Stephanie Soares

Position:
Forward/Center
Height:
6-6
Class:
Senior
High School:
Homeschool
Hometown:
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Prev School:
The Master's

Stephanie Soares

Awards and Honors
Big 12 Player of the Week (Nov. 28, 2023)
Two-Time NAIA Division I Player of the Year (2019-20, 2021-22)
Two-Time WBCA NAIA Player of the Year (2019-20, 2021-22)
Three-Time First Team NAIA All-American (2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22)
Three-Time WBCA NAIA All-American (2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22)
Three-Time GSAC Player of the Year (2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22)
Three-Time GSAC Defensive Player of the Year (2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22)
Three-Time All-GSAC Selection (2018-19, 2019-20, 2021-22)
NAIA National Championship All-Tournament Team (2021-22)
Big 12 Commissioner's Honor Roll (F22, S23)

WNBA Draft
Selected with the No. 4 pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft by the Washington Mystics ... pick was traded to the Dallas Wings ... highest picked in school history.

2022-23
Played in and started 13 games before suffering a season-ending ACL injury at Oklahoma (Jan. 8) … recorded eight double-doubles in 13 games … averaged 14.4 points per game and 9.9 rebounds per game … totaled 39 blocks in her shortened season, and logged at least one in all 13 games, for an average of 3.0 blocks per game … recorded sixth 20-rebound game in Iowa State history against West Virginia (Jan. 4) … also had three blocks against the Mountaineers to post the second 20-rebound, 3-block game in Iowa State history … named Big 12 Player of the Week after back-to-back double-doubles against Michigan State and North Carolina … scored 23 points on 10-of-14 shooting, grabbed 11 rebounds and tallied six blocks against Michigan State (Nov. 24) to post the fourth 20/10/5 game in ISU history … scored 19 points and grabbed 12 boards against North Carolina (Nov. 27).

Summer 2022
Represented Brazil at the 2022 FIBA South American Women’s Championship, helping lead her native Brazil to the gold medal … started all five games of the tournament, averaging 10.2 points and 5.6 rebounds per gram … during the group stage against Venezuela, recorded 16 points on 8-of-10 shooting and grabbed four rebounds.

2021-22 (The Master’s University)
Played in 34 games and made 33 starts for the Mustangs en route to sweeping all the major NAIA national individual awards and conference individual awards, earning NAIA National Player of the Year from the Association and the WBCA and being named Conference Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year … averaged 20.5 points per game (setting single-season school records with 6969 points and 270 field goals), finishing in double figures in 32 contests … had five games scoring at least 30 points, peaking with a career-best 36 points at Menlo (Feb. 19) on 14-of-17 shooting … shot 58.4 percent from the field on the season, including going a perfect 12-of-12 from the field at Vanguard (Jan. 15) … recorded 25 double-doubles on the season, getting a season-high 23 rebounds to go with 24 points against Westmont (Feb. 26) … had a pair of 19-rebound contests against Northwestern (Minnesota) (Dec. 31) and against OUAZ (Jan. 22) … finished season with 126 blocked shots, getting a season-best eight twice at OUAZ (Dec. 2) and against UC Merced (March 11) … departed The Master’s as the school’s career record holder in field goals made (772), scoring average (19.0 ppg), rebounds (1,308), rebounding average (13.1) and blocked shots (450) along with ranking second in program history in points (1,904) and field goal percentage (59.0 percent).

2020-21 (The Master’s University)
Sat out the season due to injury.

2019-20 (The Master’s University)
Started all 31 games she played for The Master’s en route to claiming all the major NAIA national individual awards and conference individual awards … was named GSAC Player of the Week three times … finished the season as the NAIA national leader in rebounding (423 at school-record 13.6 per game) and blocked shots (151 at 4.9 per game) … averaged a single-season school record 20.7 points per game at a school-record 61.5 percent shooting from the field … scored in double figures in 30 contests, posting a season-best 35 points on 16-of-19 shooting (school record for field goals made) at Westmont (March 7) … had 18 games with at least 20 points … posted six games shooting 80 percent or better from the field … finished the season with 25 double-doubles, grabbing a season-best 24 rebounds at Westmont (Jan. 18) … had four contests with at least 20 rebounds … set a school record with 12 blocked shots at Antelope Valley (Dec. 2) and against Saint Katherine (Dec. 12) … also had 10 blocks against Olivet Nazarene (Dec. 28).

2018-19 (The Master’s University)
Played in 35 games, making 34 starts en route to earning First Team All-America honors and earning GSAC Player and Defensive Player of the Year honors … led NAIA in rebounding (school-record 470 at 13.4 per game) and blocked shots (school-record 173 at 4.9 per game) … averaged 16.2 points per game, scoring in double figures in 32 games and posting a season-best 30 against William Jessup (Jan. 3) … finished with seven games scoring at least 20 points … shot 57.2 percent from the field on the season, shooting at least 70.0 percent on seven occasions … finished the season with 29 double-doubles, grabbing a school-record 26 rebounds (including 11 offensive rebounds) against Westmont (March 2) … had three contests with at least 20 rebounds … in first career game at Montana Tech, had a double-double of 17 points and 10 blocks … had a pair of nine-block games against Bethesda University (Jan. 8) and at Westmont (Feb. 16).

High School
Was ranked at the No. 53 recruit in the country by ESPN, the No. 10 center in the high school Class of 2018 … helped lead Mount Baker High School in Deming, Washington to a Class 1A state title in 2017.

Personal
Born on Apr. 17 … daughter of Rogerio and Susan … has four siblings: Tim, Jessica, Tiago and Rebecca … father, Rogerio, played basketball at The Master’s, as did siblings Tim and Jessica … currently in Family and Consumer Sciences graduate program.