
Tulsa Women’s Soccer Team Adds Four Signees to 2016 Freshman Class
2/4/2016 4:24:00 PM | Women's Soccer
Kyle Cussen, Tulsa women's soccer head coach, announced the addition of four more national letter-of-intent signees, bringing the total to eight for the 2016 freshman class. Today's signees include Annabeth Fouts, Ashlan Hustava, Reagan Whitlow and Anna Williams.
"I am very excited about this signing class and I feel like it is one of the strongest classes we've had in the eight years I've been here," Head Coach Kyle Cussen said. "We are brining in quality players that will impact our program moving forward. With gradating nine seniors, which were a big part of our program the last four years, this group of women will help us in depth and quality. I am excited to get this group on campus, combine them with our returners and see what the future holds."
Fouts, a 5-8 defender from Edmond, Okla., plays club soccer for the Oklahoma Football Club 98 with current signee Mackenzie Coupens. She has led her club team to three state championships (2012-15), the 2012 President's Day Cup Championship and four regional quarterfinal appearances (2012-15). Fouts also plays for Edmond Memorial High School where she is a three-year letterwinner. At EMHS she has helped post a 37-9 mark in the last three seasons, while leading her team to a Class 6A State runner-up performance as a sophomore and to the quarterfinals as a junior. Fouts has seven goals and 13 assists at Edmond Memorial, while earning all-district honors twice and all-conference accolades once.
A 5-9 midfielder from Flower Mound, Texas, Hustava plays club soccer for FC Dallas with the Elite Club National League with current signee Valiree Morris. She helped her club team finish third at the U16 and U17 Texas Conference Championships, eighth at the U16 National Champions League Finals and a 10th at the U17 National Champions League Finals. With her club team, Hustava had 14 goals and 18 assists for 46 points. Hustava also plays for Flower Mound High School, where she is a two-year letterwinner. She has helped FMHS to 18 wins as a sophomore and junior, while scoring 25 goals and 20 assists, and was a two-time all-district selection.
A 5-9 forward from Broken Arrow, Okla., Whitlow has a Top Drawer Soccer top-150 ranking. She plays club soccer for TSC Hurricane ECNL 98 and was a member of the Oklahoma Olympic Development Program. With TSC Hurricane, she has helped capture the U18 and U17 ECNL Texas Conference Championships. Whitlow also plays for Broken Arrow High School, where she has led her team to 28 wins in the last three seasons, as well as a district championship her sophomore year. She was an all-district performer as a junior and was tabbed to the Tulsa World Top-Five Player to Watch list.
Williams, a 5-6 forward from Beckenham, Kent, England, plays club soccer for the Millwall Lionesses U17 and competed in the FA U17 Cup. She has tallied 14 goals, and was named the Player's Player of the Season and Manager's Player of the Season.
2016 Tulsa Women's Soccer Signees
Name Pos. Ht. Hometown
Mackenzie Coupens D 5-8 Edmond, Okla.
Annabeth Fouts D 5-8 Edmond, Okla.
Ashlan Hustava MF 5-9 Flower Mound, Texas
Alyssa Kaiser MF 5-5 Westminster, Colo.
Hailey Melton GK 5-4 Tulsa, Okla.
Valiree Morris F 5-7 Wylie, Texas
Reagan Whitlow F 5-9 Broken Arrow, Okla.
Anna Williams F 5-6 Kent, England
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