2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Stella Downing
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Vancouver, Canada
- High School:
- Burnaby Central Secondary School
- Deals:
2023 (Senior at Creighton):
Stella transferred to Creighton but did not play due to transfer rules.
2021-22 (Sophomore & Junior at Ole Miss):
Downing spent two season at Ole Miss, where she appeared in 41 matches, logging a combined 1,659 minutes and three assists ... As a sophomore, Downing helped the Rebels to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances for just the third time in school history.
2020 (Freshman at Memphis):
Prior to her time at Ole Miss, Downing played one season at Memphis, where she was teammates with current Bluejay Lara Kazandjian ... While with the Tigers, Downing appeared in all 12 matches of the shortened COVID season, tallying two assists and five total shots while helping Memphis to the NCAA Tournament.
Burnaby Central Secondary School and Club:
Before arriving at Memphis, Downing graduated from Burnaby Central Secondary School in Vancouver, Canada ... Representing her home country, Downing played on the Canadian U17 National Team, earning a bronze medal after drawing her first international cap and start against Team USA in the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s U17 Championship match.
Awards & Honors
2021-22 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Dean’s List
2022-23 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2021-22 Dean’s List
2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
2023-24 Dean’s List
Personal
• Daughter of David and Coco Downing.
• Has two siblings; Jack and Kate.
• Graduated with a bachelor’s degree in marketing and a minor in graphic design in May of 2024 and is currently pursuing a masters in business.
• Go-to pre-game music artist is Zach Bryan.
• Favorite book is The Alchemist.
• Dream dinner guests would be God, Daniel Sloss and Wayne Gretzky.
• Named Messi as her favorite soccer player.
• Dream vacation destination is Brazil.
• Listed Wayne Gretzky as her sports hero.
• Says her favorite class at Creighton is marketing.
• Favorite social media platform is TikTok.
• Best birthday gift she ever got growing up was playing cards.
• Favorite TV show is The Office.
• Listed Matilda Djerf as her favorite social media account to follow.
• Life advice for others is to leave it all out on the line and do everything you do at 100 percent.
• In 10 years, would like to be playing professional soccer around the world.
• Chose Creighton because of the coaching staff and family culture within the program.
