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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
Kansas Postgame Press Conference at Duke NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
Sunday, November 23
Kansas Soccer NCAA Tournament Third Round Media Availability
Friday, November 21
Kansas Postgame Press Conference vs. Louisville NCAA Tournament Second Round
Thursday, November 20
Kansas Soccer vs. Louisville Highlights
Thursday, November 20
