W League Roster

Bussey joins the 2024 W League squad alongside her teammate from college at North Alabama, Defender Briana Eads. During the 2023 season, the forward scored seven goals, five of which were game-winners, tailed three assists, and notched 17 points in total for a signature season. 

Holcey appeared in six games for Campbell University, totaling 121 minutes. Holcey recorded a shot on goal for Campbell on September 21, when they visited Radford University in Campbell’s 1-1 draw. 

Henderson of Memphis, Tennessee, comes to South Georgia following a stellar freshman year performance with the University of Memphis Women’s Soccer team. During her first season with the Memphis Tigers, Henderson played alongside other South Georgia Tormenta FC W League players Momo Nakao and Sarah Hagg.

Ougaard joins South Georgia after making 19 appearances for FDU Teaneck last season. During the 2023 campaign, she contributed one goal and two assists to the Knights. In 2022, the midfielder netted three goals in 11 appearances, including a match-winning goal scored in the 85th minute against Saint Francis University.

During the 2021-2022 season, Ougaard made seven appearances for the Danish first division team Brøndby. She also made the bench for two of the club’s UEFA Women’s Champions League qualifying matches, the highest level of competition for clubs across Europe.

After signing her first professional contract, Mikoy spent the 2023 season with FC Pinzgau. She joined the Austrian club after finishing her collegiate career at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB). 

At UCSB, Mikoy started 18 out of 20 matches for the Gauchos and picked up one assist. Mikoy’s lone assist for the season came in the 76th minute against Long Beach State as she found her teammate Clair Grouwinkel, who scored the game-winning goal.

The attacking midfielder joins South Georgia following her third season at the University of Memphis, where she has made 60 appearances for the Tigers and won three consecutive American Athletic Conference (AAC) championships. During her collegiate career, Nakao has netted 10 career goals and provided 11 assists. 

Nakao’s strongest season came in 2023, in which she started all 22 matches and ranked third in minutes played amongst the team. She recorded six goals and assisted on five, earning her the AAC Midfielder of the Year award. Nakao was also recognized as a member of the 2023 AAC All-Conference First Team, AAC Championship All-Tournament Team, and United Soccer Coaches All-South Region First Team.

Presley will join the W League team in the coming weeks after spending her last two years at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Last season was Presley’s strongest yet as she received C-USA All-Conference Second-Team Honors, tallying a team-best six goals along with two assists. Before Presley made the successful transition to UAB, she started off at the University of Tennessee, where she made four appearances.

This past season, Nemtsov contributed a goal and an assist for the Eagles as they fell to Old Dominion in the second round of the 2023 Sun Belt conference tournament.

In 2022, Nemtsov played a crucial part in bringing Statesboro its first two women’s soccer championships, the USL W League and a Sun Belt Regular-Season conference title. With 13 games played for Tormenta in 2022, Nemtsov proved to be a strong asset to the offensive line, contributing four goals and one assist. Her versatility allows her to play anywhere up front, from an attacking midfielder to a winger. 

Peterson will join the Tormenta FC family from the University of Hawaii, where she recently finished her third year with the Rainbow Warriors, providing two assists during the 2023 season. In 2022, she led the team in both goals and assists, netting five goals and providing four assists throughout the season. Peterson also found herself second-best in the Big West conference with three game-winning goals. Through the course of her career at Hawaii, she already has six goals and seven assists in 41 games played with the program.

The midfielder joined the Rainbow Warriors in 2021 after transferring from North Carolina State, where she spent the shortened 2020 season.

Russo spent the last two years at the University of South Carolina Upstate, where she has netted 21 goals and provided three assists in her 37 appearances.  
Russo earned the  Big South Conference Offensive Player of the Year award and all-conference first-team honors, after leading the Spartans with 15 goals scored during the 2023 season.

During the 2022 season, she found the back of the net on six occasions, earning her the Big South Freshman of the Year award. She was also recognized as a member of the  All-Conference Second Team and All-Freshman Team.

During her career with the Bobcats, Chochol has started 55 out of the 64 matches, netting 20 goals and providing 29 assists. 

Chochol’s best season came in 2023, when she scored 10 goals and assisted nine goals. Her performances led the conference in points and assists, earning her a spot on the 2023 All-MAAC First Team. She was also named to the New England Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer Association’s DI All-New England third team.

Goalkeeper Moran is coming off a phenomenal season with Charleston Southern University, being named Big South Goalkeeper of the Year after winning the award before in her junior year. She was also named First Team All Big South in 2021 and 2023. 

During her senior year, Moran only allowed 1.17 goals per match which is best for fifth in program history. She made 87 saves leading the Big South Conference with an impressive .837 save percentage in Big South play. Moran finished her collegiate career totaling 201 saves, allowing only 50 goals, and posting ten shutouts.

The Big South Conference Goalkeeper of the Year joined Tormenta FC in 2023 following a historic year with the University of South Carolina Upstate. With USC Upstate, Brendle has totaled 34 games played, with her most productive season coming in 2022. Last year, Brendle started in all 18 matches, recording 79 saves, as well as recording six shutouts in the entire season. Brendle was named the Big South Goalkeeper of the Year, featured in the Big South All-Conference First Team and the Big South All-Tournament Team. Brendle features in the USC Upstate history books, sitting in eighth for the most games started and sitting in 10th overall for most saves (79). The junior also set the record for most wins in a single season (9). With Brendle in goal, Upstate went 9-4-4 in the regular season, while finishing with a 6-2-1 Big South Conference record. Its No. 2 seed in the Big South Conference Tournament was the highest seed in program history.