Shea Vanderbosch

Bree Bridges

/ Women's Soccer

Photo by: Florida State Athletics

Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Lancaster
Hometown:
Lancaster, N.Y.

Senior Season (2025): Vanderbosch was named the 2025 Best Defensive Player for FC Buffalo in the USL W League ... She was selected one of three captains at Syracuse ... Vanderbosch played a half and earned a shared shutout against CHARLESTON SOUTHERN ... She posted a shutout in a 4-0 triumph against CANISIUS ... Vanderbosch picked the win in a complete-game effort at HOLY CROSS.

Junior Season (2024): She started the season by posting a shutout victory against UMASS ... Vanderbosch yielded just one goal in the 1-1 draw with MAINE ... She logged eight saves in a shutout win against NORTHWESTERN ... Vanderbosch played the full 90 minutes in the first five games of the season ... She played 45 minutes in a 3-0 shutout victory against ST. BONAVENTURE ... Vanderbosch allowed just one goal in the 0-1 losses to VIRGINIA TECH and #8 NORTH CAROLINA ... She played every minute of the first eight conference matches ... Vanderbosch started all of the 15 matches she appeared in ... She also finished with a season high 14 saves at PITT ... She finished the season with 92 saves and a save percentage of .760 ... Vanderbosch led the ACC in saves (92), saves per game (6.13) and single-game saves (14) at PITT ... Her final save total was the 10th best and her saves average sixth in school history ... Vanderbosch earned Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.).

Sophomore Season (2023): Vanderbosch played the entirety of all 18 matches ... She had five saves in the season-opening, 1-0 loss at DELAWARE ... Vanderbosch produced her fourth career shutout when the Orange won at SIENA, 3-0 ... She had four saves ... Vanderbosch stopped eight shots versus AUBURN ... She had five stops at CORNELL ... She contributed eight saves at HARVARD ... Vanderbosch's second shutout of the campaign came in a 0-0 draw with FAIRFIELD ... She had a career-best 16 saves against #3 FLORIDA STATE ... The total was just one save shy of the Syracuse school record ... Vanderbosch posted back-to-back, eight-save outings against VIRGINIA TECH and CLEMSON ... She recorded double-digit saves against WAKE FOREST, LOUISVILLE, PITTSBURGH, and NORTH CAROLINA ... Vanderbosch completed the season with 129 saves and a save percentage of .729 ... The save total was the second best in Syracuse history ... Her save average (7.17) ranked third at SU ... Vanderbosch led the ACC in total saves and saves per game ... Among Division I performers, she finished sixth in saves and eighth in saves average.

Freshman Season (2022): She was slowed during the preseason due to an injury ... Vanderbosch made her first collegiate appearance when she started the second half against UCONN ... She performed admirably, making five saves and giving up just one goal ... Her first collegiate start came against LAFAYETTE ... She made four saves in the 4-1 triumph ... Vanderbosch posted shutouts versus SIENA and at EASTERN MICHIGAN ... She played the first half versus MERRIMACK and held the visitors scoreless ... Up against #3 NORTH CAROLINA, Vanderbosch made eight saves to keep the contest close ... She had four stops and picked up the win when the Orange defeated MIAMI, 3-1 ... Vanderbosch had a season-high nine saves at VIRGINIA ... She made her 13th consecutive start versus CLEMSON ... Vanderbosch completed the season with a 7-6-2 record, a 1.02 goals-against average, 66 saves and a save percentage of .815 ... Her goals against average equaled the second best in school history ... Vanderbosch ranked in three ACC categories -- save percentage (first), saves per game (third) and saves (sixth) ... She was named to the ACC All-Freshman Team ... She was named to the 2022-23 ACC Academic Honor Roll (3.0-or-better cumulative grade-point-average for the year).

Lancaster High School: Vanderbosch played soccer at the varsity level from eighth grade through her senior year … Her career statistics include 458 saves, .39 GAA, 38 shutouts and one goal … She was the first goalkeeper to receive All-Western New York State Player of the Year Honors (2019) and was the first to receive all region in Lancaster soccer history … Vanderbosch was a team captain during her junior and senior year … She was an Erie County Interscholastic Conference (ECIC) Division 1 Second team All Star in 2017 … Vanderbosch earned First Team All Bee twice (2018, 2019) … She was a part of the United Soccer Coaches All East Region Team in 2019 … Vanderbosch was a Section 6 Player of the Year (2019-2020) … She was also an All-Western New York Player of the Year (2019-2020) … Vanderbosch was on First Team All-Western New York twice in 2019 and 2020 … She was also on First Team All-New York State twice in 2019 and 2020 … In 2019 she made All-Region Team … Vanderbosch was a two-time ECIC Division 1 First team All-Star … She was a part of the United Soccer Coaches All Mid-Atlantic Team (2020) … In 2020 Vanderbosch was in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) Conference Selection Program for the Ohio Valley Conference (2020).

Personal: Shealyn Hope Vanderbosch was born February 2004 … She is the daughter of Dan and Pam Vanderbosch … Vanderbosch has one brother, Jack, and one sister, Kam … Kam is a starting back at Siena ... She is enrolled in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management and is majoring in Management.