoring in the 53rd minute at Vanderbilt (Aug. 29) ... scored game-winner at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 17) to lift Duke to its first win over the Tar Heels since 2015 ... named ACC Offensive Player of the Week for her performance at UNC ... Recorded three-game goal streak, finding the back of the net versus NC State (Oct. 7), Pittsburgh (Oct. 10) and Wake Forest (Oct. 15) ... assisted on overtime winner against No. 15 Notre Dame (Oct. 21) ... netted game-winner in 27th minute to lift Duke to win over No. 1 Florida State (Oct. 24), earning ACC Co-Offensive Player of the Week and TopDrawerSoccer.com National Player of the Week honors ... scored game-winner in NCAA Round of 16 win over St. John's (Nov. 21).

2020-21 -- Senior: Named one of three team captains entering the fall campaign ... scored in the season-opener at Wake Forest (Sept. 10) and had two shots ... dished out an assist versus Virginia (Sept. 17) ... increased Duke's lead to 2-0 with her second goal at Syracuse (Oct. 18) ... scored in the win at Miami (Nov. 1) ... opened the spring season with a goal and an assist at UNCW (March 6) ... followed up with a goal right before halftime in the win over Coastal Carolina (March 17) ... opened the scoring in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against Arizona State (May 1) ... assisted on Caitlin Cosme's game-winning goal in the NCAA Round of 16 against Ole Miss (May 5) ... finished season tied for team lead with six goals ... named to All0ACC Academic Team and ACC Academic Honor Roll.

2019 -- Junior: Made 18 starts on the season, while seeing action in all 20 games ... earned the start in the season-opener against La Salle (Aug. 22), recording four shots, including one on goal ... logged 52 minutes of action in the second game of the Carolina Nike Classic against No.2 North Carolina (Aug. 25) ... recorded a team-high three shots in the home opener against No. 13 Georgetown (Aug. 28), including one on target, while closing out the contest with a career-high 83 minutes played ... recorded her first assist of the season in the matchup against UNLV (Sept. 5), closing out the game with one shot attempt as well ... notched her first goal of the season against LSU (Sept. 8) to help the Blue Devils to a 6-0 victory over the Tigers ... registered a career-high three points in the matchup against James Madison (Sept. 15), including one goal and one assist ... attempted two shots in the ACC opener with NC State (Sept. 22), including one on target, playing 81 minutes ... recorded one assist in the road matchup at Wake Forest (Sept. 26), while also registering one shot attempt ... registered one shot on goal in the match at No. 1 Virginia (Sept. 29), seeing 73 minutes of action ... recorded two shot attempts, including one on goal in the matchup at No. 23 Virginia Tech (Oct. 6), logging a career-high 110 minutes of action ... registered one shot attempt in the match against third-ranked North Carolina (Oct. 10) ... logged two shot attempts, including one on goal in the matchup with No. 9 Clemson (Oct. 13) … registered her third goal of the season in the match against Syracuse (Oct. 27), scoring on her lone shot of the contest … notched her fourth goal of the season in the first-round matchup against Utah (Nov. 15), while also recording one assist to finish the game with three points.

2018 -- Sophomore: Played in 17 matches in 2018, making nine starts and recording 959 minutes of action … Has taken 23 shots, putting seven on target with two goals and a pair of assists … Made her first-career start in Duke’s season-opening win against No. 23 Ohio State (Aug. 16), playing 45 minutes and taking one shot … Took a career-high three shots in the 3-0 win against Elon on Aug. 26 … Scored her first goal of the season with the game-tying score against Nebraska (Sept. 6) … Netted the game-winning goal in Duke’s 2-0 victory at Miami on Sept. 20 … Recorded an assist on Duke's game-winning goal against No. 11 Boston College on Oct. 21.

2017 -- Freshman: Saw action in 11 games, playing a total of 138 minutes in her first season, including a season high 36 against Oklahoma State (Nov. 17) … Tallied one goal and an assist (three points) on four shots (three SOG) … Made her collegiate debut against Bucknell (Aug. 25), subbing in for the final three minutes of Duke's 2-0 victory … Recorded her first-career point with an assist on the final goal of the Blue Devils' 7-0 rout of Oklahoma State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament … Tallied the first goal of her career in Duke's 4-0 win against Baylor in the NCAA Quarterfinals, becoming the third Blue Devil in 2017 and seventh in school history to record her first career score in NCAA Tournament play.

Regional Team Experience: Member of ODP Region IV team from 2012-13 … Colorado State ODP squad from 2011-13.

High School: Ranked No. 40 overall in the TopDrawerSoccer rankings … Listed No. 18 overall forward in the 2017 class … Ranked No. 3 in the Rocky Mountains and Southwest … Totaled 12 goals and seven assists as a senior ... Guided her squad to a 16-2 mark her senior campaign … Did not play high school soccer as a sophomore and junior … As a freshman, missed half of the season due to an injury but still totaled four goals and four assists in seven matches … Lettered in track & field as a sophomore and junior … All-State selection as a junior and All-Conference as a sophomore and junior … Ran the 100m and 200m … Lettered as a point guard from freshman through senior campaigns in basketball … Helped lead her squad to two state championships averaged 13.1 points, while earning First Team All-State and First Team All-Conference as a senior ... Led her squad to a 17-9 record ... Second team All-Conference as a junior.

Club: ECNL Best XI in 2016 … Attended the Nike National Training Camp in 2014, 2015 and 2016 … Member of 2009 3v3 National Championship squad … Participated in U.S. Club Soccer National id2 Training Camp in 2012 and 2013 … Rush Select ’98-99 semifinalist at the Presidents Tournament in 2012.

Personal: Full name is Theresa Stephanie Boade … Born February 3, 1999 in Dallas, Texas. … Daughter of Harold and Ellen Boade … Has one brother, Roby (21) and one sister, Meg (14) … Her mom played basketball at Columbia University (1984-86) … Received Cum Laude honors as a freshman, sophomore and junior in high school.

Last Updated 12/6/2021