PARIS – Current Ole Miss Soccer goalkeeper Shu Ohba has been named an alternate for Team Japan at the 2024 Olympics this summer in Paris. Ohba has been training with the team all summer and while she will not be staying in the Olympic Village with the team, she will be in Paris and waiting for her opportunity should it come.

Ohba has been competing with Team Japan on a regular basis, most recently playing in the team’s friendly matches against New Zealand and Ghana. She also was on the roster for the 2024 SheBelieves Cup and the 2023 Asian Games in China.

In her first season as a Rebel, Ohba was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region team and was named the All-SEC Second Team Goalkeeper for 2023. She started 14 matches in goal for Ole Miss, posting seven shutouts and allowing just 13 goals. Her 0.91 goals against average was the fifth-lowest in a single season in program history.

The junior led the SEC in saves and saves per game during the regular season, making 67 saves for an average of 4.47 saves per game. She also finished the regular season second in the conference in save percentage at .838.

Team Japan plays their first match of the 2024 Olympics on July 25 against Spain.