2025 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 21
Ajanae Respass
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Highlands Ranch, Colo.
- High School:
- Valor Christian HS
- Prev School:
- Oregon
2024 (Jr.)
- Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 11)
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 9, Sept. 29)
- Started in all 20 games in her inaugural season with the Mountaineers
- Tallied seven goals and five assists to total 19 points
- Led the Mountaineers with 19 points and was the team’s co-leader in goals in 2024
- Also the team leader with three game-winning goals in her first season at WVU
- Logged 1,207 minutes on the year, ranking No. 9 on the team and finishing as one of just 11 players with over 1,000 minutes in 2024
- Scored first career Mountaineer goal in her first game at WVU on Aug. 15 against Delaware, which also was the eventual game winner
- Posted her second goal of the season at Penn State on Aug. 29
- Scored two goals against JMU on Sept. 5, the first of which was credited as the game winner
- Tallied one goal in a 3-2 win over Kansas on Sept. 22
- Posted the game-winning goal vs. Arizona State on Sept. 26
- Recorded a goal and an assist in a 4-1 win at Houston on Oct. 25
Oregon (2022-23)
- Arrived at WVU following a two-year stint at Oregon
- Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
- Led the Ducks in goals (4) and points (10) in 2022
- Appeared in 35 total contests while at Oregon
- As a sophomore in 2023, she scored two goals and was second on the team with 20 shots
- CSC Academic All-District Team
High School
- Attended Valor Christian High School and played for Real Colorado in the club ranks
- Rated a four-star prospect by TopDrawerSoccer
- Named to the 2021 5A Colorado All-State First Team
- Led Valor Christian to the 2021 state semifinals
- 2021 Colorado Gatorade Player of the Year finalist
- Scored 17 goals and five assists in 2021
- Led Valor Christian to the Jefferson County Conference Championship
- With Real Colorado, she scored more than 60 goals with more than 50 assists during her career
- Helped the club advance to the 2021 ECNL national quarterfinals.
Personal
- Daughter of Terrel and Carrie Respass
- Has one brother and one sister
- Birthday is July 20
- Majoring in finance
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
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