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HONORS
2020 SEC Tournament MVP
2020 SEC All-Tournament Team
2020 All-Southeast Region Second Team
2019 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2017 SEC All-Freshman Team
2017 SEC All-Tournament Team
As a Senior (2020):
- Played in 12 of Vanderbilt’s 16 games during the season, starting each game she played in
- Closed the season with two goals and an assist for five points
- Scored the game-winning goal in double overtime on the road against Florida (10/18/20)
- Added her second goal of the year in the regular-season finale against Ole Miss (11/7/20)
- Had an assist in the SEC Quarterfinals against No. 13 Tennessee (11/17/20)
- A stalwart on the back line, was named MVP of the 2020 SEC Tournament
- Became Vanderbilt’s first NWSL draftee in program history, selected in the third round of the 2021 NWSL Draft by the North Carolina Courage
As a Junior (2019):
- Started the first eight games of the 2019 season
- Recorded her only assist of the season against Evansville (8/25/19)
- Injured herself for the season against Louisville (9/15/19)
As a Sophomore (2018):
- Konte was one of the backbones of the Commodores’ staunch defense this season
- She played in 19 games this season and started 14 of them as a defender
- She managed one goal on the season, tying up the game against Miami in the final minutes before the Dores went on the win the game, 2-1.
As a Freshman (2017):
- Played in all 22 games as a freshman defender, making 21 starts for the Commodores
- Started the final 21 games of the season after coming off the bench in her collegiate debut
- Named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and the SEC All-Tournament Team
- Played 1,754 minutes for the Commodores, including 13 games with 90 or more minutes… Registered five shots and two shots on goal on the season
- Voted as Vanderbilt’s Female Newcomer of the Year at the 2018 Golden Dores Awards by her fellow student-athletes.
Personal:
- Major is Medicine, Health and Society
- Began playing soccer at the age of six
- played club for Jim Abt at Braddock Road Youth Club
- U18 National Team pool
- Describes style of play as passionately, driven and hard-working.