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2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Freeman, Leah
Jersey Number 0
Leah Freeman
- Position:
- GK
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Berkeley, Calif.
- Prev School:
- Oregon
Bio
Awards/Honors: United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America (2024), TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team (2024), United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team (2024), ACC Goalkeeper of the Year (2024), All-ACC First Team (2024), All-ACC Third Team (2023), MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List (2023), Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year (2022), All-Pac-12 First Team (2022, 2021), All-Pac-12 Third Team (2020), United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region First Team (2022, 2021), Pac-12 All-Freshman Team (2020), College Sports Communicators First Team Academic All-America (2024), College Sports Communicators/CoSIDA Academic All-District (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021), All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2024), Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2022, 2021), ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 1 - 2024), Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week (Sept. 26 – 2022, Sept. 26 – 2021, Oct. 11 - 2021), ACC Honor Roll (2025, 2024, 2023).
U.S. Soccer: Goalkeeper for the U-18 and U-16 National Teams … registered the shutout in goal during the United States' 5-0 win against Norway in the 2020 U-18 Tricontinental Cup in Florida.
Career: Started all 86 matches she played over her career at Duke and Oregon ... totaled 30 shutouts and a 1.03 goals-against average ... led her teams to 40 victories in goal, while notching 352 saves ... posted an .800 save percentage ... one of only 14 players nationally to be named both Academic All-America and United Soccer Coaches All-America in 2024.
Career (At Duke): In two seasons, started all 37 matches ... helped lead the Blue Devils to 23 wins and 12 shutouts ... guided Duke to just the fourth ACC regular season title in program history in 2024 and the fifth NCAA College Cup appearance.
Career (at Oregon): Oregon’s leader in shutouts (18) and goals-against average (1.05) … ranked tied for fourth in saves (253) and sixth in wins (17) … ranks in the Oregon single-season charts for shutouts (9, 2021), lowest goals-against average (0.74, 2020), fewest goals allowed (12, 2020) and consecutive scoreless minutes (471:54, 2021).
2024 -- Fifth Year (At Duke): United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America ... TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team ... United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team ... ACC Goalkeeper of the Year ... All-ACC First Team ... All-ACC Academic Team ... started all 22 matches ... posted a 0.77 goals-against average over 1,859 minutes ... collected seven shutouts and helped Duke total a total of 12 clean sheets on the year ... registered 52 saves ... helped lead Duke to just the fourth ACC regular season title in program history and lead the Blue Devils to the fifth NCAA College Cup appearance ... notched five saves to help Duke defeat No. 2 North Carolina at home for the first time in program history, 1-0 ... collected a season-high seven saves on the road at seventh-ranked Stanford, while also stopping a penalty kick in a 4-1 win ... helped lead Duke to four straight shutouts to open the NCAA Tournament ... registered a shutout on the road at second-ranked Wake Forest to clinch the ACC regular season championship ... College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-America ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1 ... Named to ACC Honor Roll.
2023 -- Senior (At Duke): All-ACC Third Team selection ... All-ACC Academic Team ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... ACC Honor Roll selection ... started 15 matches in goal for the Blue Devils ... helped collect five shutouts, while finishing with a 1.33 goals-against average ... notched 47 saves, including 26 over her final six matches of the season ... posted shutouts against Virginia Tech, NC State, Boston College, East Carolina and West Virginia ... registered a season-high seven saves against No. 1 Florida State ... collected four saves, including a penalty kick stop in the second half to preserve a 1-1 draw against No. 1 North Carolina ... named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Honorable Mention), after helping Duke to the shutout win over West Virginia in the season opener ... MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List selection ... Preseason TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team ... United Soccer Coaches Preseason Players to Watch honoree.
