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2019 Women's Soccer

9 Sophia Struckman

  • Position M
  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • High School Chaparral
  • Hometown Scottsdale, Ariz.
  • Major Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Biography

Career Highs
Goals3at Mount Holyoke (October 6, 2018)
Assists2at Bridgewater State (September 7, 2019)
Points6at Mount Holyoke (October 6, 2018)
Shots6Four Times - Most Recently at Mount Holyoke (October 6, 2018)


2019: [SEASON STATS]
- United Soccer Coaches All-Region Second Team
- NEWISA All-Region First Team
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
- NEWISA Senior Bowl Selection
- Registered seven goals and seven assists for 21 points
- Her seven assists marked a new career-high and posted a career-high two helpers in a 10-0 win at Bridgewater State on September 7
- Ranked second on the team and in the NEWMAC in assists 
- Ranked fourth on the team in goals and points
- Helped MIT lead NCAA Division III as a team in goals against average (.162), save percentage (.941) and shutout percentage (.833)
- Offensively as a team ranked in the top ten nationally in goals, shots on goal per game, points, shots per game and assists
- Helped MIT break ten team records and to its third straight NEWMAC title
- Led MIT to its highest ranking in program history at No. 5 in the United Soccer Coaches D3 National Poll

2018: [SEASON STATS]
- United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team
- D3Soccer.com All-America Second Team
- United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team
- NEWISA All-Region
- NEWMAC Athlete of the Year
- NEWMAC All-Conference First Team
- NEWMAC Offensive Athlete of the Week (10/8)
- Led the team and ranked second in the NEWMAC with 15 goals
- Her 30 points also led the Engineers and ranked third in the league
- Registered her first career hat trick in a 10-2 win at Mount Holyoke on October 6
- Was part of a team that won its second straight NEWMAC Championship

2017: [SEASON STATS]
- Appeared in 18 games and made 11 starts as a sophomore
- Tallied a career-high two goals, two assists and six points
- Her two goals came in the NCAA Tournament
- Was part of a team that had its best season in program history (20-2-1), reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the first time since 2012, won the NEWMAC Championship for the first time since 2011 and registered its highest national ranking of No. 12 in the United Soccer Division III poll

2016: [SEASON STATS]
- Appeared in 22 games as a first-year
- Registered first collegiate assist against Emmanuel on September 8
- Aided MIT women’s soccer to its best season in program history (17-6-1), to its fifth straight NEWMAC Regular Season Championship and its sixth appearance in the NCAA Tournament

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- Hosting the First Round of the NCAA Tournament in my sophomore year

Off the Field at MIT:
- Majoring in electrical engineering and computer science
- Interned at Tesla
- Completed UROP’s in the Media Lab where she studied affective computing in the spring and object based media
- Alpha Phi Executive Board
- 2020 Ring Committee

High School:
- A 2016 graduate of Chaparral High School
- Three-time varsity soccer letterwinner
- Two-year captain
- Scottsdale All-City Athlete
- Division I All-Section First Team
- Offensive Player of the Year
- National Spanish Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- National Merit Finalist
- NHS Officer
- Scottsdale Unified School District Student Advisory Board Representative
- AP Scholar With Honor
- Top-1% of Class
- National Hispanic Recognition Schola

Club:
- Sereno 98' ECNL
- Two-time Arizona State Cup Champion
- Region IV Championship Finalist

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 17

    2016First Year

    M
    5'8"
    17
  • 9

    2017Sophomore

    M
    5'10"
    9
  • 9

    2018Junior

    M
    5'10"
    9
  • 9

    2019Senior

    M
    5'10"
    9