Sofia Southam

Class:
Senior
Position:
M
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
High School:
Sworn Junior College

Senior (2021)
• NFHCA All-American first team
• NFHCA All-West Region first team
• Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year
• All-Big Ten first team
• Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• NFHCA Division I Senior Team
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Ranked second in the nation with 1.21 goals per game and 49 total points and third with 2.58 points per game
• Led the Big Ten in goals (18) and points (38)
• Started 19 games at forward
• Opened the season with a seven-game scoring streak, posting 14 goals and one assist over the stretch
• Posted six game-winning goals and six multi-goal games
• Tallied two goals, including the game-winner with just :02 remaining in regulation, against #25 Miamia (Ohio) in the NCAA Tournament first round (Nov. 12)
Registered two goals and an assist in U-M's 3-2 win over #1 Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (Nov. 5); notched the game-winner early in the fourth quarter
• Boasted a career-high five goals -- all in the first half -- against Ball State (Sept. 10)
• Scored U-M's first goal and assisted late game-winner vs. #3 Louisville (Oct. 10)
• Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after scoring three goals vs. Michigan State (Sept. 24) and #23 Kent State (Sept. 26), including both in a 2-1 win vs. the Golden Flashes
• Contributed to Team USA's bronze-medal finish at the Junior Pan American Championship in Santiago, Chile (Aug. 28)

Junior (2020-21)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Named to the Big Ten All-Tournament Team
• Appeared in 12 games at midfield
• Scored U-M's first and game-winning goal late in the second quarter against #4 Iowa in the Big Ten Tournament semifinals (April 22)
• Also posted a late second-quarter goal against Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament final (April 24)
• Tallied an assist in the regular-season finale vs. Indiana (April 17)

Sophomore (2019)
• Appeared in all 20 games, starting 18 in the midfield
• Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week after posting three goals and an assist in U-M's 8-0 win vs. Michigan State
• Earned assists in three straight games, including on the overtime game-winner at 68:02 at No. 18 Ohio State (Oct. 11)
• Also assisted on U-M's first goal in its 3-2 win vs. No. 3 UConn (Sept. 13)

Freshman (2018)
• Appeared in 20 games in the midfield, starting 12
• Led the Wolverine freshmen with 11 points, posting five goals and one assist
• Scored first collegiate goal on a corner tip during the second half vs. #17 Rutgers (Sept. 14)
• Netted the game-winning goal vs. Ball State (Oct. 14) with a first-half reverse chip
• Posted a goal and an assist in NCAA Tournament play, assisting on the Wolverines' second-half insurance tally vs. #10 Saint Joseph’s (Nov. 9) before scoring off a second-half penalty corner vs. #1 North Carolina (Nov. 11)
• Made her collegiate debut against #14 Wake Forest at the ACC/Big Ten Challenge (Aug. 26)

Prep
• Graduated from Sworn Junior College (2017)

Club/Junior Team
• Selected to 2017 U18 Buenos Aires team; runner-up at the national tournament
• Claimed first place at the California Cup with the 2017 First GEBA team
• Two-year member of the U18 GEBA team (2016-17); won the 2016 Buenos Aires Metropolitan Championship
• Also played with the U14 Buenos Aires and U16, U14 and U12 GEBA teams
• Took third place at the 2014 national tournament with U14 Buenos Aires

Personal
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, double majoring in international studies and economics
• Born on February 20, 2000
• Daughter of Paul and Alicia Southam
• Has three siblings, Maggie, Emilia and Thomas