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Career Highlights

  • Pac-12 Champion (2022)
  • College Cup appearance (2023)
  • Three-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2021-23)

As a Senior (2023)

  • Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in one match and helped Stanford to a 4-0 win against California (Nov. 3)

As a Junior (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in one match, logging 17:36 minutes against San Jose State (Nov. 11)

As a Sophomore (2021)

  • Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in six matches while playing 133 minutes
  • Registered a shot vs. CSUN (Aug. 26) in her first appearance of the year
  • Played a season-high 36 minutes vs. LMU (Sept. 12)

As a Freshman (2020-21)

  • Appeared in five matches during her debut season, playing 134:52 minutes
  • Fired off a shot in her collegiate debut against Utah, totaling 23 minutes off the bench (March 5)
  • Played a season-high 53 minutes in the season finale at California (April 16)

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at the Iolani School in Honolulu, Hawaii
  • State champions in both seasons of high school soccer (2017, 2018)
  • All-State first team (2017, 2018)
  • Represented Honolulu Bulls (2008-17) and Hawaii Heat F.C. (2017-20) at the club level
  • Hawaii state champions (2016, 2017)

Personal

  • Born in Kailua, Hawaii
  • Daughter of Lori Joy and Mark Watanabe
  • Has a younger sister, Ava
  • Contemplated professions are in the field of law or business
  • Father, Mark, played football at Pomona College
  • Pursuing a co-term master's degree in management science & engineering while completing her undergraduate degree