2022 – Junior (at Oregon): Led the Pac-12 in saves (114) and saves per game (6.71) … was named the program's first Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year ... All-Pac-12 First Team … United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region First Team … CoSIDA Academic All-District Eight … led all power conference goalkeepers in saves and saves per game … concluded the season ranked No. 21 overall in the TopDrawerSoccer top-100 player rankings and the No. 2 goalkeeper … ranked eighth nationally in total saves and ninth in saves per game ... played and started in 17 matches ... her 114 saves ranked fourth in the UO single-season list ... had a 1.53 goals against average ... notched four shutouts ... opened the season with five saves in a 2-0 shutout of New Mexico State (8/18) ... matched then-career high with nine saves in a 1-1 tie versus San Francisco (8/21) ... temporarily set career high with 10 saves at Gonzaga (8/27) ... had six saves in a 1-0 shutout at Hofstra (9/11) ... made a career-high 14 saves in her most impressive effort of the season, a 2-0 shutout of No. 15 Washington (9/23) ... the 14 saves were one short of the UO school record ... was named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week ... had seven saves in a 1-0 shutout at Utah (9/29) ... made 10 saves in a 1-1 draw at Washington State (10/14) ... had seven saves in a 1-1 tie against No. 25 California (10/23) ... registered six or more saves in 10 of her last 11 matches played.
2021 – Sophomore (at Oregon): United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region First Team … All-Pac-12 First Team … CoSIDA Academic All-District Eight First Team … was the first All-Pac-12 First Team goalkeeper and the first United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region First-Team goalkeeper in program history ... led the Pac-12 and tied for 15th nationally with a school-record nine shutouts ... ranked third in the Pac-12 in both goals against average (0.87) and save percentage (.839) ... the goal-against average was the third-best in program history ... had a scoreless minutes streak of 449:59, second-longest in program history, in September which included four consecutive shutouts (Portland, Portland State, UCLA, California) ... eight goalkeeper wins was one shy of the program record ... also ranked second in the Pac-12 in saves (4.59 per game) ... was named Pac-12 Player of the Week twice ... made a season-best eight saves four times - Baylor, Stanford, Arizona State and Oregon State ... first weekly Pac-12 award came after making six saves in a 0-0 shutout at No. 3 UCLA ... was one of just two goalkeepers to shutout the Bruins in 2021 ... the second award followed back-to-back 1-0 shutouts of Arizona and Arizona State ... also had shutouts of Fresno State (5-0), Texas (1-0) and Utah (1-0) ... named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Eight First Team ... after the season, was invited to participate in the U.S. U-20 National Team Training Camp in both December and May.
2020 – Freshman (at Oregon): All-Pac-12 Third Team … All-Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … sett the school record for the lowest goals-against average (0.74), beating the previous mark of 0.82 by Jessie Chatfield in 2006 ... started 15 matches in goal ... made 51 saves with five shutouts to earn a 5-5-4 record ... ranked fifth in the Pac-12 in shutouts with five, which was also tied for sixth on the UO single-season list ... was third in the league in goals-against average and sixth in saves per game (4.07) … named Pac-12 goalkeeper of the week, after leading the Ducks to a 1-0 win at California and a 0-0 draw at Stanford ... made seven saves in the Cal match and then set a season high with nine saves against the Cardinal ... it was the Ducks' first win in Berkeley in school history ... set the program record for consecutive scoreless minutes - 471:54 over the course of six matches between March 12 and April 2 ... during that span, recorded shutouts versus Arizona (1-0), Oregon State (2-0), Cal (1-0) and Stanford (0-0) ... opened the season by making two stops in a 2-0 shutout of Gonzaga ... matched her season high with nine saves in a 1-0 overtime setback at Washington ... anchored a defense that set the program record for lowest goals against average (0.69).
Prep/Club: Was the No. 35 player of the 2019 class overall by TopDrawerSoccer, the No. 3 goalkeeper nationally and the No. 3 player in the Northern California region … named to the 2019 United Soccer Coaches Youth Girls All-America Team ... a two-time United Soccer Coaches all-West Region First Team selection … led Berkeley High School to the 2018-19 West Alameda County conference championship as a junior … earned All-State, All-America and TopDrawerSoccer All-State First Team honors as a junior … an All-North Coast Section and a first-team All-Conference selection … was named to the 2019 ECNL National Playoffs TopDrawerSoccer Best XI … Mustang 02 ECNL were national club semifinalists in 2017-18 and won back-to-back Northern California Conference championships.
