Is this the next Olivia Dunne? Meet Kate Faasse, the UNC soccer star who sent social media wild

Olivia Dunne has taken societal media by large wind since joining TikTok successful 2020, raking successful 13.2million followers connected nan level and Instagram since then, prompting herself to quickly go 1 of nan astir valuable assemblage athletes owed to lucrative NIL deals.

But, nan 21-year-old LSU gymnastics star, who's weighted arsenic nan 2nd astir profitable NIL earner down Colorado backmost Sheddeur Sanders ($4.8M) astatine $3.9M, could beryllium quickly dethroned by a definite shot subordinate astatine nan University of North Carolina astatine Chapel Hill... Kate Faasse. 

According to Barstool Sports, Faasse's sanction went viral connected X aft an relationship that goes by nan sanction 'College Cuties' shared racy snaps from her Instagram relationship connected nan platform. 

The station has generated astir 3M views since its was shared earlier this period connected July 10th. 

Faasse - an incoming inferior astatine UNC - plays arsenic a midfielder, aliases forward, for nan Tar Heels, according to nan team's charismatic website. She scored doubly and assisted thrice successful 23 games during nan 2023 season, playing a full of 716 minutes.

In 2022, nan Phoenix, Arizona, autochthonal scored and assisted doubly each successful 17 games played arsenic a freshman. 

Before college, Faasse scored 31 goals and assisted 12 times successful precocious schoolhouse contempt missing her inferior play owed to injury. 

Other than soccer, she enjoys coating successful free time, according to UNC's website.

Faasse comes from a family of precocious level athletes, too, arsenic her mother ran way successful assemblage while her grandfather was a master shot player.

Born successful 2004, nan shot subordinate is only a twelvemonth younger than Dunne, who will beryllium returning to LSU successful nan fall to compete for a 5th twelvemonth connected nan Tigers' gymnastics team.

Therefore, arsenic agelong arsenic Dunne stays successful college, it seems improbable that anyone tin dethrone her, including Faasse, who doesn't yet characteristic connected On3's NIL 100 list.

Dunne is nan only female ranking successful nan list's apical 10 pinch Flau'jae Johnson coming up adjacent astatine No. 12 pinch a $1.2M NIL valuation. 

Dunne tin besides trust connected her narration pinch MLB All-Star Paul Skenes to boost her popularity, arsenic her fellow continues to impressment connected nan Pittsburgh Pirates. 

The rookie pitcher made his reddish carpet debut pinch Dunne, earlier this week. 

Dunne has besides established a modeling profession done 1 of her NIL deals pinch Sports Illustrated. She is besides sponsored by apparel brands American Eagle, Nautica, Vuori and energy portion Accelerator Active Energy, which she starred successful an advertisement for pinch Travis Kelce, of nan Kansas City Chiefs. 

Therefore, contempt boosting an awesome full of 21.6k followers connected Instagram and TikTok, Faasse is still margins distant from catching up to Dunne. 

But, erstwhile Dunne completes her past twelvemonth successful Baton Rouge, past Faasse could spot her fame exponentiate conscionable for illustration nan gymnast's. 

Only clip will tell.

Better not driblet your crown anytime soon, Livvy...