OVERVIEW

Megan Nugent has fully recovered from a leg injury and looks to be an impact player in 2018 ... Could be among the team’s top scorers by season’s end ... Has tremendous speed and possesses a strong right foot.

FRESHMAN YEAR 2018

Played in 19 matches, with 10 starts … Finished third on the team in points with 19 and goals scored with six … Was second in assists with seven … Ranked tied for 11^th in the conference in assists … Fired a team-high 43 shots on the season with 29 on goal for a shots on goal percentage of .674 … Got her first point with an assists in JCCC’s season-opening 4-1 loss to Daytona State (8-24-18) … Netted her first goal, the team’s sixth, in a 10-0 win over MCC-Blue River (9-5-18) … Followed with her second goal in a 4-1 win over Allen (9-8-18) … Credited with an assist in a 2-1 loss at nationally ranked Butler (9-12-18) … Scored a goal and provided the game winning assist in a 4-2 win over Coffeyville (9-22-18) … Scored the team’s second goal in a 3-3 tie with Kansas City Kansas (10-12-18) … Fired two shot into the back of the net in a 5-1 win at Coffeyville (10-17-18) … Assisted JCCC’s sixth score in a 7-0 shutout over Neosho County (10-20-18) … Got her final assist of the season on the final goal in a 3-1 win over Hutchinson in the semifinals of the Region VI Tournament (10-25-18).

HIGH SCHOOL 

Was a four-year starter for coach Todd Boren at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kan. … Graduated 2018 … Was a second-team Kansas 6A All-State and an All-Sunflower League first-team selection at forward her junior year … Made the switch from manager to varsity kicker for Northwest football team at kicker her senior year after the starter was out with a concussion … Played in three games, successfully hitting 15 of the 15 possible extra points and field goals she attempted … Then suffered an injury during a club soccer game that ended her football career and caused her to miss the entire 2018 soccer season … Also earned two varsity letters in basketball, helping the team to a runner-up finish in the state …Played 10 seasons of club soccer for KC Fusion coached by Al Jones and Mark Hughes, and two year with Kansas Elite coached by Jason Bryson.

PERSONAL

Born Megan Riley Nugent on Dec. 11, 1999, in Shawnee, Kan. … Nicknames are Nuge and Nugent … Daughter of Joe and Tami Nugent … Has one sister, Erin … Major is undecided …Also recruited by Northwest Missouri State University … Favorite food is chicken … Favorite fast food restaurant is Chick-fil-a … Favorite restaurant is Chili’s … Favorite TV show is Friends … Favorite music entertainer is Travis Scott.