Bella Roberts

In her first season as the full-time assistant coach with the women’s soccer program, Roberts helped lead the Phoenix to their seventh NAIA National Tournament appearance while assisting six student-athletes earn All-Conference honors.

As a player, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native played for University of Tennessee at Martin for five seasons (2017-2021) and was a part of two regular season championship teams in 2018 and 2021. Roberts netted thirteen goals with three of those being game winning goals and earned eight assists over her career. She was awarded All-Ohio Valley Conference Second Team honors in 2019 and earned one Ohio Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week in 2021 scoring three goals in two games. Roberts was also named team captain her senior year.

Academically, Roberts graduated magna cum laude in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and was awarded the Medal of Honor by attaining a 4.0 all year from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021. She also received OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll all five years. She is now pursuing a Master of Arts in Teaching.