Sophia Minnite

Photo by: Owen Main | Cal Poly Athletics

Prematch Huddle Hype, Big West First Round, Hawai'i, 102923

Photo by: Eyasu Betwos

Height:
5-3
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Foothill HS
Hometown:
Pleasanton, CA

2024 All-Big West Honorable Mention selection
2023 Big West All-Freshman Team

2024 (Redshirt Sophomore)
Appeared in 18 out of 19 matches, starting in 17 of them ... earned All-Big West accolades for the second straight season, securing All-Big West Honorable Mention recognition ... finished fourth on the team in minutes (1,363), averaging 75.7 minutes per appearance ... played all 90 minutes in seven matches ... took a season-high three shots in match at Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 29) ... named to Big West All-Academic Team and earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors for the second straight year.

2023 (Redshirt Freshman)
Played in 20 of 21 matches, starting in two of them ... named to Big West All-Freshman Team ... recorded first collegiate point and assist in a 4-0 victory over CSUN (Oct. 15), earning a primary assist on Jessie Halladay's goal in the 36th minute ... also assisted on Peja Balanon's 39th-minute goal in a 2-1 victory over Hawai'i (Oct. 29) in the Big West Championship First Round ... tallied 843 minutes on the pitch, averaging 42.1 minutes per appearance ... earned first collegiate start against Cal State Fullerton (Sept. 28) ... played a season high in minutes (59) in matches at UC Irvine (Oct. 8) and Hawai'i (Oct. 22) ... earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors ... named to Big West All-Academic Team.

2022 (Redshirt)
Utilized redshirt year during first eligible season ... appeared in a pair of exhibition matches against Westmont and San Jose State.

Foothill HS (Pleasanton, Calif.) / Pleasanton Rage
A four-year letterwinner at Foothill High in Pleasanton and two-year varsity captain … an All-East Bay Athletic League first team selection as a junior and second time selection as a senior … four-time All-CIF North Coast Section scholar-athlete honoree … Foothill High team MVP in 2022 … an EBAL Honorable Mention as a freshman … received scholar-athlete award in 2022 … played for ECNL’s Pleasanton Rage for 14 years and captained the club’s U-18/19 squad this past year … competed in the ECNL National Playoffs with the Rage in 2018-20 … trained girls ages 10-12 in Livermore in 2020-21 for nonprofit organization … member of Spanish club in high school.

Personal
Daughter of Vince and Jennifer Minnite … majoring in Kinesiology … ambassador for Girls Soccer Worldwide, a nonprofit organization that helps young girls rise out of poverty through sports and education locally and internationally … traveled to Paraguay in 2019 with Girls Soccer Worldwide, leading empowerment workshops and playing soccer with locals … maternal grandfather played baseball at Fresno State and for the Triple A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox in the 1960s … follows the U.S. Women’s National Team; favorite players are Rose Lavelle and Julie Ertz.