2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Cook, Sofia

Jersey Number 9
Sofia Cook
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- Marina
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
Bio
2024
First-team All-North Region and All-Big Ten selection … United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region first-team selection … Received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award … Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team … Earned first-team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honors … Tied for the team lead in goals scored with four … Three of her four goals were game-winners - against Santa Clara and at Indiana and Purdue … Also scored a goal against Illinois … Played in 17 games and made 13 starts.
2023
Earned All-Pac-12 second-team honors … Played in 15 games and started the team’s last 10 games … Scored a goal in the Pac-12 title-clinching game against Stanford … Recorded two assists, including an assist on the game-winner at Colorado … Logged 819 minutes played … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year.
2022
Named to the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman second team … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … Rated No. 19 in Top Drawer Soccer’s Freshman 100 … Played in 24 games and started seven … Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with seven goals and 18 points … Recorded the game-winning goal in overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals against Virginia to send the Bruins to the College Cup … Was named the UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week and selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week following her quarterfinal heroics … Scored a goal in her first career game against CSUN … Totaled two goals and an assist at the Oregon schools, recording a one goal, one assist game at Oregon State … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
U.S. National Team
Played with the U.S. U-20 National Team at the 2023 Concacaf Championships … Selected to U-20 National Team training camps throughout 2024 … Was on the U-15 National Team that won the 2018 Concacaf Championships.
High School/Club
Played for the SoCal Blues on their ECNL top team … Rated No. 19 overall by Top Drawer Soccer … Attended Millikan High School and graduated from Marina High School but did not letter in a sport … Graduated early to enroll at UCLA in Winter 2022.
Personal
Full name is Sofia Gabriela Cook … Born in Los Angeles, Calif. … Parents are Gabriela and Jerome Cook … Has a younger brother, Santiago … Enrolled at UCLA in Winter 2022 … Wanted to attend UCLA because “I love the way the soccer team plays and the Westwood campus and area” … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as playing in the UEFA Development Tournament in England, saying “Each game was hard, but it was exciting to succeed against the top players from Europe” … Athletes she admires include Lionel Messi, Carli Lloyd, Rose Lavelle and Neymar … Hobbies include soccer, reading, food, spending time with friends and listening to music … Major is International Developmental Studies.
First-team All-North Region and All-Big Ten selection … United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region first-team selection … Received the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award … Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team … Earned first-team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar honors … Tied for the team lead in goals scored with four … Three of her four goals were game-winners - against Santa Clara and at Indiana and Purdue … Also scored a goal against Illinois … Played in 17 games and made 13 starts.
2023
Earned All-Pac-12 second-team honors … Played in 15 games and started the team’s last 10 games … Scored a goal in the Pac-12 title-clinching game against Stanford … Recorded two assists, including an assist on the game-winner at Colorado … Logged 819 minutes played … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year.
2022
Named to the Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman second team … Selected to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team … Rated No. 19 in Top Drawer Soccer’s Freshman 100 … Played in 24 games and started seven … Ranked fourth on the team in scoring with seven goals and 18 points … Recorded the game-winning goal in overtime in the NCAA quarterfinals against Virginia to send the Bruins to the College Cup … Was named the UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week and selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week following her quarterfinal heroics … Scored a goal in her first career game against CSUN … Totaled two goals and an assist at the Oregon schools, recording a one goal, one assist game at Oregon State … Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
U.S. National Team
Played with the U.S. U-20 National Team at the 2023 Concacaf Championships … Selected to U-20 National Team training camps throughout 2024 … Was on the U-15 National Team that won the 2018 Concacaf Championships.
High School/Club
Played for the SoCal Blues on their ECNL top team … Rated No. 19 overall by Top Drawer Soccer … Attended Millikan High School and graduated from Marina High School but did not letter in a sport … Graduated early to enroll at UCLA in Winter 2022.
Personal
Full name is Sofia Gabriela Cook … Born in Los Angeles, Calif. … Parents are Gabriela and Jerome Cook … Has a younger brother, Santiago … Enrolled at UCLA in Winter 2022 … Wanted to attend UCLA because “I love the way the soccer team plays and the Westwood campus and area” … Describes her greatest athletic thrill as playing in the UEFA Development Tournament in England, saying “Each game was hard, but it was exciting to succeed against the top players from Europe” … Athletes she admires include Lionel Messi, Carli Lloyd, Rose Lavelle and Neymar … Hobbies include soccer, reading, food, spending time with friends and listening to music … Major is International Developmental Studies.
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