2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 5
Rhea Kijowski
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Waynesburg, Pa.
- High School:
- Waynesburg Central HS
2021 (Fr.)
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Appeared in seven matches, making her Mountaineer debut in WVU’s season-opening match against Buffalo on Aug. 19
- Logged 88 minutes on the year, including a season-best 28 against St. Francis (Pa.) on Sept. 12
- Took six shots throughout the campaign and placed one on goal
- Scored her first collegiate goal in her first collegiate match, finding the back of the net against Buffalo to push the margin to a 4-0 WVU win
- Credited with her first career assist on classmate Leah Sparacio’s first-half goal against SFU
High School
- Played for her father, coach Joe Kijowski, at Waynesburg Central High
- Also played for FC Alliance, helping the club to seven consecutive state championships
- Scored more than 100 career goals and added 60 assists during her high school career
- Led WCHS to a WPIAL championship and into the WPIAL playoffs
- Two-time member of the All-WPIAL team
- Three-time all-section honoree
- Led Waynesburg Central in goals and assists in three different seasons
- Named a finalist for the Western Pennsylvania Player of the Year award
Personal
- Daughter of Joe and Melanie Kijowski
- Father, Joe, was a national-qualifying wrestler at Pitt
- Mother, Melanie, is a WVU graduate
- Has two sisters
- Sister, Jillian, currently plays college soccer at Charlotte
- Birthday is Dec. 3
- Majoring in exercise physiology
- Enrolled at WVU in January 2021
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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