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University of Denver Athletics

2024 Women's Soccer Roster

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30 Vanessa Murray

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-1
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Loyola Academy
  • Hometown Glenview, Illinois
  • Club FC United SC

Biography

Honors and Awards:
United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team (2023)...Two-Time All-Summit League Team (2023: First Team | 2024: Honorable Mention)...

2023:
Started in all 19 matches...played 1578 total minutes, third most on the team and a new career high...scored one goal and added two assists...had the game winner at Colorado State on September 12...moved into DU record books as the fifth Pioneer to play in at least 90 career matches, finishing fourth overall (92)...

2023:
Played and started in all 18 matches...scored third goal of her career, which was also the first game winner of her career (against Northern Colorado on August 31)...led team in assists (5)...set new career high for shot attempts in a single match (four against Colorado on September 15)...

2022:
Played in all 19 matches, starting in 15, finishing the season with 1336 minutes of action…Recorded an assist against Arizona State on August 28 and against South Dakota on October 2…Assisted the game-winner against Oral Roberts on October 21.

2021:
Played in all 21 matches, starting three of them and seeing 822 total minutes of playing time… Scored her first collegiate goal in a 3-0 win against Utah on August 26… Totaled four points on the season.

2020 (delayed to 2021 due to COVID-19):
Played in 16 of Denver’s 21 matches, making three starts and seeing 495 minutes of action.

Before Denver:
Two-time Regional Champion and two-time sectional finalist…Chicagoland Player of the Game in April, 2018…2018 All-Conference Honors and All-Illinois Watch List…Has played full-time with FC United Development Academy since the fall of 2018…2018 Illinois State Cup Finalist…SC Del Sol PDT Champion in 2018 (Phoenix, Ariz.).
 
Personal:
Father was a professional baseball player drafted by Pittsburgh Pirates...sister Megan is a current member of Denver women's soccer team...has a brother who plays ice hockey at Niagara University and played for Team USA in 2019…Chose DU because she loved the coaching staff, the academics, the beautiful campus and the close-knit community…Enjoys traveling and all kinds of outdoor activities…

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2020Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    30
  • 30

    2021Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    30
  • 30

    2022Junior

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    30
  • 30

    2023Senior

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    30
  • 30

    2024Graduate Student

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    30