Draft:Jasmine Aikey
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Jasmine Annemarie Aikey | ||
Date of birth | [1] | July 7, 2005||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder, center back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Stanford Cardinal | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Youth career | |||
San Jose Earthquakes | |||
MVLA | |||
College career | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022– | Stanford Cardinal | 57 | (22) |
International career‡ | |||
2023 | United States U-20 | 5 | (1) |
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of June 4, 2023 |
Jasmine Aikey (/ˈeɪki/ AY-kee; born July 7, 2005) is an American college soccer player for the Stanford Cardinal. She helped the Cardinal reach the final of the NCAA tournament and was named first-team All-American as a sophomore in 2023. She represented the United States at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where they were runners-up.
Early life
[edit]Aikey was born in Burlingame, California, to Merline Saintil and Greg Aikey, and grew up in Palo Alto.[2] She played club soccer for the San Jose Earthquakes academy team as a high school freshman before joining MVLA Soccer Club, where she played alongside future Stanford teammates Elise Evans and Allie Montoya.[2][3] She won the DA under-15 national championship in 2019 and the ECNL under-17 national title in 2021, scoring the only goal in the latter final.[2][4] She graduated from Bryant Academy in 2022.[2]
College career
[edit]Aikey started 16 of 22 games in her freshman season with the Stanford Cardinal in 2022, helping win the Pac-12 Conference regular-season title.[2] She scored her first college hat trick against Oregon State and took a haul of four goals against SJSU in the first round of the NCAA tournament.[5][6] She led the Cardinal in scoring with 10 goals and was named to the All-Pac-12 second team and freshman team.[2] The following summer, she played for USL W League club San Francisco Glens, which went on to reach the national semifinals.[7][8]
In her sophomore year in 2023, Aikey scored directly from a corner in a comeback win over St. Mary's.[9] She scored a hat trick in the last game of the regular season against rival California.[10] Stanford went undefeated all the way to the final of the NCAA tournament, where they lost to Florida State.[11] Aikey provided a conference-high 12 assists on the season, including at least one in every game of the NCAA tournament.[12][13] Her 11 goals were second most for the Cardinal, just one behind Maya Doms. After the season, Aikey was named the Pac-12 midfielder of the year, first-team All-Pac-12, and first-team All-American.[2][14]
Aikey was moved to center back at the start of her junior season in 2024.[15]
International career
[edit]Aikey was invited to training camps with the United States youth national team at the under-14, under-15, and under-17 levels before being selected to the under-20 roster for the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship.[2] She scored her first under-20 international goal in the tournament semifinals, opening in a 2–1 win over Costa Rica; the United States fell to Mexico in the final.[16][17]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jasmine Aikey". United States Soccer Federation. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Jasmine Aikey". Stanford Cardinal. Retrieved September 22, 2024.
- ^ Ingemi, Marisa (September 12, 2022). "Stanford women's soccer freshmen unite after years as rivals, friends". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 13, 2022.
- ^ Clark, Travis (July 19, 2021). "2021 ECNL National Champions crowned". Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Aikey's Hat Trick Powers Cardinal". Stanford Cardinal. August 23, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ Leventis, Samantha (November 12, 2022). "Aikey scores double brace as women's soccer beats San Jose State in first round of NCAA Tournament". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
- ^ "Conference Semifinals Preview: The road to crown a new USL W League Champion starts today". USL W League. June 7, 2023.
- ^ "Martin scores in stoppage time to send Indy to USL W League Final". Indy Eleven. July 14, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Aikey's Olimpico Sparks Comeback". Stanford Cardinal. August 27, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Aikey Hat Trick Caps Undefeated Regular Season". Stanford Cardinal. November 3, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ Ingemi, Marisa (December 4, 2023). "Florida State rolls past Stanford to win women's College Cup title". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Women's Postseason Top 100 Player Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer. December 14, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Aikey One to Watch". Stanford Cardinal. August 9, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ Ingemi, Marisa (August 13, 2024). "Stanford women's road to College Cup much more difficult with move to ACC". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "Aikey Earns Conference Honor". Stanford Cardinal. September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
- ^ "U.S. U20 WNT Qualifies for World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. June 3, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024 – via TopDrawerSoccer.
- ^ Olorunfemi, Victor (June 5, 2023). "Mexico beat U.S. U20 to Concacaf Crown". TopDrawerSoccer. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
External links
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- Living people
- 2005 births
- Soccer players from California
- People from Burlingame, California
- Sportspeople from Palo Alto, California
- American women's soccer players
- Women's association football midfielders
- Women's association football defenders
- United States women's youth international soccer players
- United States women's under-20 international soccer players
- Stanford Cardinal women's soccer players