G Guerrieri and the Fightin’ Texas Aggie soccer team return to Ellis Field on Thursday to open the 2025 season with a rivalry matchup against Baylor. We’re looking ahead to the upcoming campaign with our 2025 Texas A&M Soccer Preview Series.
As the Aggies head into the 2025 season, they not only have a new and improved team, but a pair of their own attended the U.S. Soccer College Talent ID Camp this past summer.
From Henderson, NV, junior Trinity Buchanan is starting her first season at Texas A&M after spending two years at UNLV. Before college, Buchanan attended Coronado High School, where she won a state championship and was Nevada’s 2022-23 Gatorade Player of the Year.
As a midfielder, she currently has 31 collegiate points to her name on 12 goals and seven assists. At UNLV, she started in all 40 games, creating critical chances for her team, including three game-winning goals.
As a freshman with the Rebels, Buchanan was a two-time Mountain West Freshman of the Week. She led UNLV with 13 points and totaled six goals as a rookie, the first of which came against UC Riverside on Aug 24, 2023.
As a sophomore, she upped her output, leading her team with 18 points off six goals and six assists. That year, Buchanan ranked seventh in the Mountain West in points, which earned her a spot on the All-Mountain West second team.
“I wanted something new,” Buchanan said of transferring to A&M. “I wanted to push myself even more, so that's why I am here.”
Under G Guerrieri, Aggie soccer has become a program known to be “fast” and “high caliber” on the pitch. The history of Aggieland impressed and motivated Buchanan after she entered the transfer portal.
“I was a little nervous about it because I knew that I wanted to go to a Power 4 school,” Buchanan said. “I was going to be pushed out of my comfort zone, but I was willing to take that risk.”
As an athlete, she has noticed tremendous growth after arriving in College Station six months ago.
“Since January and now, I think I am a completely different player than I was my last season at UNLV,” Buchanan said.
When playing a collegiate sport, it is common to only focus on the reason for which you are there. However, some players are lucky enough to not only love the sport at the school itself but also the academics that playing college soccer provides. Of course, A&M has plenty to offer beyond the pitch.
“I love the campus and being a student here at Texas A&M,” Buchanan said. “I was like, ‘Oh dang, I'm at an elite school academically and athletically.’”
Now part of the Aggies’ 2025 roster, Buchanan spent her summer preparing and bonding with her new team for the upcoming season, but she was shocked to receive such news of the invitation.
“I was extremely excited,” Buchanan said of her U.S. Soccer College Talent ID Camp invite. “This is something I've wanted since I started playing soccer. I think making it is the first step to me making the actual youth national team.”
The U.S. Soccer College Talent ID Camp is an annual event, focusing on inviting top collegiate players from all over the country who have the potential to be selected for the youth national team. The camp provides player evaluations and opportunities for the athletes to show their skills and experiences in the sport while being scouted by elite and professional coaches. An invitation means collegiate stars are one step closer to potentially being selected for the national team.
Indeed, an excited Buchanan got to play with some of the best players in the country, surrounding herself with competitive people who are always striving to be better.
Redirecting the perspective to the future, Buchanan has two more seasons as a collegiate soccer player. As she gets closer and closer to a future in the beautiful game, she remains determined.
“I want to make it as far as possible in professional soccer,” Buchanan said. “I would love to play for the national team one day, and getting invited to this ID camp is the first step to doing that.”
With all the competitiveness and seriousness that goes along with such a goal, there is still fun in the game. Every player has their unique pre-game habits, whether that be listening to a certain song, a handshake with a teammate, a certain color pre-wrap or even stepping on the pitch each time with a certain foot.
Buchanan has developed some of her own.
“I like listening to calm music before games and wearing my hair in a bubble braid on game days,” she said. “I'll eat blue gum for practice and then green gum for game days.”
For Buchanan, the experience playing at the ID Camp was “surreal” and a testament to her hard work.
“I obviously couldn't have done it without my coaches,” she said. “They have great advice for me and have helped me grow as a player and provided me with this opportunity.
“I am very grateful for this journey.”
As amazing as it is that one player was invited to this camp, Guerrieri’s 2025 Aggies sent a pair. Accompanying Buchanan was sophomore goalkeeper Sydney Fuller, a Keller native.
Fuller began playing soccer at the young age of four and stuck with it ever since. Around nine years old, she started playing at the next level with Fever, a small hometown club.
In the following years, the idea of playing at a power conference school became her dream, and Fuller wanted to play on a bigger stage. She started with larger clubs in DFW — first the Dallas Texans and then with the FC Dallas youth program — where she was able to be seen by Texas A&M and ultimately achieve her dream.
Beyond her club success, Fuller was also a four-year letterwinner at Keller High School. A three-time all-district selection, she earned district Goalkeeper of the Year and a spot on the All-Texas first team as a senior.
“Coming to A&M is one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me, and then obviously, getting picked for the U.S. camp,” Fuller said. “I’m just so grateful for every opportunity, and I feel like it means more to me because I never even expected to be at that level that I am now, and now, every opportunity I get, it gets more awesome.”
Now a sophomore in Aggieland, Fuller already has vital playing experience.
As a freshman last year, she played in 14 matches and posted a 1.14 goals against average. Further, Fuller recorded four clean sheets as a rookie and made 10 saves in a scoreless draw vs. No. 4 Arkansas.
While playing for A&M, what stands out to her the most is the family and supportive culture.
“I always feel the presence of the 12th Man,” Fuller said. “I also feel like I’ve truly made best friends here, and I have so much support from my own teammates, and that goes a really, really long way.”
Aside from receiving endless support athletically, Fuller credits the advisors for providing her with opportunities and resources to help her succeed in the classroom.
After pouring in effort and working tirelessly scholastically and on the pitch as a freshman helped her receive that coveted invitation to the U.S. Soccer College Talent ID Camp.
After receiving the news, Fuller’s first call was to her parents.
“This isn’t real,” Fuller said of her initial reaction. “I mean, I really do feel like that is one of the best honors that you can get at the premier level, so I was just really proud of myself.”
Receiving this opportunity, she couldn't do it alone, and gave a lot of credit to her coaches.
“In high school, I relied a lot on my love for the game and my athletic ability to get me through, but (Guerrieri) has really developed my technique and my understanding of the game and the position I play,” Fuller said.
Of course, the experience offered the opportunity to work with other talented coaches at the camp.
“They go to great lengths to teach you things and help you,” Fuller said. “There were some really, really high-level stuff there, and getting to learn new things from them and take that back and apply that to my games here at A&M was just a really big blessing.”
As a 19-year-old, receiving this invitation to the U.S. Soccer College Talent ID Camp shocked an ecstatic Fuller. It proves that no matter the age and or experience that a player obtains, anything is possible.
“Just trust the process,” Fuller said. “Trust that every single person's journey looks different.”
Unity at Texas A&M means a lot, and this duo attending such a prestigious camp together further proves that no Aggie stands alone.
