UC San Diego

MEDIA
-Fab Five: Natalie Widmer (07/24/2020)

AS A SENIOR IN 2021
Started and played in 16 of 17 matches, while having the third most minutes on the Tritons with 1,479 ... Team co-captain ... Member of 2021 Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AS A SENIOR IN 2020
Team co-captain ... Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2019
CCAA Fall All-Academic ... CCAA All-Academic ... Started all 19 games for the Tritons ... Recorded an assist in UC San Diego's 2-0 win at Cal State San Marcos (9/19) ... Helped the Tritons hold their opponents to just 0.355 goals per game, the second-lowest mark in the nation. 

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2018
All-CCAA honorable mention ... CCAA Fall All-Academic ... Started all 23 games played at right back, only missing match at Cal Poly Pomona (10/14) due to injury ... Played all 90 minutes of season's first two shutouts, both 1-0 wins, in home opener vs. No. 7 Western Washington (9/1), and vs. Hawai'i Hilo (9/9) in neutral-site affair on O'ahu.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2017
Appeared in 21 games, with 16 starts ... Played in central midfield, right side of midfield, and at right back throughout first season of college soccer ... Made college debut as lone newcomer in starting lineup in central midfield vs. Point Loma (8/31) in opener, gaining credit for one shot.

CLUB
Competed for Santa Barbara Soccer Club as a high school freshman and sophomore and Eagles ECNL (Elite Clubs National League) as a junior and senior.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2017 graduate of San Marcos High School in Santa Barbara ... Channel League Defensive Player of the Year as a senior ... Aided Royals to Channel titles as a junior (6-1-1) and a senior, going an unbeaten 6-0-2 while conceding just six goals in eight league matches in the latter year ... SMHS went 12-4-4 overall in 2017 and 14-3-3 with 14 shutouts posted in 2016 ... Also competed in track and field all four years and ran cross country as a freshman and sophomore.

PERSONAL
Born Jan. 14, 1999 in Santa Barbara ... Parents are Lydia and Eric Widmer ... Has three older siblings named Lizzie, Christian and Julia ... Earned her degree in human developmental sciences major at Muir College in June 2021 ... Aspires to attend PA school to become a Physician Assistant ... Favorite UC San Diego memory was beating Western Washington in penalty kicks and securing a spot in the final four ... Most memorable soccer moment was getting the opportunity to compete in the Final Four in Pittsburgh during her second year on the team ... Enjoys backpacking, going to the beach, and cooking with friends ... Roots for the Denver Nuggets ... Favorite athlete is Tobin Heath ... Likes the movie Good Will Hunting ... Listens to The Lumineers, Caamp, Still Woozy, and Glass Animals ... Enjoys fish tacos ... Can moonwalk.