2025 Soccer Roster
Paul, Gianna

Jersey Number 14
Gianna Paul
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Huntington Station, N.Y.
- High School:
- Walt Whitman HS
Bio
Career Accolades
- 2024 USC All-American
- 2024 USC Scholar All-American
- 2024, 2023 USC All-Region First Team
- 2024, 2023 First Team All-SEC
- 2022 Second Team All-SEC
- 2022 SEC Freshman of the Year
- 2022 SEC All-Freshman Team
2025
- Picked up her third consecutive SEC Preseason Watchlist spot
- Recognized on the United Soccer Coaches Players to Watch--Forwards list and TopDrawerSoccer's Preseason Best XI Third Team
- Named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List
- Started all nine games for the Crimson Tide
- Contributed six goals and three assists on the season
- Played the ball into the box for Ramadan to score the last minute equalizer against then No. 3 Duke on the road
- Netted her 34th career goal against Lipscomb to become Alabama's leading goal scorer, breaking Libby Probst's 20 year old record
- Leads the team in points (15), goals (6), and shots (39)
- Tied for second on the team with Thomason, Ramadan, and Kukan in assists (3)
- Ranks 11th nationally and second in the SEC with 4.33 shots per game
- Listed 23rd in the nation and fourth in the SEC in total goals (6) on the season
2024
- Earned her first career All-America honor after being named a fourth-team recipient
- Earned USC First Team All-Southeast honors for the second straight year
- Named a 2024 First Team All-SEC selection, her third consecutive year earning all-conference honors and second straight being named a first-team selection
- Led the Tide in both goals (12) and points (25)
- Finished the season ranked 17th nationally in game-winning goals (5) and 27th in total goals (12)
- Scored five goals in SEC play
- Her 12 goals this season ranks her third all-time in program history while also moving her to third in career goals with 28
- Ranks seventh at UA in career points (63)
- 2024 College Sports Communicator All-District honoree
- Co-Offensive SEC Player of the Week of 9/2
- Scored a brace against Chattanooga and Florida Atlantic
- Her brace against Florida Atlantic was part of a five-point game which included an assist on Nadia Ramadan's goal
- Scored a goal against North Texas, Chattanooga, Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss, Louisiana Tech, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas A&M, Florida and Vanderbilt
- Started all 21 games for the Tide
2023
- United Soccer Coaches' All-Region First Team
- First Team All-SEC honoree
- Nationally ranked 10th and first in the SEC for game-winning goals (5)
- Ranked 19th nationally and second in the SEC in total goals (12)
- Scored a team-leading eight goals, including scoring a goal against three ranked teams
- Recorded the equalizer against No. 3 North Carolina in the 79th minute
- Scored the first goal against No. 23 Georgia in the fourth minute, No. 17 Memphis in the 24th minute and Texas A&M in the 53rd minute
- Scored the game-winning goal against DePaul to open the season
- Named SEC Offensive Player of the Week (9/11) for scoring goals against Southern Miss and No. 3 North Carolina
- Named to College Soccer News' National Team of the Week (8/28, 9/11)
- Named TopDrawerSoccer's Midseason Top 100 List
- CSC Academic All-District Team
2022
- Named the SEC Freshman of the Year
- Second-Team All-SEC and SEC All-Freshman Team honoree
- Tied for 10th nationally among freshman for total goals (8) this season
- Finished the year tied for third on the team in goals
- Added five assists off the bench for 21 points, fourth best on the team
- Scored the game-winning goal over then-No. 6 BYU
- Netted goals against No. 6 BYU, No. 8 Duke, No. 18 Clemson, Chattanooga, Texas A&M, LSU, Mississippi State, Jackson State
- Recognized on TopDrawerSoccer's Best XI Freshman First-Team
- SEC Freshman of the Week (9/5, 9/26)
- TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (11/29)
High School
- Two-time All-County honoree with Walt Whitman High School
- Named Big School Offensive Player of the Year
- Earned All-Long Island honors
- Helped SUSA Academy win the New England Conference Championships in 2021
- Named New England U17 First Team All-Conference
- Also competed in track and field in high school, earning all-county honors four times
- Named Athlete of the Year for track and field in addition to being selected for All-Long Island, All-State and All-American honors
- Two-time state track and field champion
Personal
- Born December 28 in New York
- Daughter of Kristin Paul
- Has one sister, Veronica
NCAA Tournament - North Carolina Preview: Coach Hart
Wednesday, November 15
NCAA Tournament - North Carolina Preview: Marianna Annest & Sasha Pickard
Wednesday, November 15
Soccer NCAA Tournament RD 1 Postgame: Coach Hart
Friday, November 10
Soccer NCAA Tournament RD 1 Postgame: Itala Gemelli, Macy Clem & Cameron Silva
Friday, November 10