Seven Castain
 Castain with Utah United in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | April 26, 2004 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TCU Horned Frogs | ||
| Number | 7 | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022– | TCU Horned Frogs | 88 | (35) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2023 | Utah Avalanche | (13) | |
| 2025 | Utah United | 12 | (21) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Seven Castain (born April 26, 2004) is an American college soccer player who plays as a forward for the TCU Horned Frogs.
Early life
[edit]Castain grew up in Draper, Utah, the only child born to Heidi and Daren Castain.[1][2] She was named for the number 7's biblical meaning of "lucky", "perfection", or "completeness".[2][3] She played high school soccer at Waterford School in Sandy, Utah, setting a school record with 113 career goals in two-and-a-half seasons and earning first-team all-state selections three times. She was named high school All-American as a senior in 2021 after scoring a state single-season record 71 goals, including all four for her side in a 4–3 victory over Rowland Hall in the Class 2A state title game.[1][3] She played club soccer for the Utah Avalanche, earning ECNL all-conference honors.[4] She committed to TCU during her junior year.[5]
College career
[edit]Castain enrolled early at Texas Christian University at age 17 in the spring of 2022.[6][7] In her freshman season, she scored 2 goals with 4 assists in 24 games (9 starts), earning Big 12 Conference all-freshman honors, and helped the TCU Horned Frogs to runner-up finishes for the Big 12 regular-season and tournament titles and the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament.[1][8] She started all 19 games and scored 7 goals in her sophomore season in 2023, earning first-team All-Big 12 honors after placing third in the conference.[1][9]
Castain jointly led the conference with 13 goals in 23 games in her junior season in 2024, including a four-goal outburst against Colorado, and was named first-team All-Big 12 and fourth-team All-American. She helped lead the Horned Frogs to the Big 12 regular-season title and was named in the all-tournament team after reaching the Big 12 tournament final.[1][10] She again led the Horned Frogs in goals and won another Big 12 regular-season championship in her senior season in 2025, earning first-team All-Big 12 honors for the third time.[11][12]
During college, Castain also played for the Utah Avalanche in the Women's Premier Soccer League and Utah United in the USL W League.[10] She was the USL W League's leading scorer in the 2025 regular season with 17 goals in 9 games during Utah United's first season in the league.[13] She added four more goals in three playoff games, including one in a 4–0 victory over the North Carolina Courage U23 in the national championship game, and was named the USL W League Player of the Year.[14]
Honors and awards
[edit]TCU Horned Frogs
- Big 12 Conference: 2024, 2025
- Big 12 tournament runner-up: 2022, 2024
Utah United
Individual
- Fourth-team All-American: 2024
- First-team All-Big 12: 2023, 2024, 2025
- Big 12 all-freshman team: 2022
- USL W League Player of the Year: 2025
- USL W League Golden Boot: 2025
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Seven Castain". TCU Horned Frogs. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ a b Butler, Eric (October 23, 2021). "Waterford beats Rowland Hall 4-3 to claim girls' 2A soccer title". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ a b Walker, Sean (October 23, 2021). "Lucky 7: Castain's 4 goals help Waterford snap Rowland Hall's state-record 2A title streak". KSL.com. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ "ECNL All Conference Northwest". Elite Clubs National League. Retrieved November 4, 2025 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ^ Clark, Travis (January 4, 2021). "Commitments: Utah forward heads to TX". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
- ^ Brown, Tyler (June 12, 2022). "TCU Women's Soccer: New Kids On The Block". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ Walker, Sean (July 16, 2025). "How a Utah semipro soccer team went from tryouts to league final in less than a year". KSL.com. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ "TCU Falls in Overtime in Big 12 Championship". TCU Horned Frogs. November 6, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ "2023 Soccer Standings". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
- ^ a b "College Feature: Seven Castain, TCU". Women's Premier Soccer League. November 22, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ Engel, Mac (November 3, 2025). "George Costanza would be hot; someone stole 'Seven.' She's a great soccer player". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Retrieved November 3, 2025.
- ^ "2025 All-Big 12 Soccer Awards Announced". Big 12 Conference. November 4, 2025. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
- ^ "Utah United's Seven Castain wins 2025 Golden Boot". USL W League. July 14, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.
- ^ "Utah United's Seven Castain named 2025 W League Player of the Year". USL W League. August 1, 2025. Retrieved August 13, 2025.