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2023 Women's Soccer Roster

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Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics
Jason Spencer/UC Davis Athletics

13 Risa Yamada

13 Risa Yamada

  • Height:
    5-1
  • Class:
    Redshirt Junior
  • Position:
    Midfielder
  • Hometown:
    Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan
  • High School:
    Osaka Toin HS '18
  • Prev School:
    Hill College

Summary

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS
• 2023 All-Big West Conference Second Team
• 2023 All-Big West Conference Preseason Coaches' Team
• 2021 All-Big West Conference First Team

2023: Played and started in all 19 matches for a total of 1,461 minutes…Scored four goals and had three assists on 28 shots (14 on goal)…scored two game winners…scored one goal in four individual matches (vs. Idaho State on August 17th, at University of San Francisco on August 27th, vs. University of Hawaii on October 8th, vs. Cal Poly San Luis Obispo on October 19th)…had a season high three shots on two occasions (at University of San Francisco and vs. University of Hawaii)…had a season three shots on goal against University of Hawaii…played in a season high 90 minutes in six matches

2022: In two appearances Yamada managed to put up 1 goal in a 3-0 victory over UTEP (8/18), three shots registered over the appearances, two of those on target against UTEP... Granted medical hardship waiver by the Big West on April 27, 2023. 

2021: Appeared in all 18 games, making 13 starts...Finished second on the team with six goals, four assists, and 16 points while leading the Aggies with a 53.3 percent shots on goal percentage...Made her collegiate debut against New Mexico (8/19)...Recorded her first career point in her first career start in a 4-0 win at Idaho State (9/5)...That game at Idaho State started a stretch of five straight games with a point for Yamada...She had an assist against Saramento State (9/12), her first career goal at Saint Mary's (9/16), an assist at CSU Bakersfield (9/23), and two goals at CSUN (9/26)...Scored both goals of a 2-0 win over Cal Poly (10/3)...Responsible for both goals of a 2-1 win at UC Irvine with a goal and an assist (10/17). 

HILL COLLEGE
Played two years for the Rebels in Hillsboro, Texas… Named an NJCAA first-team All-American as a freshman in 2019, scoring seven goals and assisting on 12 others for 26 points… Also named to the NJCAA All-Tournament Team and was an all-conference and all-region selection, helping Hill College to a NJCAA Region 5 Championship and a district title, finishing fifth at nationals… As a sophomore in 2021, earned All-America honors for a second time and was named NJCAA Region 5 Player of the Year, scoring seven goals and assisting on eight others for 22 points.

OSAKA TOIN SENIOR HS ’18
Played for the FC Bayern Tsuneishi Ladies club until the age of 15 and joined the women’s soccer team at Osaka Toin Senior High School.
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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2021Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    31
  • 13

    2022Junior

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    13
  • 13

    2023Redshirt Junior

    Midfielder
    5'1"
    13