Biography
After two outstanding seasons at Rutgers-Camden, Meghan Wachira’s final season was marred by injuries, leaving the all-conference forward limited to only three points. Despite playing only three years with the Scarlet Raptors, she managed to tie the program’s career record with 13 game-winning goals, set in four seasons by Heather Greenwald (2001-04). Wachira collected 23 career goals (seventh in program history) and 53 points (ninth) in her 52 games at Rutgers-Camden.
One of the Scarlet Raptors’ four captains in 2019, Wachira was a senior academically, despite holding junior eligibility on the soccer pitch. An outstanding student as well, she graduated with numerous academic accomplishments.
Over her first two seasons, Wachira earned New Jersey Athletic Conference Co-Rookie of the Year and NJAC Second Team honors in 2017, on her way to capturing team MVP honors and recognition as Rutgers-Camden’s Female Athlete of the Year. In 2018, she was a NJAC First Team performer.
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 scholastic years…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll, 2017 Fall, 2018 Spring, 2018 Fall, 2019 Spring, 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring semesters…Dean’s List student during 2018 Fall, 2019 Spring, 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring semesters.
Soccer 2019: Played in 17 games, starting nine…Took a team-leading 42 shots…Collected one goal and one assist for three points in an injury-riddled season…Her one goal was the game winner in a 2-1 victory against Kean (Sept. 28), allowing her to tie the program record with 13 game-winning goals…Collected her assist on a goal by Maggie Horn during a 4-1 win at New Jersey City (Oct. 5)…Had a season high of eight shots (five on goal) during a 1-0 loss at Rowan (Oct. 17)…Played her high of 87 minutes at Stockton (Nov. 2) in a 0-0 double-overtime game in the NJAC playoffs.
Soccer 2018: Named to the New Jersey Athletic Conference First Team…Led the team in goals (9) and points (22), while tying for the lead in assists (4)…Started all 19 Raptor games……Served as one of the Scarlet Raptors’ four team captains…Took 57 shots, including 34 on goal for a .596 shots-on-goal percentage…Scored five of the team’s eight game-winning goals, tying for first in the NJAC in game-winning goals and 39th overall in Division III…Finished eighth among NJAC leaders in points, seventh in points per game (1.16), tied for eighth in both goals and goals per game (0.47), tied for 11th in assists and tied for 14th in assists per game (0.21)…Opened the season notching one goal and one assist in a 4-2 loss at Elizabethtown College (Aug. 31)…Scored her first game-winning goal of the year as the Raptors edged Lancaster Bible, 1-0, on Sept. 5…Had the game-winning goal and added two assists in a 4-1 win over Neumann University (Sept. 10)…Had the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory at Rosemont College (Sept. 17)…Scored a goal and assisted on Ava Pizzaro’s game-winning tally in overtime as the Scarlet Raptors defeated Kean University, 2-1, on Sept. 22…Collected on goal in a 4-0 win over New Jersey City University (Sept. 29)…Notched both goals as the Raptors defeated Rutgers-Newark, 2-1, on Oct. 6, earning her honors as the NJAC Player of the Week on Oct. 8…Her goal in a 2-0 Raptor win over Ramapo College (Oct. 13) proved to be the game-winning tally.
Soccer 2017: New Jersey Athletic Conference Co-Rookie of the Year…NJAC Second Team…Rutgers-Camden’s Female Athlete of the Year…Named team’s Most Valuable Player…Tied for first in the NJAC in game-winning goals (7) and tied for fourth nationally in Division III in that category…Her seven game-winning goals set a Rutgers-Camden single-season program record…Second in the NJAC in goals per game (0.81)…Third in the NJAC in points per game (1.75)…Fifth in the NJAC in total points (28)…Earned NJAC Rookie of the Week honors on Oct. 16 and Oct. 23…Captured Rutgers-Camden’s Raptor of the Week honor on Oct. 16…Had a four-game goal-scoring streak from Sept. 6-13, tied for the third-longest consecutive-game goal streak in program history…Played in all 16 Raptor games, starting 15…Took a team-high 43 shots and placed a team-high 30 on goal for a .698 shooting percentage…Collected her first collegiate goal and assist in her second collegiate game, a 6-4 loss against Widener University (Sept. 6), starting a four-game goal-scoring streak…Notched the game-winning goal against Shenandoah University (a 2-1 win on Sept. 9) and North Carolina Wesleyan (1-0 on Sept. 10) for the first two of her program-record seven game-winning goals…Had a pair of goals, including the winner, in a 5-1 triumph over Rosemont College (Sept. 13)…Assisted on the Raptors’ lone goal in an 8-1 loss against nationally-ranked Johns Hopkins University (Sept. 20)…Scored the team’s lone goal in a 3-1 loss at Montclair State University (Sept. 23)…Scored two goals against both Ramapo College (a 2-1 win Sept. 30) and Lancaster Bible College (a 4-1 win Oct. 4), notching the game-winning tally in both games…Her lone goal of the game beat Kean University, 1-0, on Oct. 14…Had two goals, including one in overtime, to beat William Paterson University, 2-1 (Oct. 21).
Pre-Rutgers: Started her collegiate academic career at the University of Buffalo in 2016, but did not play soccer.
High School: Varsity soccer letterwinner at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North...Set program single-season record with 21 goals as a junior, including four goals against Allentown (Sept. 11, 2014) and three against Ewing (Sept. 23)…Earned honors as a junior on the Times of Trenton All-Area Girls’ Soccer Team…Graduated in 2016.
Club Team: FC Bucks ECNL 97/98
Personal: Born July 30, 1998…Enjoys travelling and studying new languages…Biology major at Rutgers-Camden who plans on attending medical school and becoming a surgeon…Meghan is the daughter of Julene Evans Murage and Haron Murage of Plainsboro.
