Hailey Beam

Classroom

Beam has a 3.80 GPA with a double major in finance and marketing. She was named second-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-American and first-team NSCAA Scholar All-American last season as well as being named the Atlantic-10 Women’s Soccer Student-Athlete of the Year.

Character

Beam is the leader of a 49ers team that has won three straight A-10 regular-season and two straight A-10 Tournament titles. She has been the team captain for the past two years of a team that has made two straight NCAA Tournament appearances. Her older sister Lindsey Beam Ozimek was a Lowe’s Senior Class All-American in 2007.

Community

Beam has worked numerous youth soccer clinics in the area. She worked with Toys For Tots for the past three years. This past spring, she joined her teammates in helping clean up the campus in the UNC Charlotte campus clean up day. She goes to elementary schools to read to kids and has also worked on the Athletic Department’s Blood Drive.

Competition

Last year, Beam became the program’s first consensus All-American. She was named second-team Soccer America and Soccer Buzz All-American. She earned third-team NSCAA and TopDrawerSoccer.com All-American honors. She was named A-10 Midfielder of the Year and first-team All-Atlantic 10. She has been named MVP of the A-10 Tournament in each of the last two seasons. She ranked among the nation’s leaders with an A-10 leading 17 goals, 13 assists and 47 points last season. Her 17 goals and 47 points were the third highest single-season total in school history. She also was named A-10 Player of the Week three times as well as to Soccer America’s National Team of the Week three times. She was named to Soccer Buzz and TopDrawerSoccer.com’s National Teams of the Week twice last season. She was recently named to the Hermann Trophy preseason watch list.