UC San Diego

MEDIA
Triton Talk: Raquel Kalpakoff on Family, Soccer and Art (Oct. 21, 2024)

AS A SENIOR IN 2024
Named to the CSC Academic All-District team ... Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll (Highest Honors) ...Named to Big West Fall All-Academic List ... Led the Tritons and was seventh in The Big West with five goals scored ... Scored game-winning goals against Nevada (Aug. 25) and at San Diego State (Sept. 12) ... Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Sept. 16) ... Played in all 19 matches, making 17 starts.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2023
Named UCU Athlete of the Week (Aug. 28 and Oct. 2) ... Led the Tritons with five goals scored, tying the most by any UC San Diego player over a single season in the program's Division I era (Kennedy Carter 2021) ... Scored first collegiate goals, a second half hat trick, over an 11-minute span in the Tritons' opening night draw at Pacific (Aug. 17) ... Named to Fall Big West All-Academic Team

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2022
Fall Big West All-Academic Team ... Saw action in 12 matches off the bench.

AS A FRESHMAN IN 2021
Saw first collegiate action vs. Grand Canyon, playing 19 minutes off the bench (Sept. 19) ... Played in three matches with 31 total minutes total off the bench ... Member of 2021 Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll. 

CLUB
Competed for Central Coast United.

HIGH SCHOOL
A 2021 graduate of San Luis Obispo High School in San Luis Obispo ... Scored 31 career goals ... Was a two-time First Team All-Mountain League honoree ... Named team's offensive MVP and high school's female athlete of the year as a senior ... Second Team All-League as a sophomore ... Helped lead the Tigers to a CIF Central Section title as a sophomore ... Also competed in both track and field (high jump) and volleyball for the Tigers.

PERSONAL
Born: April 24 in the Bay Area 
Parents: Rod and Kathleen Kalpakoff
Siblings: Younger sister, Mattea 
Major: Enviromental Systems and Policy
College: John Muir 
Future plans: Pursue a creative and environmentally focused career that connects her love for art and sustainability   
Top soccer moment:  Playing against Pacific her junior year and scoring a second half hat trick to tie the game with her parents and grandpa in the stands
Top UC San Diego moment: Celebrating in San Luis Obispo after beating Cal Poly in the last game of the 2023 season to secure their spot in the Big West Tournament qualifiers 
Roots for: FC Barcelona 
Favorite athlete: Lionel Messi
Favorite movie: About Time
Listens to: RAYE, Adele, Lizzy McAlpine, Billie Eilish, Novo Amor, and Taylor Swift
Hobbies: Loves to paint, surf, play piano, go to the beach, play pickleball, read, and most of all travel
Favorite food: Potatoes
Favorite Social Media Outlet: Pinterest
Fun Fact: She is a pet portrait artist