2023 Soccer Roster
Roster
Liddell, Malaesha

Jersey Number 17
Malaesha Liddell
- Position:
- D
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Horn Lake, Miss.
- Previous School:
- Northwest Mississippi CC
Bio
2023: Played in three matches… had a season-high 19 minutes at Memphis (Sept. 17)… saw 25 minutes on the pitch.
BEFORE UTM: Played a big part in a remarkable two-year run at Northwest Mississippi Community College, where she shared the field with Skyhawk teammate Jenny Enriquez under head coach James Beattie…Helped the Lady Rangers attain a consistent top-10 rank in the national polls after the program went 30-5-4 overall (.821 winning percentage) with a 12-3-3 Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference mark (.750 winning percentage)…Was a member of the 2022 NMCC squad that advanced to the NJCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in school history, winning their poll before falling in the Final Four to eventually national champion Phoenix College…Was a force on the Lady Ranger back unit that allowed just nine goals with a dozen shutouts over 20 matches in 2022, including a seven-match stretch from Oct. 4 through Nov. 4 where the defense did not concede a single goal…Overall, she was part of 19 shutouts in her two-year career at NMCC, logging a combined 1,901 minutes on the pitch…Picked up four career points off one goal and a pair of assists…Scored a goal and added an assist in the 2022 season opener against National Park…Graduated from Lake Cormorant High School, where she also played basketball and ran track…Excelled with the DeSoto Futbol Club ’02 squad that was the first team from DeSoto County to represent the state of Mississippi in the USYSA Region III President’s Cup tournament in 2015.
PERSONAL: Born on March 8, 2003…Daughter of Kellery Liddell…Has six siblings, Mercedes, Quenten, Kalaesha, Deonte Taylor, Kaylin Hayes and Kylen Hayes...Majoring in dental hygiene.
BEFORE UTM: Played a big part in a remarkable two-year run at Northwest Mississippi Community College, where she shared the field with Skyhawk teammate Jenny Enriquez under head coach James Beattie…Helped the Lady Rangers attain a consistent top-10 rank in the national polls after the program went 30-5-4 overall (.821 winning percentage) with a 12-3-3 Mississippi Association of Community Colleges Conference mark (.750 winning percentage)…Was a member of the 2022 NMCC squad that advanced to the NJCAA Division II Tournament for the first time in school history, winning their poll before falling in the Final Four to eventually national champion Phoenix College…Was a force on the Lady Ranger back unit that allowed just nine goals with a dozen shutouts over 20 matches in 2022, including a seven-match stretch from Oct. 4 through Nov. 4 where the defense did not concede a single goal…Overall, she was part of 19 shutouts in her two-year career at NMCC, logging a combined 1,901 minutes on the pitch…Picked up four career points off one goal and a pair of assists…Scored a goal and added an assist in the 2022 season opener against National Park…Graduated from Lake Cormorant High School, where she also played basketball and ran track…Excelled with the DeSoto Futbol Club ’02 squad that was the first team from DeSoto County to represent the state of Mississippi in the USYSA Region III President’s Cup tournament in 2015.
PERSONAL: Born on March 8, 2003…Daughter of Kellery Liddell…Has six siblings, Mercedes, Quenten, Kalaesha, Deonte Taylor, Kaylin Hayes and Kylen Hayes...Majoring in dental hygiene.
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