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2021 Women's Soccer Roster

Scott Burkhalter, WAC
Isaac Hale, UVU Marketing
Clark Clifford
Jay Drowns, UVU Marketing
Juan Flores Mena

1 Brooklyn Nielsen

1 Brooklyn Nielsen

  • Position:
    Goalkeeper
  • Height:
    5-9
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Sandy, Utah
  • High School:
    Jordan High School
  • Instagram:
    brooklynnielsen41

Summary

Biography

UVU All-Time Career Ranks
Saves: 2nd (218)
Goals Against Average: 7th (1.39)
Wins: 3rd (19)
Shutouts: 3rd (9.4)
Goalie Games Played: 2nd (73)
Goalie Games Started: 4th (42)
Minutes Played: 4th (6172)
Goalie Minutes Played: 1st (6137)

SENIOR (2021)
Played and started all 22 matches in the box for Utah Valley ... recorded 13 wins and compiled eight solo shutouts and three combined shutouts ... opened the season with a 2-0 shutout win against Pac-12 foe Arizona (Aug. 20) ... picked up a 3-0 road shutout at Weber State (Aug. 26) ... tallied back-to-back shutouts at home over Mountain West opponents San Jose State (Sept. 6) and Boise State (Sept. 10) ... opened WAC play with back-to-back shutouts against Grand Canyon (Sept. 23) and New Mexico State (Sept. 25) ... rattled off four straight WAC shutout victories against Dixie State (Oct. 16), Seattle U (Oct. 21), California Baptist (Oct. 23), and New Mexico State (Oct. 28) ... picked up a 1-0 shutout win in the semifinals of the WAC Tournament against Stephen F. Austin (Nov. 5) ... recorded a 1.26 goals against average on the season and tallied 51 saves.

COVID SENIOR (2020)
Returned to the team after serving an LDS Church mission in Denmark ... played in five matches and made two starts in helping Utah Valley to its first-ever WAC regular season championship, a WAC Tournament title, and an appearance at the NCAA Tournament ... the team also won its first-ever NCAA Tournament match in a 1-0 shutout victory over No. 25 Memphis in the first round ... picked up two shutout wins in the box in a 2-0 win over New Mexico State and a 2-0 win at Chicago State.

JUNIOR (2018)
Played in 12 matches and logged 975 minutes in goal for the Wolverines ... tallied 59 saves and recorded a .738 save percentage ... tallied one win and a tie.

SOPHOMORE (2017)
Played in 19 matches and made 18 starts for UVU as she helped the team to a WAC Tournament title and a trip to the NCAA Tournament ... picked up nine wins in goal and recorded three shutouts in the box ... named WAC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 23 after picking up a pair of shutouts wins over Grand Canyon (Oct. 20) and CSU Bakersfield (Oct. 22) to help UVU clinch the No. 2 seed at the WAC Tournament ... picked up a 1-0 shutout win over Grand Canyon (Nov. 3) in the semifinals of the WAC Tournament in Phoenix ... allowed Seattle U (Nov. 5) only one PK in the box as she helped UVU claim the WAC Title on PKs, 3-1 ... was named to the All-Tournament team for her performance at the tournament.

FRESHMAN (2016)
Played in 17 matches, helping UVU to a 10-8-2 record … completed four shutouts against Oklahoma (Aug. 26), Utah (Sept. 16), UTRGV (Oct. 14), and New Mexico State (Nov.3) ... tallied a season high eight saves in a 2-1 victory over UNLV (Sept. 2), and a season high save percentage of .897 in a 0-0 draw against Utah (Sept. 16) … totaled 49 saves on the year, with a .776 save percentage … finished the season with a 7-4-2 record.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Jordan High School in Sandy, Utah, where she was a three-year varsity letterwinner in soccer ... led her team to multiple state playoff appearances ... earned multiple All-Region honors and was named to the 5A All-State team ...  helped JHS to the quarterfinals of the 5A State Tournament in 2014 ... also lettered in basketball ... was a sterling scholar for instrumental music ... also competed in basketball and track at JHS ... Played for Olympicque Montreux ... was the leading goal scorere for Olympicque Montreux for three-straight seasons ... was named to the 2016 Fox 13 All Utah Youth Soccer Association team.

PERSONAL
Born October 14, 1997 in Sandy, Utah ... daughter of Lance and Michelle Nielsen ... graduated from Jordan High School in 2016 ... served an LDS Church mission in Denmark ... plays the cello for the singing group "Sisters" ... she is an accomplished aerialist ... also plays the cello for rest homes around the Salt Lake valley ... is a volunteer at the annual Give Kids a Smile convention ... is a member of the Utah Tourette Syndrome association ... two of her brothers are aerialists performers in Cirque Du Soleil ... her father is a magician ... has a brother who played lacrosse for UVU ... has three brothers (Lance, Austin, Tyce) and one sister (Erica) ... studying psychology at UVU.
 

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Historical Player Information

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    2016Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'9"
    0
  • 0

    2017Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'9"
    0
  • 0

    2018Junior

    Goalkeeper
    5'9"
    0
  • 0

    2020-21Redshirt Senior

    Goalkeeper/Forward
    5'9"
    0
  • 1

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Goalkeeper
    5'9"
    1

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