Meg Hughes

Meg Hughes
Hughes with Michigan State in 2024
Personal information
Full name Meg Elizabeth Hughes
Date of birth (2002-05-16) May 16, 2002 (age 24)
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Sporting JAX
Number 7
Youth career
Scorpions SC
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2023 Providence Friars 70 (23)
2024 Michigan State Spartans 16 (7)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2025– Sporting JAX 36 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of October 16, 2026

Meg Elizabeth Hughes (born May 16, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Sporting JAX. She played college soccer for the Providence Friars and the Michigan State Spartans.

Early life

Hughes grew up in Rochester, Massachusetts. She set the school scoring record at Old Rochester Regional High School with 127 goals, earned all-state honors twice, and was named the Standard-Times player of the year in 2018. She played ECNL soccer for Scorpions SC.

College career

Hughes played four seasons for the Providence Friars, scoring 23 goals and providing 13 assists in 70 games. She was named the Big East Conference Freshman of the Year in 2020 and was selected to all-conference teams all four years, twice picking up first-team honors. She also ran track while at Providence, recording personal bests of 56.36 s in the 400 meters and 1:01.29 in the 400 meter hurdles. She then transferred to the Michigan State Spartans for a fifth and final season. She scored 7 goals with 6 assists in 22 games in 2024, receiving second-team All-Big Ten honors.

Club career

Hughes was a trialist with the Washington Spirit in the 2025 preseason. On July 1, 2025, USL Super League expansion club Sporting JAX announced that they had signed Hughes to their inaugural season. She made her professional debut on August 23, starting in Sporting JAX's inaugurl game and setting up Jade Pennock's inaugural goal in a 3–1 loss to DC Power FC. The following week, she scored her first professional goal in a 3–2 win over the Tampa Bay Sun. She finished her rookie season with 2 goals and 7 assists in 28 games. She tied with three teammates to lead the league in assists. After placing second in the standings, Sporting JAX lost 1–0 to the Carolina Ascent in the playoff semifinals.

Career statistics

College

As of match played November 24, 2024
Season Games Scoring
GPGSGAPTSSHSOG
Providence Friars
2020 1244614240
2020–21 12446142415
2021 202094227538
2022 19182484918
2023 202080165634
Michigan State Spartans
2024 161573172821
Career
Career total 9881342391256126

Professional

As of match played October 16, 2026
Club Season League Cup Playoffs Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sporting JAX 2025–26 United States USLS 282—10292
2026 80——80
Career total 362—10372

Honors and awards

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Old Rochester Regional High School Class of 2020". The Standard-Times. August 16, 2020. Retrieved May 16, 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Meg Hughes". Providence Friars. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ Seavey, Jim (April 26, 2021). "Old Rochester grad Meg Hughes getting her kicks at Providence as Big East's Freshman of the Year". The Standard-Times. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ Los Lee, Laruie (June 30, 2022). "Coming off a big year at Providence College, Meg Hughes teaches soccer to local youth". The Standard-Times. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Meg Hughes". Providence Friars. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 "Meg Hughes". Michigan State Spartans. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ Michigan State Women's Soccer [@msu_wsoccer]; (January 30, 2025). "And another one..." Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Instagram.
  8. ↑ "Sporting JAX adds seven dynamic new signings to inaugural roster, including international stars". Sporting Club Jacksonville. July 1, 2025. Retrieved July 1, 2025.
  9. ↑ Freeman, Clayton (August 24, 2025). "Denied in debut: Sporting Jax scores early, fades late in city's pro women's soccer opener". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ Freeman, Clayton (August 30, 2025). "Goal! Here's how Sporting Jax women's soccer nettted first-ever win vs. reigning champion". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Sporting Jax Statistics". Sporting Club Jacksonville. Retrieved May 25, 2026.
  12. ↑ Freeman, Clayton (May 22, 2026). "Semifinal showdown: Sporting Jax women meet Carolina in playoffs". The Florida Times-Union. Retrieved May 25, 2026.
  13. ↑ Barney, Justin (May 24, 2026). "Sporting JAX women's team falls in Gainbridge Super League playoff opener". WJXT. Retrieved May 25, 2026.