Trinity Byars

Club career

San Diego Wave FC announced on November 7, 2024, that the club had signed Byars to her first professional contract on a two-year deal through 2026, with the option for another year. She was the first NCAA player signed after the abolition of the annual NWSL Draft. Because of her ACL injury at Texas, she spent most of her rookie season on the season-ending injury list. The following week, she made her professional debut as an extra-time substitute for Dudinha in the playoff quarterfinals against the Portland Thorns, logging 19 minutes in the 1–0 extra-time loss.

Byars made her NWSL regular-season debut on April 25, 2026, in a 3–2 win over expansion team Denver Summit. On May 15, she made her first start and scored her first professional goal to open a 2–1 victory over the Washington Spirit. On July 9, having scored four goals in the last five games, she signed a new three-year contract with the Wave through 2028. The following month, Byars posted a performance against the Utah Royals in which she scored two goals and assisted the remaining two in a 4–2 Wave victory.

International career

Byars began training with the United States youth national team at the under-14 level in 2016. After playing in a friendly tournament for the under-16 team, she was the youngest player included on the under-17 roster at the 2018 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup. For her club performance, she was nominated for U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year in 2019. She helped the under-20 team win the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship and 2022 Sud Ladies Cup, where she was the tournament's top scorer. She started all three games for the United States at the 2022 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, assisting on a goal against Ghana. She played friendlies for the under-23 team in 2023.

Career statistics

Honors and awards

Texas Longhorns Big 12 Conference women's soccer tournament: 2023 SEC women's soccer tournament: 2024

United States U-20 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2022

Individual First-team All-American: 2022 Second-team All-American: 2023 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year: 2022 Big 12 Forward of the Year: 2023 First-team All-Big 12: 2022, 2023 Second-team All-Big 12: 2021 Big 12 tournament all-tournament team: 2021, 2022, 2023