2023 Soccer Roster

vs
Kansas State

Sep 18 (Thu)

7 p.m.

Photo by: Tony Harman
Photo by: Tony Harman
Colorado vs Utah in first round of Big 12 Championship
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Faith Leyba vs Texas A&M
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Faith Leyba tallies the second goal against Arizona
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Hope & Faith Leyba
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Faith Leyba
Jersey Number 4

Faith Leyba

  • Position:
    Defender
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Freshman
  • Hometown:
    Phoenix, Ariz.
  • High School:
    Boulder Creek H.S.
  • Major:
    Integrative Physiology

Career Honors 

  • 20024 First Team United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region 
  • 2024 First-Team All-Big 12 
  • 2023 First-Team Freshman Best XI by Top Drawer Soccer 
  • 2023 All Pac-12 Freshman Team 
  • 2023 Third-Team All Pac-12 
  • 2023 Third-Team United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region 
  • 2023 Team MVP 

Sophomore (2024) 

  • Started all 22 matches 
  • Registered two assists in back-to-back games against Kansas (Sept. 29) and TCU (Oct. 5) 
  • Led all field players in minutes with 1,893 
  • Helped Colorado record 11 shutouts  
  • Played the full 90 minutes in 17 matches 
Freshman (2023)
  • One of five players to start all 21 games in 2023
  • Led all field players with 1,772 minutes played
  • Finished with 15 shots, with five on goal
  • She scored her first career goal at home in the 2-0 win over Colorado College (8/24)
  • Finished the season with three goals, scoring against Purdue (9/3) & Arizona (10/26)
  • Ended the season with six points (3 G), good for fifth on the team
  • Helped CU to eight shutouts
High School
  • Graduated from Boulder Creek H.S. in 2023
  • Played one year of high school soccer in 2023
  • Totaled 14 points (5 G, 4 A) in seven games
Club 
  • First Team ECNL Southwest All-Conference in 2022 for the Utah Royals FC-AZ
  • Was ranked No. 20 in the Rocky Mountain & Southwest Region by Top Drawer Soccer
In the classroom
  • Majoring in Integrative Physiology
Personal
  • Daughter of Joe and Kelly Leyba
  • Kelly played collegiate volleyball for one year at Denver
  • Both parents graduated from Colorado
  • Twin sister, Hope, also plays for the Buffs
  • Has an older brother, Jackson
  • Would like to pursue a career in law enforcement of physical therapy after she’s done playing
  • Likes to lift weights, hike, swim and be with her friends and family
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