2023 Soccer Roster
Newkirk, Jayden
vs
Kansas State
Sep 18 (Thu)
7 p.m.
Jersey Number 22
Jayden Newkirk
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Cypress, Calf.
- High School:
- Los Alamitos H.S.
- Major:
- Integrative Physiology
Bio
Career Honors:
- 2023 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
- 2022 CSC Academic All-District
- 2022 Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
- 2021 Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
Senior (2023):
- Played in 13 games during the 2023 season
- Saw 226 minutes of game action, logging a season high 33 minutes at home against Arizona (10/26)
- Finished with two shot attempts, with one on goal
- Assisted in six shutouts
Junior (2022):
- Started in three of her 18 matches
- Scored her first career goal in the 5-0 shutout against Omaha (9/4)
- Recorded a career-high two assists on the season
- Finished the year with four points (1 G, 2 A)
- Played in all 90 minutes of the battle that resulted in a 1-1 draw versus Southern California (10/23)
Sophomore (2021):
- Started 12 of her 18 matches
- Helped CU to four shutout victories
- Registered her first career assist on CU’s game-winning goal in the season-opener against Colorado College (8/22)
- Played 1,306 minutes
- Saw a season-high 89 minutes of action against Washington (9/30)
- Had a career-high two shots on goal at USC (10/7)
Freshman (2020):
- Started 15 of CU’s 17 matches
- Made her collegiate debut playing 17 minutes in CU’s 1-0 double-overtime win over Denver (2/6/21)
- Made her first career start against Weber State (2/20/21)
- Recorded one shot on the season against Arizona (4/9/21)
- Helped preserve eight shutouts
- Played 90 or more minutes in 11 matches
High School:
- Newkirk was First-Team All-State and All-CIF her junior year
- Newkirk scored 11 goals and totaled seven assists in 31 games as a junior
- She is also a three-time Academic Award of Excellence honoree as well as a three-time scholar-athlete
- Newkirk helped Los Alamitos to three consecutive league championships and a state championship
- Lettered all four years
- CIF State finalist her junior year
- Scored nine goals and had three assists as a senior
- Was voted captain her junior and senior season
- Co-League Sunset League MVP as a senior
- Was Senior of the Month in April for academic acknowledgment
Club:
- Newkirk played club for Strikers FC and was coached by Terri Patraw
- Was U16 and U17 Southwest All-Conference
Personal:
- Daughter of Meghan and J.J. Newkirk
- Her mom played soccer at USC, dad played baseball at Long Beach State
- Has two younger siblings, Teryn and Rhea
- Wants to go into the medical field, possibly as an orthopedic
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