Personal: Full name is Leah Freeman … daughter of Dale and Kerry Freeman … has one brother, Jackson, and two twin sisters, Alexandra and Erin … her cousin, Robyn Rowley, played soccer at Menlo College … named to the Pac-12 Honor Roll in 2021 and 2022 ... received a degree in political science from Duke in 2025.
Last Updated 8/28/2025
U.S. Soccer: Goalkeeper for the U-18 and U-16 National Teams … registered the shutout in goal during the United States' 5-0 win against Norway in the 2020 U-18 Tricontinental Cup in Florida.
Career: Started all 86 matches she played over her career at Duke and Oregon ... totaled 30 shutouts and a 1.03 goals-against average ... led her teams to 40 victories in goal, while notching 352 saves ... posted an .800 save percentage ... one of only 14 players nationally to be named both Academic All-America and United Soccer Coaches All-America in 2024.
Career (At Duke): In two seasons, started all 37 matches ... helped lead the Blue Devils to 23 wins and 12 shutouts ... guided Duke to just the fourth ACC regular season title in program history in 2024 and the fifth NCAA College Cup appearance.
Career (at Oregon): Oregon’s leader in shutouts (18) and goals-against average (1.05) … ranked tied for fourth in saves (253) and sixth in wins (17) … ranks in the Oregon single-season charts for shutouts (9, 2021), lowest goals-against average (0.74, 2020), fewest goals allowed (12, 2020) and consecutive scoreless minutes (471:54, 2021).
2024 -- Fifth Year (At Duke): United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America ... TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team ... United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team ... ACC Goalkeeper of the Year ... All-ACC First Team ... All-ACC Academic Team ... started all 22 matches ... posted a 0.77 goals-against average over 1,859 minutes ... collected seven shutouts and helped Duke total a total of 12 clean sheets on the year ... registered 52 saves ... helped lead Duke to just the fourth ACC regular season title in program history and lead the Blue Devils to the fifth NCAA College Cup appearance ... notched five saves to help Duke defeat No. 2 North Carolina at home for the first time in program history, 1-0 ... collected a season-high seven saves on the road at seventh-ranked Stanford, while also stopping a penalty kick in a 4-1 win ... helped lead Duke to four straight shutouts to open the NCAA Tournament ... registered a shutout on the road at second-ranked Wake Forest to clinch the ACC regular season championship ... College Sports Communicators Third Team Academic All-America ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1 ... Named to ACC Honor Roll.
2023 -- Senior (At Duke): All-ACC Third Team selection ... All-ACC Academic Team ... College Sports Communicators Academic All-District ... ACC Honor Roll selection ... started 15 matches in goal for the Blue Devils ... helped collect five shutouts, while finishing with a 1.33 goals-against average ... notched 47 saves, including 26 over her final six matches of the season ... posted shutouts against Virginia Tech, NC State, Boston College, East Carolina and West Virginia ... registered a season-high seven saves against No. 1 Florida State ... collected four saves, including a penalty kick stop in the second half to preserve a 1-1 draw against No. 1 North Carolina ... named to the TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Honorable Mention), after helping Duke to the shutout win over West Virginia in the season opener ... MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List selection ... Preseason TopDrawerSoccer Best XI First Team ... United Soccer Coaches Preseason Players to Watch honoree.
2022 – Junior (at Oregon): Led the Pac-12 in saves (114) and saves per game (6.71) … was named the program's first Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Year ... All-Pac-12 First Team … United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region First Team … CoSIDA Academic All-District Eight … led all power conference goalkeepers in saves and saves per game … concluded the season ranked No. 21 overall in the TopDrawerSoccer top-100 player rankings and the No. 2 goalkeeper … ranked eighth nationally in total saves and ninth in saves per game ... played and started in 17 matches ... her 114 saves ranked fourth in the UO single-season list ... had a 1.53 goals against average ... notched four shutouts ... opened the season with five saves in a 2-0 shutout of New Mexico State (8/18) ... matched then-career high with nine saves in a 1-1 tie versus San Francisco (8/21) ... temporarily set career high with 10 saves at Gonzaga (8/27) ... had six saves in a 1-0 shutout at Hofstra (9/11) ... made a career-high 14 saves in her most impressive effort of the season, a 2-0 shutout of No. 15 Washington (9/23) ... the 14 saves were one short of the UO school record ... was named Pac-12 Goalkeeper of the Week ... had seven saves in a 1-0 shutout at Utah (9/29) ... made 10 saves in a 1-1 draw at Washington State (10/14) ... had seven saves in a 1-1 tie against No. 25 California (10/23) ... registered six or more saves in 10 of her last 11 matches played.
