Colorado University Athletics
2026 Soccer Roster
vs
Colorado State
Aug 12 (Wed)
7 p.m.
Jersey Number 45
Hope Leyba
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Phoenix, Ariz.
- High School:
- Boulder Creek H.S.
- Major:
- Integrative Physiology
Career Honors
- 2025 TDS Postseason Top 100 (No. 2)
- 2025 TDS Best XI (1st)
- 2025 United Soccer Coaches All-America (1st)
- 2025 United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region (1st)
- 2025 MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
- 2025 TDS Player of the Year Finalist
- 2025 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year
- 2025 First Team All-Big 12
- 2025 Hermann Award Midseason Watch List
- 2025 TDS Midseason Top 100 (No. 3)
- 2025 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27., Oct. 1, Oct. 29)
- 2025 TDS Team of the Week (Sept. 30)
- 2025 TDS Team of the Week (Aug. 25)
- 2025 Preseason All-Big 12
- 2023 TDS Freshman Top 100 (No. 74)
- 2023 TDS Mid-season Freshmen 100 (No. 84)
3rd Year (2025)
- Led the NCAA in goals (22)
- Finished 4th in the NCAA goals per game (0.92)
- Ranked 9th in the nation in points per game (1.99)
- Broke the program’s all-time single-season scoring mark of 17 goals
- Had two separate five-game scoring streaks this season
- Finished with 45 total points ranking 4th in the NCAA
- Most points in a season by a Buff in program history
- Finished the year tied with Reagan Koatschau for the most game-winning goals on the season (6)
- Most goals in the first five matches to start a season in program history (9)
- Recorded her first-career hat trick against Fordham (Aug. 21)
2nd Year (2024)
- Started 21 and played in all 22 matches
- Led the team in points with 18 (8 G, 2 A)
- Career-high eight goals
- Finished 11th in the Big 12 in goals
- Was 4th in the conference in shot accuracy (.529) and fifth in shots on goal per game (1.64)
- Was No. 3 in SportsCenter’s Top 10 with her header goal against TCU in the Big 12 Tournament (Nov. 2)
- One of five players to start all 21 games
- Finished sixth on the team with 1,400 minutes played
- Played a career high 90 minutes on the road against Washington State (10/19)
- Closed her rookie season second on the team in both shots (44) and shots on goal (18)
- Scored her first career goal at home against Purdue (9/3)
- Had her first point against Colorado College (8/24), an assist to Ally Clark
- Scored her second goal of the season against Arizona State (10/29)
High School
- Graduated from Boulder Creek H.S. in 2023
- Played one year of high school soccer in 2023
- Totaled 78 points points (32 G, 14 A) in 16 games
Club
- First Team ECNL Southwest All-Conference selection with Utah Royals FC-AZ
- Was ranked the No. 2 player in the Rocky Mountain & Southwest Region and the No. 12 ranked forward in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer
- Was a four-star recruit and No. 47 on the IMG 150
In the classroom
- Majoring in Integrative Physiology
Personal
- Daughter of Joe and Kelly Leyba
- Kelly played collegiate volleyball at for one year at Denver
- Both parents graduated from Colorado
- Twin sister, Faith, also plays for the Buffs
- Has an older brother, Jackson
- Wants to play professional soccer and go into physical therapy after she’s done playing
- Likes going to the gym, playing pickle ball, playing volleyball, going on runs and being with her friends and family
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