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2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Piper, Elle
Jersey Number 8
Elle Piper
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
Bio
Awards/Honors: All-ACC Academic Team (2023, 2022), ACC Honor Roll (2025, 2024, 2023).
Career: Started 20 of the 38 matches played over three seasons ... helped Duke to 17 shutouts on the defensive end over 38 matches.
2024 -- Junior: Started and played the full 90 minutes in the season opener at Ohio State, but suffered a season-ending injury ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
2023 -- Sophomore: Earned starts in 14 of her 15 matches played ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... missed the Virginia match due to injury ... collected one assist against Southern California ... saw action in 1,148 minutes and played the entire 90 minutes on four occasions ... attempted 16 shots ... helped lead Duke to six shutouts on the defensive end.
Summer of 2023: Played for the San Francisco Glens of the USL ... earned USL W League Team of the Year First Team honors ... appeared in eight matches, while scoring two goals and adding four assists from the backline ... her squad totaled a 10-1-1 ledger and won the Nor Cal Division title, before advancing to the semifinals of the playoffs.
2022 -- Freshman: Played in 22 matches, while starting five ... named to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll ... collected one goal and one assist on the season for three points ... attempted 14 shots ... totaled her first collegiate goal in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Radford (11/12) ... assisted on a goal at Alabama in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals (11/25) ... one of three freshmen to start the season opener at East Carolina (8/18) becoming the 36th, 37th and 38th rookies to start their first game under head coach Robbie Church ... helped Duke collect 11 shutouts on the defensive end.
Prior to Duke: Rated No. 50 overall in the TopDrawerSoccer.com rankings for the class of 2022 … WPSL All-PAC North Conference in summer of 2022 for the Bay Area Surf squad ... member of U.S. Youth National Team pool since 2017 … WCAL All-League team honoree in 2022 … received the Scholar-Athlete Award and Joshua 1:9 Award at Valley Christian High School in 2022 … traveled to Netherlands for international friendlies as a member of the U16 National Team in June of 2019 … traveled to Tokyo to compete in the JFA Cup (Japan Football Association) with San Jose Earthquakes Development Academy in 2019 … won the U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy U15 National Championship in 2018-19 with San Jose Earthquakes … led all defenders in U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy with 14 goals in 2018-19 … won the Girls Academy U19 National Championship in 2020-21 and 2021-22 with FC Bay Area.
Personal: Full name is Elle Piper … daughter of Heath & Annette Piper … her father, Heath, played soccer for the USISL A-League California Jaguars in 1998-99 … member of High Honor Roll (4.0-4.24 GPA) in 2019, 2021 and 2022 as a student at Valley Christian High School … member of Highest Honor Roll (4.25+ GPA) in 2020 ... at Duke in the Fall of 2023 and Spring of 2024, earned Dean's List with Distinction ... graduated from Duke in only three years with a degree in sociology in May of 2025 ... attending Duke Fuqua School of Business in the MMS program this season.
Last Updated 8/28/2025
Career: Started 20 of the 38 matches played over three seasons ... helped Duke to 17 shutouts on the defensive end over 38 matches.
2024 -- Junior: Started and played the full 90 minutes in the season opener at Ohio State, but suffered a season-ending injury ... ACC Honor Roll selection.
2023 -- Sophomore: Earned starts in 14 of her 15 matches played ... All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll selection ... missed the Virginia match due to injury ... collected one assist against Southern California ... saw action in 1,148 minutes and played the entire 90 minutes on four occasions ... attempted 16 shots ... helped lead Duke to six shutouts on the defensive end.
Summer of 2023: Played for the San Francisco Glens of the USL ... earned USL W League Team of the Year First Team honors ... appeared in eight matches, while scoring two goals and adding four assists from the backline ... her squad totaled a 10-1-1 ledger and won the Nor Cal Division title, before advancing to the semifinals of the playoffs.
2022 -- Freshman: Played in 22 matches, while starting five ... named to All-ACC Academic Team and ACC Honor Roll ... collected one goal and one assist on the season for three points ... attempted 14 shots ... totaled her first collegiate goal in the first round of the NCAA Tournament against Radford (11/12) ... assisted on a goal at Alabama in the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals (11/25) ... one of three freshmen to start the season opener at East Carolina (8/18) becoming the 36th, 37th and 38th rookies to start their first game under head coach Robbie Church ... helped Duke collect 11 shutouts on the defensive end.
Prior to Duke: Rated No. 50 overall in the TopDrawerSoccer.com rankings for the class of 2022 … WPSL All-PAC North Conference in summer of 2022 for the Bay Area Surf squad ... member of U.S. Youth National Team pool since 2017 … WCAL All-League team honoree in 2022 … received the Scholar-Athlete Award and Joshua 1:9 Award at Valley Christian High School in 2022 … traveled to Netherlands for international friendlies as a member of the U16 National Team in June of 2019 … traveled to Tokyo to compete in the JFA Cup (Japan Football Association) with San Jose Earthquakes Development Academy in 2019 … won the U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy U15 National Championship in 2018-19 with San Jose Earthquakes … led all defenders in U.S. Soccer Girls Development Academy with 14 goals in 2018-19 … won the Girls Academy U19 National Championship in 2020-21 and 2021-22 with FC Bay Area.
Personal: Full name is Elle Piper … daughter of Heath & Annette Piper … her father, Heath, played soccer for the USISL A-League California Jaguars in 1998-99 … member of High Honor Roll (4.0-4.24 GPA) in 2019, 2021 and 2022 as a student at Valley Christian High School … member of Highest Honor Roll (4.25+ GPA) in 2020 ... at Duke in the Fall of 2023 and Spring of 2024, earned Dean's List with Distinction ... graduated from Duke in only three years with a degree in sociology in May of 2025 ... attending Duke Fuqua School of Business in the MMS program this season.
Last Updated 8/28/2025
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