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2025 Women's Soccer Roster

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18 Peyton Leonard

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Ladera Ranch, Calif.
  • High School San Juan Hills HS

Biography

CAREER: Through two seasons has appeared in 38 matches with 33 starts ... total of five goals and six assists ... Earned a spot on All-WCC teams both years

PEPPERDINE 2024: Started 20 of all 21 matches played in ... tallied four goals and five assists, including two game-winners... 13 shots with seven on goal for a .538 percentage ... Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week 9/3/24 ... WCC Offensive Player of the Week 9/2/24 ... #73 on Top Drawer Soccer Mid-season Top 100 Players ... All-WCC Honorable Mention

PEPPERDINE 2023: Started 13 matches in her 17 appearances … tallied her first collegiate goal 09/01/23 against Fresno State … recorded one assist on the year … WCC All-Freshman teamWCC Commissioner’s Honor Roll “gold” honors.

CLUB: Played for Slammers FC HB Koge ECNL and Slammers FC ECNL … 2023 National Champions with Slammers FC HB Koge ECNL... Helped Slammers FC HB Koge ECNL become the 2022 Surf Cup Champions … Named a Top Drawer Soccer ECNL San Diego standout … Also played for Eclipse and Strikers.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from San Juan Hills High School located in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., in 2023 … Was the Valedictorian at San Juan Hills HS … A three-year varsity starter and team captain for the Stallions … Back-to-back South Coast League champion her sophomore and junior year … Selected to the All-CIF Southern Section second team junior year and the first team senior year … Named South Coast League MVP junior year … An all-county first team selection and earned All-South Coast League first team honors … Named the Orange County Athletic Director’s Association CVAA Female Athlete of the Year in soccer and softball in 2023 … Earned San Juan Hills HS Female Scholar-Athlete of the year her senior year … Also lettered in softball and earned back-to-back first team All-South Coast League honors junior and senior year, and was named the Orange County Softball register standout.
 
PERSONAL: Born in Laguna Hills, Calif. … Daughter of Shannon and Tim Leonard … Sister to Macey … Mom played volleyball at Chapman University … Dad played football at Fullerton Junior College, Utah State and Chapman University … Sister played soccer at Brown University … Chose Pepperdine because of “the amazing coaching staff, the positive and motivating team environment, and the location. I also love the extremely competitive and high level that Pepperdine plays at.”
 
FAVORITES: Enjoys going to the beach, getting iced coffee from McDonald’s and doing anything with friends … Favorites include Neymar Jr. (pro athlete), Angel City FC (pro team), The Outsiders (book), Murder Mystery (movie), Big Brother (TV show), Drake (musical artist), watermelon (food) and softball (sport other than soccer) … Favorite thing about soccer is “the competition, the team atmosphere and the physical and mental strength it takes.”

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2023Freshman

    Defender
    5'11"
    16
  • 16

    2024Sophomore

    Defender
    5'11"
    16
  • 18

    2025Junior

    Defender
    5'11"
    18