Michelle Pao Hsin-hsuan (; born 1 September 1992) is a former Taiwanese footballer who played as a midfielder.
Pao played collegiate soccer for Pepperdine University during her college years between 2010 and 2014. She is Pepperdine's first player to earn four-time All-WCC first team honors, and was also four-time NSCAA All-West Region pick.
Pao was the 24th selection in the 2014 NWSL College Draft by Sky Blue FC, but went to play for Vittsjö GIK in Sweden instead.
In February 2016, Japan Women's Football League Division 2 club Nojima Stella announced that the club had signed Pao. Pao finished the 2016 season as the top scorer with 11 goals in the 2016 L. League Division 2. Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara finished first in the Division 2 and thus promoted first in history to the Division 1.
On 8 December 2017, Pao announced her retirement from professional football at the end of the 2017 season.
In 2018, Pao signed for Taichung Blue Whale in the Taiwan Mulan Football League. The move lasted until her retirement three years later.
Michelle Pao played for Chinese Taipei women's national football team in 2016 AFC Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament and scored a goal in the second round against Jordan women's national football team.
Nojima Stella Kanagawa Sagamihara
Michelle is the daughter of Yao-kuo Pao and Liven Lin and has two siblings, Wayne and Jessie; and attended Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, California. She graduated from Pepperdine University majoring in sports medicine.