Draft:Cameron Roller
.jpg) Roller with Duke in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cameron Nicole Roller | ||
| Date of birth | June 21, 2005 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Center back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Duke Blue Devils | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2023– | Duke Blue Devils | 34 | (4) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2022 | United States U-17 | 13 | (1) |
| 2024– | United States U-19 | 1 | (0) |
| ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 3, 2024 | |||
Cameron Nicole Roller (born June 21, 2005) is an American college soccer player who plays as a center back for the Duke Blue Devils. She was named the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) defender of the year as a sophomore in 2024.
Early life and college career
[edit]Roller was raised in Sherman, Texas, the daughter of Michael and Meghan Roller, and has two brothers.[1] She started playing soccer at age three and also played basketball and track growing up. She played club soccer for FC Dallas and then Solar SC, which required her mother to drive her two hours to Dallas every day.[2][3] She has cited Naomi Girma as a role model.[4][5] She was ranked by TopDrawerSoccer as the fifth-best recruit and the top defender of the 2023 class.[1] She committed to Duke over other offers including Florida State.[2] She attended Gunter High School.[1]
Duke Blue Devils
[edit]Roller recovered from spring stress fractures to become a starter for the Duke Blue Devils by the middle of her freshman season in 2023, earning Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) all-freshman honors. She assisted Kat Rader's last-minute equalizer in a 1–1 draw against North Carolina.[1][2] In her sophomore year in 2024, she helped lead Duke to the ACC regular-season title and national top ranking. She was named first-team All-ACC and the ACC defender of the year.[6][7]
International career
[edit]She received her first United States youth national team call-up at the under-15 level in 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic put the program on hold.[2] Two years later, she helped lead the under-17 team to the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship.[1][8] She captained the United States the the quarterfinals of the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, where they lost to Nigeria on penalties.[1][9] She was called into combined under-18/under-19 camp in 2023.[10]
Honors
[edit]United States U17
Individual
- Atlantic Coast Conference Defender of the Year: 2024
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Cameron Roller". Duke Blue Devils. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Overcoming Obstacles: Roller's Determined Journey in College Soccer". Duke Blue Devils. September 30, 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ "U15 GNT to hold first training camp of 2020". United States Soccer Federation. March 2, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ^ "Center Back on a Roll". United States Soccer Federation. April 22, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ "DWS Freshman Spotlight: Cameron Roller". Duke Blue Devils. February 28, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ Howell, Maria (November 16, 2024). "How Duke women's soccer delivered a comeback season in coach Robbie Church's last dance". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ "Trio of Blue Devils Earn All-ACC Recognition". Duke Blue Devils. November 1, 2023. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ "Local soccer star Roller headed to USA World Cup U-17 Team". KXII. April 13, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ Clark, Travis (October 21, 2022). "US U17 WNT World Cup Run Comes to an End". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
- ^ Carrick, Buzz (April 4, 2023). "Solar's Cameron Roller called into US U18/19 camp". 3rd Degree. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
External links
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