2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Bruckner, Naija

Jersey Number 28
Naija Bruckner
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- BASIS Tucson North
- Hometown:
- Tucson, Ariz.
Bio
ACADEMIC HONORS
2024-25 AAC All-District Team
2024 CSC All-District
2023-24 AAC All-Academic Team
2023 Conference USA Academic Medal
2023 Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024
Started in the team's first 18 games before suffering an injury...Recorded an assist against Navy...Played over 1300 minutes on the season, with a full 90 minutes played eight times...Recorded nine shots with five on goal.
2023
Played in all 18 games with nine starts...Had two assists, one at Texas Southern and one against Houston...Recorded 11 shots (four on goal)...Played 950 minuted with a full 90 played twice.
2022 (Fr.)
Saw action in 16 matches … played 386 minutes, including a season-high 40 at UAB (10/29) … saw first career action against Incarnate Word (8/28), playing 15 minutes … recorded first career assist in a 3-0 victory against FIU (9/18).
BASIS Tucson North
Was a two-time Arizona State champion in 2019 and 2021 … played on the Arizona ODP West Regional team from 2018-20 … two-time ODP West Region ID Camp selection (2019-20) … last year, played with the WPSL’s FC Tucson Women, where she was named its Newcomer of the Year ... earned Woman of the Match on June 3 against El Paso Surf.
Personal
Full name: Naija Bruckner … Parents: Niels Bruckner and Anita Koshy … father played soccer at Stanford from 1990-93 and mother played soccer at Stanford from 1990-94 … one brother and one sister … Rice Major: Astrophysics

Wiess College
Major: Astrophysics
Major: Astrophysics
2024 Night of the Owl End of Year Recap
Thursday, April 25
Tommy McClelland Introductory Press Conference
Sunday, August 06
2023 Night of The Owl End of Year Highlight
Tuesday, April 25
2022 Rice Soccer Preseason Hype
Monday, August 15