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Riley Knudsen Season 2025

#27
PositionD
Height5-9
YearRedshirt Junior
HometownCarlsbad, Calif.
2024 / REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE

Did not see action in 2024.

2023 / AS A SOPHOMORE
  • Academic All-Big Ten
  • Redshirted and did not appear in a game as a sophomore
 
2022 / AS A FRESHMAN
  • Started all nine games before suffering season-ending injury and scored one goal, a game-winner, with three shots, two on goal
  • Played all 90 minutes in all but one game
  • Recorded one shot at No. 18 Northwestern on September 18
  • Posted a shot on goal in a 2-1 win at Kansas State on September 4
  • Scored first career goal, the game-winner, in a 2-1 victory over Miami (Ohio) on August 28
  • Played on the back line that shut out No. 15 USC with a 3-0 upset win in the season opener on August 18
 
HIGH SCHOOL
  • No. 23-ranked recruit in the Southern California region, the No. 38 defender nationally and No. 149 in the country overall according to Top Drawer Soccer
  • Earned All-CIF First Team honors in 2020-21
  • Served as team captain for both Carlsbad HS as a senior and City SC Carlsbad for five years
  • Leading scorer for City SC Carlsbad in 2020-21
  • Earned numerous Top XI Players accolades in DA and GA showcases by Top Drawer Soccer
  • Recognized on the honor roll each year, named the Rising Star of the Month by the Carlsbad Chamber of Commerce and earned Royal Lancer honors for being in the top four percent of her class
  • Also played high school volleyball
 
PERSONAL
  • Majoring in industrial engineering
  • Parents are Tobin and Julie Knudsen
  • Has a brother, Zachary
  • Father, Tobin, played soccer and volleyball at Rutgers
  • Uncle, Alex, played volleyball at Long Beach State
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Sophomore
2023

Defender
5-9 / -
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Redshirt Sophomore
2024

Defender
5-9 / -
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Freshman
2022

Defender
5-9 / -