SAVANNAH, Ga. – After having the 2020 season cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, women's soccer Head Coach Rebecca Gunn and Assistant Coach Sinead Byrne are excited to welcome the 2021 recruiting class. Ines Sommer is part of the group set to arrive for the fall 2021 season.

"I'm really excited for Ines to compete this fall" states head coach Gunn.  "She is a talented attacking player with experience playing at a highly competitive level in Portugal. She is a technical player, who loves to dribble to take players on. I am anticipating a great season from her."  

From Lisbon, Portugal, forward Ines Sommer attended high school at Externato Marista de Lisboa. Sommer made the Honor Roll every year, and was a Junior European Parliament Ambassador in her last year.

She has played for Sport Lisboa e Benfica since she was nine and joined the first women's team of the club at the age of 10.  In 2014/2015 Sommer won the Lisbon Championship with Clube Atlético Cultural; in 2017/2018 she won the same championship with Casa Pia Atlético Clube. Sommer made Lisbon's top team in 2016 and 2017 and competed at the Gothia Cup in Sweden with Sport Lisboa e Benfica in 2018.

She has been one of the captains of her teams since 2016 and won the National Championship with her Sport Lisboa e Benfica team.

Ines is supported off the field by her parents Ana and Ruben Sommer and her brother Tomas.

When asked why she chose SCAD, Ines said:

"I chose SCAD because I think it is the perfect place for me to learn and to start pursuing a career in film and television, while also playing the sport I love. Coach Gunn was always available to help me through everything, which made the decision easier. I'm really excited to meet my teammates, to start playing soccer in a country like the USA and I can't wait to be immersed in the creative environment at SCAD!"