Alabama Welcomes Five New Faces to Tuscaloosa for Spring Season
1/9/2025 3:36:00 PM | Soccer
Olivia Belcher, Avery Brown, Fiona Mahan, Larkin Thomason and Paige Thompson will join the Tide for the spring semester
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. –– The Alabama soccer team will welcome five incoming student-athletes as Olivia Belcher, Avery Brown, Fiona Mahan, Larkin Thomason and Paige Thompson join the Crimson Tide for the spring semester.
Alabama will add two transfers as Brown joins the Tide after spending two years with the Ole Miss Rebels and Thomason comes to Alabama after competing two seasons with Mercer. Belcher, Mahan and Thompson will make their collegiate debuts, joining the team for their freshman season.
Olivia Belcher
Midfielder | Colleyville Heritage High School | Colleyville, Texas | FC Dallas
- Competed in the USL Super League with Dallas Trinity FC
- Invited to the U.S. Youth National Team Camp twice
- Was a two-time Elite Club National League (ECNL) Girls Texas first team all-conference honoree (2022, 2023) and received an invite to the 2022 ECNL National Training Camp and the 2022 ECNL Houston National Selection Game
- Named a 5A high school state finalist, a first team all-state selection and a University Interscholastic League (UIL) State All-Tournament honoree in 2024
Avery Brown
Defender | Franklin, Tenn. | Ole Miss
- Redshirted during the 2024 season
- Named to the 2023 All-SEC Freshman Team
- Helped the Rebels shut out seven teams, including LSU, Auburn, South Carolina and Kentucky
- Tallied her first collegiate assist against Missouri
- Appeared in all 17 games and earned a start in 11 during freshman season
Fiona Mahan
Midfielder | Avonworth High School | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Pittsburgh Riverhounds ECNL
- Rated a four-star player by TopDrawerSoccer and currently ranks 46th nationally and first in the state of Pennsylvania
- Part of the U19/U20 Player Pool earning the invite to U.S. Youth National Team Talent ID Centers, U16 Virtual Camp and U17 Domestic Camp
- United Soccer Coaches All-American, as well as an all-section, all-Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League (WPIAL), all-state and all-region honoree
- Three-time WPIAL champion, two-time Pennsylvania state runner-up and High School All-American Game selection after becoming Avonworth's all-time leader in goals and assists
- Attended ECNL National Training Camp, selected for the ECNL National Selection Game twice and earned ECNL All-Conference recognition three times
Larkin Thomason
Forward | Scottsdale, Ariz. | Mercer
- Named the 2024 SoCon Player of the Year and a fourth-team United Soccer Coaches All-District honoree
- Led the conference in points (38) and goals (16) while adding six assists
- Ranked third nationally last season in points per game (2.00), sixth in goals per game (0.84), ninth in total points (38) and 10th in total goals (16)
- Recorded 62 points, 27 goals and eight assists over her two years with the Bears
Paige Thompson
Midfielder | Las Lomas High School | Walnut Creek, Calif. | MVLA
- Invited to the 2024 U.S. Women's Youth National Team U17 training camp as well as the 2021 U15 USYNT training camp
- Earned ECNL Northern California All-Conference First Team honors in both 2023 and 2024
- Eight-time Northern California PDP pool player and two-time Gothia Cup finalist
- Finished as league champions, NCS finalist and CIF semifinalist with Las Lomas High School, in addition to being named Diablo Athletic League (DAL) All League Co-MVP Defensive her freshman year, MVP Offensive her junior year and DAL All-League First Team during her high school career
- Helped California Storm earn the WPSL West Regional and USL North California Division titles
