| Mia Oliaro | |
| Full Name: | Mia Katherine Oliaro[1] |
| Birth Date: | 27 June 2005 |
| Birth Place: | Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States |
| Height: | 5 ft 9 in |
| Position: | Wingback, midfielder, forward |
| Currentclub: | Duke Blue Devils |
| Clubnumber: | 15 |
| Youthclubs1: | North Carolina Courage |
| Collegeyears1: | 2023 |
| College1: | North Carolina Tar Heels |
| Collegecaps1: | 20 |
| Collegegoals1: | 1 |
| Collegeyears2: | 2024– |
| College2: | Duke Blue Devils |
| Collegecaps2: | 15 |
| Collegegoals2: | 7 |
| Years1: | 2023– |
| Clubs1: | North Carolina Courage U23 |
| Caps1: | 19 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2022 |
| Nationalteam1: | United States U-17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 3 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2024 |
| Nationalteam2: | United States U-19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 1 |
| Club-Update: | October 27, 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | June 3, 2024 |
Mia Katherine Oliaro (born June 27, 2005) is an American college soccer player who plays as a wingback for the Duke Blue Devils. She previously played for the North Carolina Tar Heels. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.
Oliaro was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Scott and Jeri Oliaro, and has a younger brother. Her father, the associate director of sports medicine at the University of North Carolina, played college football at Cornell, and her mother played basketball at American.[2] Oliaro began playing soccer at the YMCA at about age three.[3] She also played other sports growing up, such as lacrosse, basketball, and swimming, in which she won a state championship at age ten.[3] She played soccer two age groups up for Triangle United, where she was coached by her future Duke assistant coach Carla Overbeck.
Oliaro joined the North Carolina Courage Academy while attending Chapel Hill High School, twice receiving ECNL first-team all-conference honors.[2] [3] The summer before college, she played for the North Carolina Courage U23 in the 2023 USL W League season. Oliaro contributed five goals and a team-high six assists as the Courage went undefeated in the regular season and made it to the national final, in which she assisted on the game-tying goal before losing to Indy Eleven in overtime.[3] Oliaro was named the league's Young Player of the Year, first-team Team of the Year, and the South Atlantic Division Player of the Year.[4] The next summer, Oliaro helped the Courage U23 win the 2024 national championship, starting in the final which they won 3–2 over the Colorado Storm.[5]
Oliaro saw limited playing time in her freshman season with the North Carolina Tar Heels in 2023, averaging 20 minutes per game in 20 appearances.[2] [3] She recorded an assist in the opening matchday win over California and scored her first college goal to equalize in an eventual 3–1 win over Arkansas.[6] [7] North Carolina lost to BYU in the quarterfinals of the NCAA tournament.[8] Following her freshman season, Oliaro entered the transfer portal, saying North Carolina "just wasn't the right fit for me", and chose to join state rival Duke.
Oliaro started every game for the Duke Blue Devils in her sophomore year in 2024, earning second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honors as she helped the team to the national ranking and the ACC regular-season title.[9] She recorded an assist in seven games in a row; she also recorded goal contributions in a program-record nine games in a row.[1] [9] She scored a brace in a 2–0 win over No. 2–ranked Wake Forest that clinched regular-season title for Duke.[10]
Oliaro was first called into training camp with the United States national under-17 team in 2021.[11] She played for the team at the 2022 CONCACAF Women's U-17 Championship, which they won to qualify for the 2022 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.[12] Oliaro missed the World Cup due to injury.[13] She trained with the combined under-18/under-19 teams in 2023.[13]