College alumna, Ebony Wiseman, has become one of 16 new players to sign to James Madison University’s (JMU) womens’ soccer team last week.

Ebony left the college in 2016, after completing a sports programme at the college’s sports campus based at Alive Lynnsport.

While studying at the college, midfielder Ebony was picked for the England U15 team and U17 training camps, as well as being a standby for England.

After leaving the college, Ebony found success stateside with Eastern Florida State College. There she played and started 19 matches in two years, racking up an eye-popping 13 goals and 15 assists and led them to the national semi-finals.

Programme manager of sport, Scott Leadley, said:

“We are delighted to hear of Ebony’s recent success. She was a talented student during her time at college and under the football academy programme, and we hope that other students will follow in her footsteps.”

Head Coach at JMU, Joshua Walters, Sr. said:

“Ebony is another attacking midfielder with a lot of creativity who is very good on the dribble and in tight spaces. She brings an immediate offensive punch to our line-up.”

The Dukes return all but one starter from 2018, when they completed a massive midseason turnaround to win the CAA regular season title at 11-8-1 while reaching the CAA finals for the third time in six years.