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UC San Diego

2023 Women's Soccer Roster

Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Derrick Tuskan/UC San Diego
Rishi Yalamarty/UC San Diego
Kyle Terada

1 Keara Fitzgerald

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • High School Foothill Technology HS
  • Hometown Ventura, Calif.
  • Major International Business
  • College Seventh

Biography

MEDIA
-Tritoncast podcast (Oct. 5)

AS A SENIOR IN 2023
Recognized as Big West Defensive Player of the Week after making eight saves in the season's final match, a 1-0 win at then-first place Cal Poly (Oct. 27) ... Led The Big West in saves (97) and saves per game (5.39) ... Played the first 1,599 minutes in net before suffering an injury with 21 minutes remaining in the team's final game ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Oct. 30) ... Named to Fall Big West All-Academic Team

AS A JUNIOR IN 2022
Fall Big West All-Academic Team ... Led The Big West with 105 saves ... Posted four clean sheets ... Team co-captain ... Set a career-high and established a new program Division I record with 10 saves vs. San Francisco (Sept. 14) ... Started all 19 contests and logged 1,691 minutes in net.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2021
All-Big West All Freshman recipient ... Led the Tritons with 62 saves and a 0.713 save percentage ... Fourth in total minutes with 1,293 ... Member of 2021 Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2020
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

CLUB
Competed for Kristy Walker's Eagles Soccer Club ECNL '01/'02 team.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2020 graduate of Foothill Technology High School in Ventura ... Named to the Tri-Valley First Team (2018, 2019, 2020) and named Goalkeeper of the Year ... Helped the Dragons to Tri-Valley League Co-Champion titles in 2018 and 2019, and a Tri-Valley League Champion crown in 2020.

PERSONAL
Born August 11 in Ventura ... Parents are Kevin and Cheri ... Has a younger sister, Brigit ... International business major with a minor in marketing at Seventh College ... Aspires to pursue a Master's in business or marketing and start a career in sports marketing in pro sports -- ideally the NWSL -- after graduating from UC San Diego ... Top UC San Diego soccer moment thus far was helping her team get a shutout at UC Irvine in 2021, saying "the energy after that win was unmatched" ... Favorite soccer accomplishments to date include earning All-Big West recognition in her first season after the pandemic wiped out the 2020 campaign and being awarded Player of the Match while competing for Tormenta FC’s USL W league in summer of ‘23 ... Enjoys surfing, snowboarding, and thrifting ... Roots for San Diego Wave FC and Chelsea FC ... Favorite athletes are Christian Pulisic and Kailen Sheridan ... Top movie is Kingsman: The Secret Service ... Listens to Disclosure, Metro Boomin, and Frank Ocean ... Favorite food is sushi … Is scared of roller coasters ... Uses Instagram. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2020Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'11"
    1
  • 1

    2021Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'11"
    1
  • 1

    2022Junior

    Goalkeeper
    6'0"
    1
  • 1

    2023Senior

    Goalkeeper
    6'0"
    1

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