Nicole Vernis

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Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Redshirt Senior
High School:
The Benjamin School
Hometown:
North Palm Beach, Fla.
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United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team (2024)
CSC Academic All-District Team (2023, 2024)
Second Team All-SEC (2024)
SEC Tournament Champion (2023)
SEC Preseason Watch List (2023, 2024)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Team Captain (2024)
S.A.A.C. Team Representative (2023-24, 2024-25)

2024: Named to United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team...Named to Second Team All-SEC...Ranked first on team in minutes among field players...Tied for team lead in assists, while ranking fourth in points and fifth in goals, shots, and shots on goal...Assisted Margie Detrizio on two goals against Kennesaw State (Aug. 25)...Assisted Margie Detrizio on goal against Samford (Sept. 12)...Scored winning goal against Tennessee (Oct. 18)...Scored first career brace in tie at No. 13 Auburn, scoring equalizer in final 30 seconds (Oct. 24)...Assisted Dasia Torbert on winning goal against Texas A&M in SEC Tournament (Nov. 3)...Named team captain...Named to SEC Preseason Watch List...Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll and J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll...Serves as team representative to UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.

2023: Played in 23 matches with 21 starts, tallying 1,642 minutes...Tied for team lead in goals, while ranking first in points, assists, shots, and second in shots on goal...Set new career bests for points, goals, assists, shots, shots on goal, and minutes...Assisted Hannah White on last-minute winning goal against No. 22 UCF (Aug. 24)...Assisted Christian Brathwaite on goal against Southern Miss (Sept. 3)...Converted winning penalty kick at Georgia Southern (Sept. 7)...Scored tying goal in draw at No. 7 Alabama (Sept. 14)...Assisted Aly Akers and Ellie Gilbert on goals against San Francisco (Sept. 17)...Assisted Croix Bethune on goal against LSU (Sept. 21)...Converted winning penalty kick at Missouri (Sept. 25)...Scored winning goal against Vanderbilt (Sept. 29)...Became eighth player in program history to post a point in five consecutive matches...Assisted Mallie McKenzie on winning goal against Kentucky in SEC Tournament quarterfinal (Oct. 31)...Converted equalizing penalty kick and assisted Croix Bethune on winning goal against Texas A&M in SEC Tournament semifinal (Nov. 2)...Became first Georgia player to convert three penalties since 2011...Scored goal against Iowa in NCAA Tournament Second Round (Nov. 17)...Tallied 49 shots with 19 on frame...Named to SEC Preseason Watch List…Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll and J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll...Serves as team representative to UGA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...Recipient of the Ramsey Scholarship for Academic and Athletic Excellence.

2022: Sat out season due to SEC transfer rules…Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll.

2021 (Florida): Played and started in all 19 matches, tallying 1,323 minutes…Scored tying goal at Georgia…Assisted on goals against Florida Gulf Coast and Missouri…Tallied 25 shots with 13 on frame…Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2020-21 (Florida): Played and started in all 12 matches, tallying 908 minutes…Scored first career goal at South Carolina…Scored goal at Missouri…Tallied 17 shots with 11 on frame…Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll.

2019 (Florida): Did not appear in any matches due to injury…Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Florida: Played for The Benjamin School and FC Florida…Led Benjamin to 2018 FHSAA Class 2A Regional Quarterfinal…Named 2019 Sun-Sentinel Palm Beach 3A-1A Player of the Year and 2019 Best of Palm Beach County Girls Soccer Player of the Year…Named to All-Palm Beach 3A-1A First Team in 2017 and 2018, also earned Second Team honors in 2016…Led Palm Beach Gardens 01 Girls Blue Elite to 2018 FYSA U17 Florida State Cup and WAGS Tournament titles; also posted third-place finish in USYSA National League…Scored winning goal for Florida 01 Girls in 2017 U.S. Youth Soccer ODP Championship match…Member of Florida ODP for three seasons, earning two Region III Team selections.

Personal: Born on January 15, 2001…Daughter of Jeff and Stephanie Vernis…Graduated from Georgia in December 2023 with bachelor's degree in Psychology...Pursuing master's degree in Comparative Biomedical Sciences.