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Jersey Number 26
Sophia Nickel
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Golden, Colo.
- High School:
- Golden HS
Get to Know Sophia ...
At what age did you start playing soccer and how did you get into soccer?
- I started playing soccer at four years old and because my dad signed me up.
- If I didn't play soccer I would have stuck with taekwondo.
- One thing someone wouldn't know about me is I'm a black belt in taekwondo.
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
FRESHMAN - 2024
- Appeared in 19 matches
- Attempted nine shots, including three shots on goal
- Logged 345 minutes
- Played a season-high 42 minutes vs. Friends (Sept. 15)
COLORADO RUSH 06 GIRLS ACADEMY
- Her team won the GA Champions Cup in 2022
- Colorado Rush Defensive Player of the Year in 2023
- Colorado Rush Team of the Year in 2022
- Three-time Girl of the Game
HIGH SCHOOL
- Played four years of soccer at Golden High School in Golden, Colorado
- All-conference first team selection in 2021 and 2022
- All-state honorable mention in 2021
- All-conference second team selection in 2023
- Scored 25 goals and recorded 12 assists in her first three years at Golden High School
- Helped her team get to the state quarterfinals freshman and junior year
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Michael and Thu Nickel
- Has one brother, Rafe
- Her great grandfather, Elbie Nickel, played football for the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1947-57
- Her dad, Michael, was a member of the track team at Bowling Green and Cincinnati
- Her grandfather, Elbert Joseph Nickel, played football at Cincinnati
- Picked Kansas over Grand Canyon, Richmond, Georgia State, Colorado State and Colorado College
- Chose Kansas because, “I loved the people the campus and overall environment. I could truly see myself there.”
- Majoring in exercise science
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