#24  Megan Bornkamp

Career Accolades

2020 Season
United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-America Selection
United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Atlantic Region Selection
United Soccer Coaches Division I Women’s Player of Distinction Award
Third Team All-ACC Selection
ACC All-Freshman Team Selection

2021 Season
United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-America Selection
United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Atlantic Region Selection
CoSIDA Academic All-District Team Selection
Preseason All-ACC Team
ACC Offensive Player of the Week (9/14)
ACC Offensive Player of the Week (4/13)
ACC All-Tournament Team Selection
First Team All-ACC Selection
All-ACC Academic Team Selection

2022 Season
Mac Hermann Trophy Watch List
United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Atlantic Region Selection
United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch List Selection
Preseason All-ACC Team Selection
Second Team All-ACC Selection
All-ACC Academic Team Selection

2023 Season
Final Four Participant
Mac Hermann Trophy Watch List
Top Drawer Soccer Midseason National Top 100 Selection (19)
Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (9/26)
Preseason All-ACC Selection
Third Team All-ACC Selection
All-ACC Academic Team Selection
ACC Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
Co-Host of the Beyond the Paw Podcast
VP of Student Engagement for Student-Athlete Advisory Committee

In 2023 (Senior)

• Member of the NCAA College Cup Team
• Played in 25 matches with 24 starts
• Tied for third most points on the team 
• Second on the team in assists 
• Finished the season with five goals and seven assists
• Recorded three points in a game on three separate occasions against Furman (8/31), Miami (9/21) and Columbia (11/17)
• Netted back to back goals in games against Furman (8/31) and Western Carolina (9/03)
• Scored two goals in back to back games in the NCAA tournament vs Columbia (11/17) and Georgia (11/19)
• Tallied one goal in the ACC tournament against Notre Dame (11/02)

In 2022 (Junior)

• Started and played in all but one match on the year
• Tallied 90 minutes in 12 matches
• Netted a goal against Louisville for her 50th career point
• Assisted Hal Hershfelt and Renee Lyles against Western Carolina
• Led the Tiger defense to eight shutouts on the season

In 2021 (Sophomore)

• Earned First Team All-ACC honors for the first time in her career
• Played and started in all 20 matches
• Led the team in goals (10), assists (10) and points (30) from the center back position
• Led the team in minutes played with 1,705, averaging over 85 minutes a game
• Carried a 1.5 points per game mark, a career and team high
• Earned ACC Offensive Player of the Week for her six points against South Carolina and Gardner-Webb (9/14)
• Recorded a goal in the ACC Quarterfinals against Notre Dame (10/31)
• Tied her career-high with three assists against Syracuse (10/21
• Picked up a career-high three assists against Gardner-Webb (9/12)
• Recorded her second brace of the season against College of Charleston  (9/5)
• Registered a career-high five points against Saint Francis in the season opener

In Spring 2021 (Freshman)

• Finished tied for the team lead in points with 17 (8G, 1A) – the eight goals led the team while four of those came as GWGs, also led the team in that category
• Carried a .89 points-per-game mark in the 2020-21 season
• Led the team for minutes played with 1,691 minutes of action
• Played and started in all 19 of Clemson’s matches
• Scored two goals in the final 20 minutes against No. 11 South Carolina to secure a 2-1 win on the road
• Went two-for-two from the penalty spot in Clemson’s postseason PKs against Rutgers and UCLA
• Was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team
• Earned All-America honors, being named to the United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-America, Clemson’s first All-American since Sam Staab in 2018 and just one of two freshmen to earn the honor in 2020-21
• Was a recipient of the United Soccer Coaches Division I Women’s Player of Distinction Award

In Fall 2020 (Freshman)

• Played and started in all 10 matches for the Tigers, recording 824 minutes which ranked fourth on the team
• Scored her first career goal in the Tigers’ opening match against Miami (9/12/20)
• Tallied her first career assist in a win against Virginia Tech (9/17/20)
• Recorded her first multi-goal game, notching both the tying goal and overtime game-winner against Pitt (10/29/20)
• Led the team for goals (5), points (11), and shots (24) in the 2020 fall campaign
• In addition to her team success, the freshman also ranked among the top-10 in the ACC for goals, game-winning goals, and shots on goal.
• Picked up early conference honors after being named to the Third Team All-ACC and ACC All-Freshman Team

Before Clemson 

• Played three seasons of varsity basketball and was a two-time State Finalist for golf at Mooresville High School
• A 4-star recruit according to Top Drawer Soccer who spent her club years with the Charlotte Soccer Academy
• 44th ranked recruit in the country based on the IMG Academy 150
• Was named the CSA Young Female Player of the Year in 2014 and earned the CSA Female Player of the Year in 2018
• ID2 National Camp invitee in 2015
• Named to the US Soccer Development Academy Best XI in 2018-19
• Selected to U17 National Team Camp in Chula Vista, Calif. in 2018, receiving two caps and one goal throughout two matches
• Received one cap with both the U19 and U20 National Teams

Personal

• Born on November 19th