Alyssa Herwatt

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-6
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Fairfield, Calif.
High School:
Carondelet

SOPHOMORE (2014): Herwatt competed in five matches during her sophomore campaign, including two non-conference battles and three Pac-12 Conference games against Stanford, Washington and Arizona State. She played a season-high 22 minutes at UNLV in the UNLV Nike Invitational. Herwatt was sidelined with an injury for the remaining four matches of the season.

FRESHMAN (2013): Herwatt saw action in 22 games, the second most of any freshman on the team. She took nine shots, sending five on goal. Herwatt needed just 16 minutes of field time against USC to net her first collegiate goal. She chipped one in over the keeper from 25 yards out to net the game-winner in the 72nd minute and help CU to a 2-1 home victory. Herwatt also had a strong performance against UT-Martin in the DU Invitational, taking three shots in a season-high 48 minutes played.

HIGH SCHOOL: One of the top players in the country, Herwatt has helped her teams to multiple championships. She has been ranked as high as No. 87 in the nation by Top Drawer Soccer, ranking fourth in her region. She is also No. 126 on the ESPNHS Class of 2013 Top 150 College Prospects list. As a freshman at Justin-Siena, she started all her games played, contributed nine points and earned All-Marlin County and second-team All-Napa County honors. She continued to thrive at Carondelet, grabbing 15 steals while helping the Cougars to an 18-3-2 record and the Tri Valley Classic Championship. Her junior season, she played 1,622 minutes, scored one goal, contributed five assists and earned second-team All-East Bay honors as the Cougars were named North Coast Section and East Bay Athletic League champions. She has played in all games so far her senior season and earned a semi-finalist spot in the NCS championship. She is a three-year CSF member and a two-time NCS and CIF scholar athlete. Herwatt has also excelled for club and ODP teams. With the Mustang Fury, who has been nationally ranked in the top eight since 2008, Herwatt was a champion in the CYSA-N State Cup in 2008 and ‘10, the 2008 Far West Regional and the 2009 Nor Cal State Cup Premier. She participated in the Cal North State, of which she was a team captain in 2011, and the Region IV ODP teams from 2009-11. She won RIV ODP championships in 2010 and ‘11. She competed in numerous events, including the 2009 Nike Cup and the 2010 RIV Costa Rica International Trip.

IN THE CLASSROOM: Herwatt is a psychology major.

PERSONAL: Alyssa Herwatt was born in Berkeley, Calif. on Oct. 6, 1995. Her parents, James and Marilyn, are a CEO and accountant. She has two siblings: Stephanie, a Harvard club soccer player, and Eric, a high school football and baseball player. Her grandfather Frank Herwatt played football at UC Davis, and her great uncle Larry Nichols played football at Oklahoma. Herwatt was a junior varsity cheerleader her freshman year. After graduation she hopes to play professional soccer and participate in the Peace Corps. She enjoys singing, snowboarding, skiing, camping and swimming. She has volunteered with the Youth Action Council and at a school for special needs.