Deborah Abiodun makes All-ACC Freshman and Third Team of the season

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

In her debut season in the United States of America (USA) Collegiate football system, Nigeria midfielder, Deborah Abiodun continues to make a name for herself with the University of Pittsburgh women’s soccer team.

Abiodun has secured a spot on both the All-ACC Third Team and the All- ACC Freshman Team.

The Super Falcons midfielder is the third Pitt player named to the All-ACC Freshman Team, joining Katie Zailski (2022) and West (2019). She has started in 14 out of the 17 games this season and has played a total of 1004 minutes for the historic Panthers.

Abiodun has scored four goals for her team during her debut season. Along with these double honours, Abiodun had also earned a spot on the TopDrawerSoccer mid-season Top-100 Freshman list this season – coming in at No. 16.

The former Rivers Angels captain is currently ranked in the top 10 in the ACC for shot accuracy (0.500).

She is expected to play a crucial role when her team faces top seed, Florida State University (FSU) in the semi final of the ACC Championship.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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