Clara Schilke
Schilke with the North Carolina Courage in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1998-09-12) September 12, 1998
Place of birth Stafford, Virginia
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage
Number 26
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2022 Florida State 110 (17)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– North Carolina Courage 2 (0)
International career
2018 United States U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of October 22, 2023

Clara Schilke (née Robbins; born September 12, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played seven seasons of college soccer for the Florida State Seminoles, winning NCAA championships in 2018 and 2021 and being named the ACC tournament's most valuable player in 2020 and 2021. She was drafted by the Courage in the first round of the 2023 NWSL Draft.

Early life

Schilke grew up in Stafford, Virginia.[1] She began playing soccer "just to get out and do something".[2] She played youth soccer with the Olympic Development Program and captained her club team, Fredericksburg FC's 98 Gold youth team, which went 41–2 in her last seasons.[1] She played one year of high school soccer as a freshman at Colonial Forge High School, where she graduated in 2016.[3]

College career

Florida State won five ACC tournaments and two NCAA championships during Schilke's seven years with the team from 2016 to 2022. She redshirted her first year, then regularly started as a redshirt freshman in 2017.[1][4] She played in only three games the next year before a season-ending injury forced her to sit out the Seminoles' run to the 2018 NCAA title.[1][3] She scored her first goals for Florida State in the 2020 season in which she led the team in goals and assists with six each.[1]

Schilke was named most valuable player of the ACC tournament twice: in 2020 for scoring twice in the first six minutes and adding an assist in the final against North Carolina and again in 2021 for scoring the lone goal from long range in the final against Virginia.[5][6] She recorded a goal and an assist during the Seminoles' run to the 2020 NCAA final and two assists during their 2021 NCAA championship run.[1] She considered leaving Florida State with the departure of longtime coach Mark Krikorian but returned for a seventh season in which the team defended its ACC title and made the NCAA semifinals.[1][7]

Having received extra years of eligibility due to a medical redshirt and the COVID-19 pandemic, Schilke finished her college career with 110 caps, the most for a Seminole and second-most in women's college soccer history, and 17 career goals and 25 assists.[1][8] She was named to the All-ACC second team three times in her last three years.[1] She earned her master's degree in exercise physiology in December 2021.[4]

Club career

The North Carolina Courage selected Schilke ninth overall in the 2023 NWSL Draft with one of their four first-round draft picks.[9] She signed a three-year contract through 2025.[10] She made her professional debut against the Orlando Pride on April 19, 2023, and played in two more games before suffering a season-ending Achilles tendon rupture the next month.[11]

Personal life

She married Gabe Schilke in July 2023.

Honors

Florida State Seminoles

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Clara Robbins – 2022-23 – Women's Soccer". Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  2. ↑ LoMonaco, Joey (January 11, 2023). "Colonial Forge grad Robbins looks forward to NWSL draft". The Free Lance–Star. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023.
  3. 1 2 DeShazo, Steve (November 16, 2020). "College notebook: Colonial Forge graduate Robbins leads Florida State to ACC soccer title". The Free Lance–Star. Archived from the original on November 29, 2023.
  4. 1 2 Kassim, Ehsan (October 26, 2022). "Florida State soccer: 7th year player Clara Robbins prepares for final regular season home game". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Florida State Defeats North Carolina 3-2 to Win ACC Women's Soccer Championship". Atlantic Coast Conference. November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  6. ↑ Fernandez, Andre C. (November 7, 2021). "Spectacular goal, clutch defense carry Florida State soccer to repeat ACC tournament title". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  7. ↑ Thomas, Gerald III (August 13, 2022). "What brought back FSU soccer vet Clara Robbins and how has she helped new coach Brian Pensky?". Tallahassee Democrat. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  8. ↑ Fawcett, Dave (June 21, 2023). "Colonial Forge graduate Clara Robbins adjusts to life as a pro soccer player". InsideNoVa.com. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Draft Recap: Courage make four first round selections Thursday". North Carolina Courage. January 12, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Courage sign all four 2023 draft picks". North Carolina Courage. March 13, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Courage place Clara Robbins in Season-Ending Injury list". North Carolina Courage. July 14, 2023. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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