Biography
CAREER: Over five seasons, made All-WCC five times (three on the first team and twice on the second team) and All-West Region four times (three on the first team and once on the second team) … Accumulated 35 goals, 24 assists and 94 points … Played in 88 games and started 71 … Attempted 276 shots … Collected 15 game-winning goals … On Pepperdine’s career records lists, finished tied for first in assists, tied for first in game-winning goals, second in games played (field players), third in goals, third in points, third in shots, third in multi-goal games (six), fifth in goals per game (0.40), fifth in shots per game (3.14) tied for sixth in multi-assist games (three), eighth in assists per game (0.27) and eighth in points per game (1.07).
PEPPERDINE 2021: Earned United Soccer Coaches All-West Region first team and All-WCC first team honors for the third year in a row as a fifth-year senior … Earned Senior CLASS Award All-American second team honors and was a Senior CLASS Award finalist … Led the team in goals (11) and points (30) and tied for second on the team in assists (eight) … Had team-high five game-winning goals at Lipscomb (9/2), vs. UC San Diego (9/9), at Texas A&M (9/19), vs. Pacific (11/3) and vs. South Dakota State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (11/13) … Started 21 of 22 games … In the WCC, tied for second in game-winning goals, fourth in points, tied for fourth in goals, fifth in goals per game (0.50), tied for fifth in assists, seventh in points per game (1.36) and 10th in assists per game (0.36) … Had four games with a goal and assist: at Vanderbilt (9/5), vs. UC Santa Barbara (9/12), vs. South Dakota State (11/13, with two assists) and vs. NC State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (11/19) … Her other goals came vs. Long Beach State (8/26), at San Francisco (10/30) and two goals vs. Pacific (11/3) … Had additional assists vs. Portland (10/2), at San Diego (10/6) and vs. Gonzaga (10/16) … Scored a goal in four consecutive games this season (9/2-9/12) … Named to the MAC Hermann Trophy watch list at the beginning of the season … A two-time WCC Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 6 and Sept. 13), first after having scored two goals in two games over Lipscomb and Vanderbilt, and again after tacking on two more goals in two games against UC San Diego and UC Santa Barbara … Named Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week (9/7) … Ranked #39 on the final Top Drawer Soccer Top-100 list … On the Pepperdine single-season lists, tied for second in game-winning goals, tied for eighth in points, ninth in shots, 10th in points per game, tied for 10th in goals and tied for 10th in assists … Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention … WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “silver” honors … A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2020: Earned United Soccer Coaches All-West Region first team and All-WCC first team honors again as a senior ... Had three goals and three assists for nine points ... Started 10 of 11 games ... Had two goals and two assists vs. San Diego (4/3) ... Also scored against San Francisco (3/6) and had an assist at Pacific (3/13) ... Scored the game-winners against both USD and USF ... Earned a spot on the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week after the USD contest ... Selected by the Houston Dash in the third round (26th overall) in the 2021 NWSL Draft ... 2020 season played in spring 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic ... Received WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2019: Made the United Soccer Coaches All-West Region first team and All-WCC first team as a junior ... Had team highs of seven goals, 18 points and 68 shots as well as four assists ... Started 19 of 20 games ... Ranked fifth in the WCC in shots and shots per game (3.40) and tied for 10th in goals ... Scored six of her seven goals in the season’s final six games ... Scored twice against San Francisco (11/6) ... Had both a goal and an assist in back-to-back games against Santa Clara (10/23) and Pacific (10/26) ... Other goals were vs. Washington State (9/22), vs. Saint Mary’s (11/9) and at Texas Tech in the NCAA Tournament (11/15) ... Also had assists vs. UC Riverside (8/22) and Portland (10/5) ... Earned WCC All-Academic honorable mention ... WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2018: Named to the All-WCC second team as a sophomore ... Led the team in goals (five) and points (13) and tied for the team high in assists (three) ... All five goals were game-winners, good for tied for second in the WCC ... Sixth in the WCC in shots per game (3.0) ... Her goals came vs. Brown (8/24), at San Diego State (9/14), vs. UC Irvine (9/16), at Pacific (9/28) and vs. San Diego (11/3) ... Had assists at UC Santa Barbara (9/21), vs. Santa Clara (10/7) and vs. BYU (10/13) ... Played in 16 games and started 13, while taking 48 shots ... WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
PEPPERDINE 2017: Made the Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI second team ... A United Soccer Coaches All-West Region second team pick ... Earned All-WCC second team and WCC All-Freshman team honors ... Finished second on the team in goals (nine) and points (24) in her debut season, and tied for first in assists (six) ... Played in 19 games and started eight ... In the WCC, tied for first in total assists, second in assists per game (0.32), third in points per game (1.26), tied for third in total points and tied for fourth in total goals and goals per game (0.47) ... All of her points came in a nine-game span ... Scored a point in six consecutive games, one shy of the school record ... Attempted 42 shots and put 25 on goal ... Named WCC Player of the Week on 10/23 after scored two goals at BYU (10/19) and notching a goal and an assist at San Diego (10/21) ... Had three multi-goal games, also getting two goals at Santa Clara (10/1) and vs. Pacific (10/27) ... Also had two assists vs. Pacific for a total of six points ... First career goal came at UC Irvine (9/17) .... WCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “bronze” honors ... A Pepperdine Scholar-Athlete.
U.S. SOCCER: Invited to a U.S. U-19 National Team camp in February 2018.
CLUB: Played 10 years of club soccer with the De Anza Force … Member of the 2013 ENCL national championship team … Took third place at ECNL Nationals in both 2014 and 2015 … Took second place at ECNL Nationals in 2016 … Donosti Cup (Spain) Champions in 2013 … Seven-time NorCal State Cup Champions (2010-2017).
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from The Harker School in San Jose, Calif. ... Played three years of varsity soccer under coach Iman Siadat … Scored 101 goals in her career with 35 assists … Named the Team MVP as a senior, as well as Forward of the Year by the West-Bay Athletic League … Named a Player of the Week by Maxpreps … Had the second-most career goals in school history.
PERSONAL: Majoring in psychology ... Born in San Jose, Calif. ... Daugher of Michelle and Peter Anderson … Sister to Jeremiah and Jarrett … Brother, Jeremiah, played soccer at Westmont College … Chose Pepperdine because “it is a top-rated private Christian school with an amazing reputation. The campus is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. When I met the soccer coaches, I knew in that moment that Pepperdine would be the right place for me to play soccer, be a part of an amazing athletic environment and achieve my academic goals. I couldn’t ask for a better place to spend the next four years of my life.”
FAVORITES: Favorites include Lionel Messi (pro athlete), Golden State Warriors (pro team), Shaken (book), The Proposal (movie), The Office (TV show), Post Malone or Frank Ocean (musical artist), chocolate ice cream (food) and basketball (sport besides soccer).
