2017 Women's Soccer

5 Sofia Griff

  • Height 5-3
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Hastings
  • Hometown Hastings on Hudson, N.Y.

Biography

2017: Appeared in 16 games off the bench.

2016: Tied for third on the team with three goals… Scored twice in win over Stony Brook… Had the game-winning goal against Sacred Heart.

2015: Second team All-Ivy selection… Named second team All-New England… Tied for the team lead with six goals and 16 points… Only player to start all 16 games… Scored the game-winning goal in victory at Villanova and had a goal in each of the final two games of the season.

Club Soccer: Selected as the NPL Finals most valuable player in helping New York Rush Patriots 97 to the 2013 NPL national championship… Represented Region I ODP on international trips to Costa Rica in 2012 and Germany in 2013… Spent eight sessions at the U.S. Soccer Training Centers between 2011 and 2012… Region I ODP 1997 Player Pool from 2010-13… Member of ENY State ODP from 2008-12… Ranked No. 130 in the IMG Academy Top 150… Ranked No. 5 in the New York Region.

Personal: Volunteered with Project SHARE, a charity started in Hastings on Hudson that helps feed the homeless in New York City… Co-President of the Hillside Elementary School Homework Help Program, which tutors third and fourth graders… Played with Yale classmate Fallon Sheridan in the same recreation league since the age of five… Teammate with Sheridan with the Rush.

Why Yale? “When I visited the campus, I loved the community and culture created by the diverse student population. There are so many opportunities that Yale has to offer, and I can’t wait to take advantage of everything that is available.”

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Historical Player Information

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    2015First Year

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    2016Sophomore

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    2017Junior

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    5'3"
    5