2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 13
Annika Leslie
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
- High School:
- Bill Crothers Secondary School
2024 (Sr.)
- All-Big 12 First Team
- United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region Team
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Big 12 Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 9)
- Signed professional contract with Halifax Tides FC in Canada
2023 (Jr.)
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Started all 19 contests during the season
- Logged 1,524 minutes to rank fourth on the team
- Played a season-high 90 minutes eight times
- Helped the Mountaineer defense earn nine shutouts on the year
2022 (So.)
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Fall Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Competed in 17 matches and earned two starts
- Tallied 557 minutes on the year, including a season-best 90 minutes against Baylor on Oct. 16
- Played 30 or more minutes in nine contests
- Scored her first career goal on an impressive Olimpico goal off a corner kick against the Bears
- Helped the Mountaineer defense post four shutouts on the season
2021 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Appeared in 14 matches and earned five starts
- Made her Mountaineer debut and tallied her first career start in WVU’s season opener against Buffalo on Aug. 19
- Logged 632 minutes of game action, including a season-best 110 minutes at Texas on Oct. 21
- Became a consistent starter in the middle of conference play, earning the start in four straight matches from Oct. 14-24
- Helped the Mountaineer defense record eight of its 11 shutouts on the season
High School
- Attended Bill Crothers Secondary School
- Member of the U-17 Canadian National Team, serving as captain during the 2019 Mexico Tour
- Three-year captain of the Nova Scotia Atlantic Championship team from 2016-18
- Named Youth Player of the Year three times at the yearly Soccer Nova Scotia Night of Excellence
- Member of the Canadian U-15 team at the CONCACAF Championships in 2018
- Also a member of the cross country team and has been named her school’s cross country MVP twice
Personal
- Daughter of Stefan and Heidi Leslie
- Has one sibling
- Birthday is April 22
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Member of the Canadian Women’s U-20 National Team
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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