2022 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Julia Saunicheva
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Leland
- Hometown:
- San Jose, Calif.
2022
Played in eight games and made one start, against Iowa โฆ Played in a season-high 31 minutes against the Hawkeyes.ย
Called into U.S. U-20 National Team training camp in Oct. 2021 and has been part of the national team pools from U-15 to U-20 โฆ โฆ Assisted on the game-winning goal in a 2019 U-15/16 matchup against the Netherlands.
High School/Club
Competed for two years at Leland High School and was a part of the 2021 BVAL League Champion team โฆ Named BVAL Junior of the Year in 2020 and led her team in both goals (10) and assists (three) โฆ Played for FC Bay Area Surf, which ranked as the No. 1 club team since the 2015-16 season and won the 2019 and 2021 national championship โฆ Named to Top Drawer Soccerโs Best XI in 2019.
Personal
Full name is Julia Konstantinovna Saunicheva โฆ Born in San Jose, Calif. โฆ Parents are Galina and Konstantin Saunichev โฆ Has an older brother, Michael โฆ Wanted to attend UCLA because of the โincredible soccer program, supportive environment, amazing teammates and coaching staff, and lots of academic options and majors to choose fromโ โฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrills as winning back-to-back national championships and scoring the winning goal in the 2021 GA semifinals to send FC Bay Area Surf to the finals โฆ Admires Rose Lavelle โฆ Enjoys art โฆ Physiological science major.
