Michele Vasconcelos
Midfielder Forward #7
Ht
5'
5"
Class
Senior
Hometown
Sandy, 
Utah
Last School
Alta High School (Utah)
Roster Years
2012-2016


Personal

  • Parents are Jack and Ranae Murphy 
  • Has two brothers and one sister
  • Sister played soccer at Notre Dame and Weber State 
  • Married to BYU men's soccer player Pedro Vasconcelos

Before BYU

  • 2011-12 Gatorade Utah Girls Soccer Player of the Year 
  • Second Team All-State in 2009 and 2010
  • 2011 Ms. Soccer from Deseret News
  • 5A MVP in 2011 from the Salt Lake Tribune
  • Outstanding striker for Region III in 2011
  • Outstanding midfielder for Region III in 2011
  • School record for most goals and assists in a single season with 37 goals and 22 assists
  • Team captain for 2010-11 seasons
  • Blaze Ironman prep award
  • HS state champion 2008-11
  • Honor Roll 2009-12
  • National Junior Honor Society 
  • Member of Utah's FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)

Club

  • Olympique Montreux 
  • Coaches Matt Bain and Nate Murphy  
  • State finalists in 2010 and 2012

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2012

  • Played and started in all 24 games for BYU 
  • Named the WCC Freshman of the Year after tying for 4th in the conference for total goals and 7th for her .40 goals per game 
  • Named to the All-WCC Freshman Team 
  • Named to the Soccer America All-Freshman Second Team 
  • Named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com's Freshman First Team
  • Named the CollegeSportsMaddness.com Freshman of the Year
  • Named the CollegeSportsMadness.com's Freshman of the Year and All-American Freshman of the Year 
  • Also named to the CollegeSportsMadness.com's All-WCC First Team
  • Named to the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Bronze Honors
Sophmore Year 2014

  • Named WCC Player of the Week for Oct. 27
  • Named CollegeSportsMadness.com's National Offensive Player of the Week and WCC Player of the Week on Oct. 28
  • Named a CollegeSoccer360.com Prime Time Performer on Oct. 29
  • Played in all 21 games, starting in 20
  • Scored six goals and made six assists
  • Finished tied for second in the WCC in assists and tied for fifth in goals
  • Finished fourth in the WCC in points and shots
  • Named to NSCAA All-West Region Third Team
  • Named to All-WCC First Team
  • Earned WCC All-Academic Honorable Mention
  • Named to CSM.com's WCC First Team
  • Ranked 11th in TopDrawerSoccer.com's Postseason WCC Top 20
  • Named to the WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll Bronze Honors for the second time
Junior Year 2015

  • Named to the All-WCC Preseason Team
  • Ranked 8th out of WCC players by TopDrawerSoccer.com
  • Named WCC Player of the Week for Sept. 28
  • Ranked 14th out of WCC players at midseason by TopDrawerSoccer.com
  • Earned All-WCC Academic Honorable Mention honors
  • Named to All-WCC First Team
  • Named to NSCAA All-West Region Second Team
  • Named to NSCAA Scholar All-West Region Second Team
  • Silver honoree on WCC Commissioner's Honor Roll
Senior Year 2016

  • All-WCC Preseason Team
  • WCC Player of the Week for Sept. 12
  • Stretch of six goals in five games from Sept. 2 to Sept. 17
  • No. 57 player in the nation on Top Drawer Soccer's midseason report
  • Eight goals in seven games from Oct. 15 to Nov. 17
  • WCC All-Academic Team
  • WCC Player of the Year
  • Hero Sports All-American (one of 11)
  • Hero Sports Fan Choice Player of the Year
  • NSCAA Academic All-American
  • Ranked No. 15 on Top Drawer Soccer's final list of best players
  • Drafted No. 11 by the Chicago Red Stars in the NWSL College Draft
Graduate Year

Redshirt Year 2013

Medical Redshirt Year 2013

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  • \r\n Named to the Preseason All-WCC Team
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  • \r\n Started in two games and recorded an assist against LSU
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    Athletics | Dec, 18

    Christmas Card from BYU Athletics

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    W Soccer | Sep, 02

    BYU withstands No. 25 LSU 4-2

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    W Soccer | Oct, 13

    Conference victory on the road

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    W Soccer | Sep, 11

    At home on Thursday & Saturday

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