2024 Women's Soccer Roster

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24 Laila Booker

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Potomac, Md.
  • High School Our Lady of Good Counsel

Biography

2024:
  • Appeared in 14 matches, starting all 14
  • 2024 All-Ivy Second Team
  • 2024 Third Team All-East Region
  • 2024 NEWISA All-New England Second Team
2023:
  • Appeared in 16 games while starting in 15
  • Recorded two assists
  • Led the team in minutes played with 1,392
  • Second Team All-Ivy
2022:
  • Appeared and started in all 15 games
  • Recorded three goals.. two of which were game winning goals
  • As a defender, contributed to the team breaking the program record for consecutive shutouts and tying the program record for shutouts in a season
  • Played in all 90 minutes in 14 out of 15 games
  • First Team All-Ivy
High School: 
  • Earned all-state recognition as a senior at Our Lady of Good Counsel
  • Two-time all-conference selection
  • Four-year varsity letterwinner
  • Team captured WCAC Championship in 2018 and 2019
  • Our Lady of Good Counsel posted a 30-3-5 overall record over her final two seasons
  • Recipient of the team's Coaches Award in 2017, Unsung Hero Award in 2018 and Coach "I" Award in 2019.
Club: Played seven years for Maryland United… Team captain from 2017 to 2020… PDP Regional Selection in 2018, 2019… Club was North American Cup Champions in 2016 and a Maryland State Cup Finalist in 2014.
 
Personal: Daughter of Bill Booker and Sonya White… Brother Quint plays AAU basketball… Performed at the Kennedy Center in sixth grade… Participated in many community service projects as a part of Jack and Jill from the age of 4.
 
Why Yale? "I chose Yale because of the warm and inviting community. Yale is a University that doesn’t look to make student athletes chose between their athletics and their academics, rather the emphasis is on the complete experience. The welcoming community will enable me to try new things and continue to grow."

 
Favorite Sports Team: USWNT
Favorite Athlete: Lebron James
Favorite Food: Asian Cuisine
Favorite Movie: WALL-E
Favorite Artist or Song: H.E.R.
Game Day Superstition: Socks have to be on the wrong feet—left sock on the right foot and right sock on the left foot.
Biggest Inspiration: My parents

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Historical Player Information

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    2021First Year

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    2022Sophomore

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    2023Junior

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    2024Senior

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