Meg Hughes
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Hughes with Michigan State in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sporting JAX | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2020–2023 | Providence Friars | 70 | (23) |
| 2024 | Michigan State Spartans | 16 | (7) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | Sporting JAX | 0 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Meg Hughes is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Providence Friars and the Michigan State Spartans.
College career
Hughes played four seasons for the Providence Friars, being named the Big East Conference Freshman of the Year in 2020 and earning all-conference honors every season, twice on the first team. She scored 23 goals and provided 13 assists in 70 games.[1][2][3] She transferred to the Michigan State Spartans for her graduate season in 2024. She scored 7 goals with 6 assists in 22 games and was named second-team All-Big Ten.[4]
Club career
Washington Spirit
Hughes was invited to train as a non-roster invitee with the Washington Spirit in the 2025 preseason.[5]
Sporting JAX
On July 1, 2025, new USL Super League club Sporting JAX announced that the team had signed Hughes for its inaugural season.[6]
Career statistics
College statistics
| Season | Games | Scoring | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | G | A | PTS | SH | SOG | ||
| Providence Friars | ||||||||
| 2020 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 22 | 75 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 19 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 18 | |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 56 | 34 | |
| Michigan State Spartans | ||||||||
| 2024 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 28 | 21 | |
| Career | ||||||||
| Career Total | 98 | 81 | 34 | 23 | 91 | 256 | 126 | |
Honors and awards
Individual
- All-Big Ten: 2024 (second team)
- All-Big East: 2021, 2023 (first team); 2020, 2022 (second team)
- Big East Freshman of the Year: 2020
References
- ^ "Meg Hughes". Providence Friars. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ Seavey, Jim (April 26, 2021). "Old Rochester grad Meg Hughes getting her kicks at Providence as Big East's Freshman of the Year". The Standard-Times. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ Los Lee, Laruie (June 30, 2022). "Coming off a big year at Providence College, Meg Hughes teaches soccer to local youth". The Standard-Times. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ "Meg Hughes". Michigan State Spartans. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ Michigan State Women's Soccer [@msu_wsoccer]; (January 30, 2025). "And another one..." Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Sporting JAX adds seven dynamic new signings to inaugural roster, including international stars". Sporting Club Jacksonville. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.