2021 – Sophomore (at Oregon): United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region First Team … All-Pac-12 First Team … CoSIDA Academic All-District Eight First Team … was the first All-Pac-12 First Team goalkeeper and the first United Soccer Coaches All-Pacific Region First-Team goalkeeper in program history ... led the Pac-12 and tied for 15th nationally with a school-record nine shutouts ... ranked third in the Pac-12 in both goals against average (0.87) and save percentage (.839) ... the goal-against average was the third-best in program history ... had a scoreless minutes streak of 449:59, second-longest in program history, in September which included four consecutive shutouts (Portland, Portland State, UCLA, California) ... eight goalkeeper wins was one shy of the program record ... also ranked second in the Pac-12 in saves (4.59 per game) ... was named Pac-12 Player of the Week twice ... made a season-best eight saves four times - Baylor, Stanford, Arizona State and Oregon State ... first weekly Pac-12 award came after making six saves in a 0-0 shutout at No. 3 UCLA ... was one of just two goalkeepers to shutout the Bruins in 2021 ... the second award followed back-to-back 1-0 shutouts of Arizona and Arizona State ... also had shutouts of Fresno State (5-0), Texas (1-0) and Utah (1-0) ... named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Eight First Team ... after the season, was invited to participate in the U.S. U-20 National Team Training Camp in both December and May.
2020 – Freshman (at Oregon): All-Pac-12 Third Team … All-Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … sett the school record for the lowest goals-against average (0.74), beating the previous mark of 0.82 by Jessie Chatfield in 2006 ... started 15 matches in goal ... made 51 saves with five shutouts to earn a 5-5-4 record ... ranked fifth in the Pac-12 in shutouts with five, which was also tied for sixth on the UO single-season list ... was third in the league in goals-against average and sixth in saves per game (4.07) … named Pac-12 goalkeeper of the week, after leading the Ducks to a 1-0 win at California and a 0-0 draw at Stanford ... made seven saves in the Cal match and then set a season high with nine saves against the Cardinal ... it was the Ducks' first win in Berkeley in school history ... set the program record for consecutive scoreless minutes - 471:54 over the course of six matches between March 12 and April 2 ... during that span, recorded shutouts versus Arizona (1-0), Oregon State (2-0), Cal (1-0) and Stanford (0-0) ... opened the season by making two stops in a 2-0 shutout of Gonzaga ... matched her season high with nine saves in a 1-0 overtime setback at Washington ... anchored a defense that set the program record for lowest goals against average (0.69).
Prep/Club: Was the No. 35 player of the 2019 class overall by TopDrawerSoccer, the No. 3 goalkeeper nationally and the No. 3 player in the Northern California region … named to the 2019 United Soccer Coaches Youth Girls All-America Team ... a two-time United Soccer Coaches all-West Region First Team selection … led Berkeley High School to the 2018-19 West Alameda County conference championship as a junior … earned All-State, All-America and TopDrawerSoccer All-State First Team honors as a junior … an All-North Coast Section and a first-team All-Conference selection … was named to the 2019 ECNL National Playoffs TopDrawerSoccer Best XI … Mustang 02 ECNL were national club semifinalists in 2017-18 and won back-to-back Northern California Conference championships.
Personal: Full name is Leah Freeman … daughter of Dale and Kerry Freeman … has one brother, Jackson, and two twin sisters, Alexandra and Erin … her cousin, Robyn Rowley, played soccer at Menlo College … named to the Pac-12 Honor Roll in 2021 and 2022 ... received a degree in political science from Duke in 2025.
Last Updated 8/28/2025
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