Naomi Girma Season 2021

Career Highlights

• NCAA Champion (2019)
• Two-time Pac-12 Champion (2018-19)
• Two College Cup appearances (2018-19)
• Drafted first overall in 2022 NWSL Draft (San Diego Wave FC)
• Three-time team captain (2019-21)
• Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-America first team (2019, 2021)
• Two-time Pac-12 Defender of the Year (2019, 2021)
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year (2021)
• Two-time United Coaches All-Region first team (2019, 2021)
• Two-time All-Pac-12 first team (2019, 2021)
• TopDrawerSoccer Best XI third team (2021)
• Three-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21, 2019; Oct. 11, 2021, Oct. 25, 2021)
• Called into the full United States National Team (Nov. 27, 2019)
• Called into the full USWNT camp (Oct. 8, 2020)
• U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year (2020)
• College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player (2019)
• College Cup All-Tournament team (2019)
• ESPNW All-America (2019)
• TopDrawerSoccer Best XI first team (2019)
• All-Pac-12 third team (2018)
• All-Pac-12 freshman team (2018)
• TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI first team (2018)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America first team (2021)
• Two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 first team (2019, 2021)
• Senior CLASS Award Finalist (2021)
• Senior CLASS Award All-America second team (2021)
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America first team (2021)
• Three-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020-21, 2021)

As a Senior (2021)

• Team captain
• MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
• United Soccer Coaches All-America first team
• Pac-12 Defender of the Year
• Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year
• United Coaches All-Pacific Region first team
• All-Pac-12 first team
• TopDrawerSoccer Best XI third team
• Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 11, Oct. 25)
• CoSIDA Academic All-America first team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 first team
• Senior CLASS Award Finalist
• Senior CLASS Award All-America second team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America first team
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Drafted first overall in 2022 NWSL Draft (San Diego Wave FC)
• Started all 20 matches
• Team-high 1,745 minutes
• Anchored back line that posted nine shutouts and limited opponents to .85 goals per match on 6.90 shots per game
• Scored four goals, including a game-winner vs. Washington State (Oct. 7)

As a Junior (2020-21)

• Team captain
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Called into the full USWNT camp (Oct. 8, 2020)
• Took a redshirt season due to injury

As a Sophomore (2019) • NCAA Champions, Pac-12 Champions

• Team captain
• MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
• Called into the full United States National Team (Nov. 27, 2019)
• United Soccer Coaches All-America first team
• College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player
• College Cup All-Tournament team
• ESPNW All-America
• United Coaches All-West Region first team
• Pac-12 Defender of the Year
• All-Pac-12 first team
• TopDrawerSoccer Best XI first team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 first team
• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 21)
• Played nearly every minute of the season at center back, starting all 25 games with two goals and one assist
• Helped Stanford go 823:03 minutes without allowing a goal from Sept. 28 – Nov. 3.
• Stanford allowed just 133 shots and 1.92 shots on goal per game in 2019
• Assisted Sophia Smith’s goal at Oregon State (Oct. 10)
• Scored against Arizona (Nov. 3)
• Scored against California (Nov. 8)
• Scored a penalty in Stanford’s championship-deciding penalty shootout against No. 2 North Carolina (Dec. 8)

As a Freshman (2018) • Pac-12 Champions

• All-Pac-12 third team
• All-Pac-12 freshman team
• TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI first team
• Started 22 games with 23 appearances, scoring twice and assisting four others
• Netted first two career goals in a 4-1 win over Ole Miss (Nov. 16)
• Assisted Civana Kuhlmann's goal in a 3-0 win over Seattle University (Nov. 9)
• Had an assist in Stanford's 2-0 win over Utah (Oct. 18)
• Had an assist in Stanford's 2-0 win over Arizona (Sept. 21)
• First career assist in Stanford's 3-0 win over Cal Poly (Sept. 13)

National Team Experience

• Member of US Women's National Team
• Earned her first U.S. cap when she started on April 13 at Subaru Park against Uzbekistan
• U20 women’s national team CONCACAF Qualifiers in Trinidad & Tobago (2018)
• U19 women’s national team NSWI Cup CFA International Tournament in China (2017)
• U17 women’s national team CONCACAF Qualifiers in Grenada (2016)
• U17 women’s national team World Cup in Jordan (2016)

High School/Club

• 2018 Graduate of Pioneer High School in San Jose, California
• Captain of high school team (2016-2018)
• Played Club Soccer for CV Crossfire (2014-2016), De Anza Force & CA Thorns Academy (2016-2018)
• Team MVP (2016)
• League MVP (2016)
• Second at nationals with De Anza Force (2016)

Personal

• Born in San Jose, California
• Daughter of Girma Aweke and Seble Demissie, both of whom immigrated from Ethiopia in their teens
• One older brother, Nathaniel
• Introduced to soccer through the Ethiopian soccer community in the Bay Area, called Maleda Soccer