Joelle Anderson
#18 MIDFIELDER
[JOE-ELLE AN-DER-SUN]
HEIGHT 5’10”
BIRTHDAY OCT. 6, 1998
HOMETOWN SAN JOSE, CALIF.
LAST CLUB HOUSTON DASH
ACQUIRED TRADE 2023
2025: Appeared in 20 matches (15 starts), logged a career high 1,286 minutes… scored one goal, finding the net March 22 vs. Louisville… tallied two assists on March 15 at Utah and April 19 at North Carolina… signed contract extension with Bay FC July 1.
2024: Acquired via trade from Houston Dash on Dec. 12, 2023… Recorded 17 regular season appearances across 916 minutes… scored three goals and tallied two assists, including match-winning goals on April 14 vs. Seattle and June 8 at Chicago.
2023: Appeared in 18 games, making 13 starts…Scored her first goal of the season on 5/12 in a 2-1 home win against Portland in a substitute role…Logged 1,083 total minutes…Appeared in three matches during the Challenge Cup, all substitute appearances.
2022: Played in eight games, earning two starts…Scored first professional goal 7/16 against Chicago…Signed with the Houston Dash on Jan. 14…Drafted in the 2021 NWSL Draft but returned to college for an additional season…Appeared in one game as a substitute, making her professional debut 4/24 against Louisville during the Challenge Cup.
PEPPERDINE 2017-2021
2021: Earned United Soccer Coaches All-West Region first team and All-WCC first team honors for the third year in a row as a fifth-year senior…Earned Senior CLASS Award All-American second team honors and was a Senior CLASS Award finalist…Led the team in goals (11) and points (30) and tied for second on the team in assists (eight)…Had team-high five game-winning goals…Started 21 of 22 games…In the WCC, tied for second in game-winning goals, fourth in points, tied for fourth in goals…Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention…WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors…Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
2020: Earned United Soccer Coaches All-West Region first team and All-WCC first team honors…Had three goals and three assists…Started 10 of 11 games…2020 season played in spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic…Received WCC All-Academic honorable mention…WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors…Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
2019: Made the United Soccer Coaches All-West Region first team and All-WCC first team…Had team highs of seven goals as well as four assists…Started 19 of 20 games…Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention…WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors…Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
2018: Named to the All-WCC second team…Led the team in goals (five) and points (13) and tied for the team high in assists (three)…All five goals were game-winners…WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors…Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
2017: Made the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI second team…United Soccer Coaches All-West Region second team pick…Earned All-WCC second team and WCC All-Freshman team honors…Finished second on the team in goals (nine) and points (24) in her debut season, and tied for first in assists (six)…Played in 19 games and started eight … In the WCC, tied for first in total assists, second in assists per game (0.32), third in points per game (1.26), tied for third in total points and tied for fourth in total goals and goals per game (0.47)… WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
Bay FC Acquires midfielder Joelle Anderson, $25,000 Allocation Money from Houston Dash
Bay FC, the Bay Area’s new women’s professional soccer franchise in the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL), have acquired midfielder Joelle Anderson and $25,000 in Allocation Money from the Houston Dash in exchange for protection in the 2024 NWSL Expansion Draft, it was announced today.
