2020: Started all 24 matches with 2,015 minutes on the pitch … Set new record for single-season matches started and played with Brenna McPartlan, Gabrielle Gayle and Tilly Wilkes … Went the distance in 14 games including three double-overtime contests … notched seven assists … Of those seven assists, five came on game-winning goals including the NCAA tournament win over Colorado (4/27) … Three assists came on game-winners came in the final three wins of the spring season … Moved into the top 10 for minutes played in a career at South and sits just outside the top 10 in games played and games started.
2019: Started 20 games in 21 appearances … Appeared in 1,614 minutes … Went the distance in nine games with three consecutive in conference play, including a 109-minute effort in a double-overtime victory against Arkansas State (10/6).
2018: Started 12 times in 16 appearances … Put three of her six shots on the season on net… Went the distance in five straight games in September, as well as Sun Belt Tournament semifinal shootout loss to Texas State (11/2).
2017: Started 17 times in 20 appearances … Tallied two assists on the season … Assisted on match winner at Georgia Southern (9/29) … Also credited with assist in her next match at Troy (10/1) … Put three of her four shots on goal, including both attempts vs. Arkansas State (10/13) … Defense tied for the league lead in shutouts (8) and ranked second in goals against average (0.93) and goals allowed (0.95) … Team recorded five straight shutouts, including all three matches in the Sun Belt Tournament … Defense held 11 of last 13 opponents to single-digit shots … Opponents were kept to two shots on goal or fewer five times on the season… The Jaguars did not allow multiple goals in a school-record 16 straight games.
High School: Graduate of Brandon High School … Earned varsity letters in soccer and track … Led team to state, south state and regional tournament appearances … Bulldogs posted 18-2 record in her senior season … Named to all-star and all-region 5 6A teams.
Club: Played eight years with MS Rush … Played a role on state and south state championship squads, and a state runner-up team … Named to all-region and all-star teams.
Personal: Full name is Deanna Dion Green … Born Sept. 8, 1998 in Jacksonville, Fla. … Daughter of Bradnado and Stephanie Turnquest … Has an older and younger sister … Stepfather, Bradnado, played baseball at Jackson State and older sister, Breanna, played soccer at Hinds Community College… Chose South Alabama because it was a perfect fit and loved the environment and feeling of home … Favorites – movie: “Transformers”; pro team: Denver Broncos; athlete: Julie Johnston; music artists: Post Malone, PartyNextDoor and Tory Lanez; food: sushi … Pregame superstitions are wearing the same ponytail and (clean) sports bra … Celebrity she’d like to meet is Beyonce … Five-year plan is preparing for veterinary school, and 10-year plan is owning her own veterinarian clinic … Three wishes: be successful in everything she does, have a lifetime supply of sushi and a flying car.
Major: Interdisciplinary studies
