Career Highlights
2025 Conference USA Third Team
2023 Conference USA All-Freshman
2025 (Junior at MTSU): Named 2025 All-Conference USA Third Team ⦠started in 19 games and logged 1,577 minutes ⦠scored the equalizer and third career goal vs. Tennessee Tech (Sep. 11) ⦠recorded an assist vs. Jackson State (Aug. 17).
2024 (Sophomore at MTSU): Coming off a freshman season in which she was named to the 2023 CUSA All-Freshman Team, Sterbenz appeared and started in all 19 matches for Middle Tennessee in 2024 ⦠scored her second career goal against South Alabama (9/12) ... Logged a career-high 107 minutes played in the CUSA Quarterfinal win over Sam Houston (11/6)... finished the season with a share of fifth in Conference USA with a career-high five assists ⦠recorded seven points, 10 shots and four shots on goal in 1,617 total minutes, fourth-most on Middle Tennessee.
2023 (Freshman at MTSU): Played in 14 matches, making 11 starts ⦠played full 90 minutes four times and contributed to four shutouts ⦠member of CUSA All-Freshman Team ⦠logged first shot career in win at Howard (Aug. 27) ⦠followed with first shot on target against Lipscomb (Aug. 31) ⦠had first career goal at Tennessee Tech (Sept. 17).
High School & Club: 2023 graduate of Benet Academy ⦠letterwinner in soccer as well as basketball ⦠was an ESCC All-Conference player in soccer, and led both the soccer and basketball teams to state finalist results ⦠played high school soccer under Gerard Oconer ⦠played club soccer for Eclipse Select Soccer ECNL under coach Mike Nesci ⦠was club captain and led the team to an Illinois State Club Championship in 2019 ⦠was an honor roll student.
Personal
Daughter of Liz and Conor Sterbenz ⦠has an older sister Aurora and three younger siblings, Eve, Sydney and Calvin ⦠intends to major in exercise science at MTSU ⦠born in Milwaukee, Wis. July. 2, 2005.