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Meg Hughes

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Meg Hughes
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Meg Hughes (born May 16, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Providence Friars and the Michigan State Spartans.

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Early life

Hughes grew up in Rochester, Massachusetts.[1] She set the school scoring record at Old Rochester Regional High School with 127 goals, earned all-state honors twice, and was named the Standard-Times player of the year in 2018.[1] She played ECNL soccer for Scorpions SC.[1]

College career

Hughes played four seasons for the Providence Friars, scoring 23 goals and providing 13 assists in 70 games. She was named the Big East Conference Freshman of the Year in 2020 and was selected to all-conference teams all four years, twice picking up first-team honors.[1][2][3] She also ran track while at Providence, recording personal bests of 56.36 s in the 400 meters and 1:01.29 in the 400 meter hurdles.[4][5] She then transferred to the Michigan State Spartans for a fifth and final season. She scored 7 goals with 6 assists in 22 games in 2024, receiving second-team All-Big Ten honors.[5]

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Club career

Hughes was a trialist with the Washington Spirit in the 2025 preseason.[6] On July 1, 2025, USL Super League expansion club Sporting JAX announced that the club had signed Hughes for their inaugural season.[7] She made her professional debut on August 23, playing all 90 minutes in Sporting's inaugural game and setting up Jade Pennock's inaugural goal for the club in a 3–1 loss to DC Power FC.[8] The following week, she scored her first professional goal in a 3–2 win over the Tampa Bay Sun on August 30.[9]

Career statistics

College

As of match played November 24, 2024[1][5]
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Professional

As of match played October 14, 2025
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Honors and awards

Individual

  • Second-team All-Big Ten: 2024
  • First-team All-Big East: 2021, 2023
  • Second-team All-Big East: 2020, 2022
  • Big East Freshman of the Year: 2020

References

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