The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2026 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 1
Leah Parsons
- Position:
- Goalkeeper
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Calgary, Alberta
- High School:
- Burnaby Central Secondary
- Transfer:
- Oregon
2025
2024 at Oregon
2023 at Oregon
High School/Club
Personal
- Earned American Conference Honorable Mention
- Saw action and started in the net in all 19 matches
- Had 63 saves and season-high seven saves versus UTSA (Nov. 3)
- Collected five shoutouts
2024 at Oregon
- Redshirt season
2023 at Oregon
- Saw action in the net in five matches, starting four
- Had 28 saves
- Made seven stops in her debut in net versus Colorado (9/28)
- Had a season-high 11 saves against Utah (10/1), which was tied for 10th on the UO single-match list
- Five saves against Arizona State (10/13)
High School/Club
- Played for club teams Calgary Blizzard (2017-20) and Vancouver Whitecaps Girls Elite Rex (2020-23)
- Earned the Golden Glove award as the best goalkeeper at the 2023 Blue Stars FIFA/Youth Cup in Zurich, Switzerland
- Helped the Whitecaps win that tournament following a shootout victory against FC Basel
- Made two saves in that shootout
- Won several regional tournaments in club ball as well, including the 2019 Western Canada Games gold medal and the League One British Columbia championship in 2022
- A member of Canada's U17 development program and a participant in the U17 advanced Excel camp
- Also, a U19 national team camp participant in 2019
- Started playing soccer at age four
- Did not play soccer for Burnaby Central Secondary
Personal
- Born in Calgary, Alberta
- Parents are Lucia and Bruce Parsons
- Father Bruce played football at the University of Calgary
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