Colorado University Athletics

51446 Becca Rasmussen
 
At Colorado 2017
 
Forward, (retired)
  • 2017 third-team All-Pac-12
  • 2017 USC third-team All-West Region
SENIOR (2017): Rasmussen made the most of her only season in Boulder, helping CU reach the second round of the NCAA Tournament and break the school records for shutouts (14) and goals-against average (0.61). She earned third-team All-Pac-12 and United Soccer Coaches third-team all-West Region after starting 17 of 19 matches as a midfielder/forward, seeing 1,417 minutes of action. She led the team with seven assists and had 10 shot attempts, including six on goal. She ranked fifth in the Pac-12 in assists per game (0.37) and 82nd nationally, while ranking seventh in the Pac-12 in total assists and 74th nationally. Her seven assists were also tied for the third-most in CU history in a single season and her assists per game average was the second-best ever. She recorded a season-high two assists in a 6-0 win over UC Riverside on Aug. 27, helping Marty Puketapu score a hat trick by assisting on two of her goals in the first 25 minutes of the match. Rasmussen had one assist on Sept. 2 in a 3-0 win over BYU and had another assist in a 6-1 win at Denver on Sept. 16. She was key in CU’s 2-0 win at Washington State on Sept. 28, earning the helper in the 30th minute on another goal by Puketapu, and sending a cross in front of the net that was deflected in for an own goal in the 52nd minute. Rasmussen’s final assist of the year came in a 3-0 win over Arizona State on Oct. 19 as she and Taylor Kornieck combined to set up Megan Massey in the 14th minute.
 
JUNIOR (2016 AT GEORGIA): Rasmussen played and started 16 games at midfield for the Bulldogs and logged 1,180 minutes on the field. After missing the first two games of the season, she returned to start the rest of the games and scored one goal and attempted 16 shots. Her lone goal came in a win over LSU.
 
SOPHOMORE (2015 AT GEORGIA): She was selected as Georgia’s Offensive Player of the Year, appearing in all 18 games and starting 15 times. She totaled 1,224 minutes on the field and scored one goal and had two assists, while finishing the year with 18 shot attempts. She scored her first career goal against LSU and had two assists against Vanderbilt.
 
FRESHMAN (2014 AT GEORGIA): Rasmussen played in 18 of 20 games and started 14 times to finish the year with 930 minutes played. She came in with high expectations after being selected to the Preseason SEC Watch List and lived up to those expectations with two assists and finished the season as the No. 98 freshman in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer. She enrolled early at Georgia in the spring of 2013.

PROFESSIONAL: Second-round draft pick by the North Carolina Courage in the 2018 NWSL Draft ... Retired prior to the season.