Laveni Vaka

Defender 26

Ht

5'

6"

Class

Senior

Hometown

Sandy,

Utah

Last School

Juan Diego HS

Roster Years

2019-2023

Personal

Mother is Moana Kioa
Has seven siblings; six sisters, one brother
Has a twin sister, Daviana, who played soccer for BYU from 2019-2022 before transferring to Florida
She can play the piano, flute and organ
Played on the Tongan National Women's Soccer Team in 2022

Before BYU

No. 20 defender for Class of 2019 by Top Drawer Soccer
2015-18 ECNL Player to Watch
2018 All-State First Team
2016-17 Player Development Program
2016 ECNL National Camp
2016 Utah 3A State Champion
2015 3A All-State and 2017 4A All-State Honorable Mention
Captain and 4-year starter for Juan Diego
ECNL Top Goal Scorer
Participated in Youth National Team Camp
Junior Olympian in track and field
Captain of Juan Diego Broadcast
Honor Roll

BYU Hall of Fame

Freshman Year 2019

Played 230 minutes in 10 games as a defender

Sophmore Year 2021

Played and started in all 24 games
Tallied two assists, two points and seven shots
NCAA All-West Region First Team

Junior Year 2022

Played and started in all 21 games, posting the most minutes of any BYU player this season with 1,832 minutes
Recorded one assist and five shots
2022 Preseason All-WCC First Team
2022 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List
2022 WCC Defender of the Year
2022 All-WCC First Team
2022 NCAA First Team All-Region

Senior Year 2023

Graduate Year

Redshirt Year

Medical Redshirt Year

Sophomore 2020

Played in 16 games
Started in three games

STATS

Sport

Category

Year

Athlete

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Soccer Player

Career & Season Stats
Year	GP	GS	G	A	SH	SOG	Min
2022	21	21	0	1	5	2	1834
2021	24	24	0	2	7	2	2015
2020-2021	16	3	0	0	0	0	726
2019	10	0	0	0	0	0	232
TOTALS:	71	48	-	3	12	4	4807

2022 Games
Opponent	Date	Result	GS	G	A	SH	SOG	Min
@Cal State Fullerton	Aug. 18	W 1-0		0	0	0	0	90
@Ohio State	Aug. 26	W 2-0		0	0	0	0	90
Colorado	Aug. 29	T 2-2		0	0	0	0	90
Alabama	Sep. 1	L 2-3		0	0	0	0	85
CSUN	Sep. 3	W 5-0		0	0	1	0	59
Arkansas	Sep. 8	T 3-3		0	0	0	0	90
UVU	Sep. 10	L 2-4		0	0	0	0	67
@Utah State	Sep. 15	T 1-1		0	0	0	0	90
Utah	Sep. 17	W 2-1		0	0	0	0	82
@Saint Mary's	Oct. 1	T 0-0		0	0	0	0	90
San Francisco	Oct. 5	W 6-0		0	0	0	0	81
@Pacific	Oct. 8	T 1-1		0	0	0	0	90
Portland	Oct. 15	W 4-1		0	0	1	0	90
@Pepperdine	Oct. 19	W 4-3		0	0	1	1	90
Gonzaga	Oct. 22	W 2-1		0	0	0	0	90
Santa Clara	Oct. 29	T 0-0		0	0	0	0	90
@San Diego	Nov. 2	W 6-0		0	1	1	1	90
@LMU	Nov. 5	W 2-1		0	0	0	0	90
BYU vs. UVU	Nov. 11	W 3-0		0	0	1	0	90
BYU vs Stanford	Nov. 17	T 1-1		0	0	0	0	110
@BYU vs North Carolina	Nov. 19	L 2-3		0	0	0	0	90
TOTALS:		11-3	21	0	1	5	2	1834

2021 Games
Opponent	Date	Result	GS	G	A	SH	SOG	Min
Ohio State	Aug. 19	W 3-0		0	0	1	0	90
@Auburn	Aug. 21	L 1-2		0	0	1	0	90
USC	Aug. 26	W 2-1		0	0	0	0	90
@Arkansas	Aug. 30	L 0-2		0	0	0	0	45
Marquette	Sep. 2	W 7-0		0	0	0	0	62
@Utah	Sep. 9	T 0-0		0	0	0	0	110
Missouri	Sep. 11	W 7-4		0	0	0	0	79
Idaho State	Sep. 16	W 7-0		0	0	0	0	68
Utah State	Sep. 18	L 1-2		0	0	0	0	99
@Gonzaga	Oct. 2	W 6-1		0	0	0	0	72
Saint Mary's	Oct. 6	W 7-0		0	1	0	0	59
San Diego	Oct. 9	W 6-0		0	0	2	2	70
Pacific	Oct. 16	W 6-1		0	0	0	0	64
@San Francisco	Oct. 20	W 3-1		0	0	0	0	90
Loyola Marymount University	Oct. 23	W 2-0		0	0	0	0	90
@Santa Clara	Oct. 30	L 0-1		0	0	1	0	90
@Portland	Nov. 3	W 3-0		0	0	0	0	86
Pepperdine	Nov. 6	W 1-0		0	0	1	0	104
New Mexico	Nov. 13	W 6-0		0	1	0	0	72
Alabama	Nov. 18	W 4-1		0	0	0	0	85
@No. 1 Virginia	Nov. 20	W 1-0		0	0	0	0	90
South Carolina	Nov. 27	W 4-1		0	0	1	0	90
Santa Clara	Dec. 3	T 0-0		0	0	0	0	110
No. 1 Florida State	Dec. 6	T 0-0		0	0	0	0	110
TOTALS:		17-4	24	0	2	7	2	2015

2020-2021 Games
Opponent	Date	Result	GS	G	A	SH	SOG	Min
Utah	Feb. 6	W 5-1		0	0	0	0	22
@UCLA	Feb. 12	L 1-2		0	0	0	0	61
@USC	Feb. 15	L 3-4		0	0	0	0	41
San Francisco	Feb. 27	W 3-2		0	0	0	0	42
@Missouri	Mar. 3	W 3-0		0	0	0	0	28
@Loyola Marymount	Mar. 6	W 3-1		0	0	0	0	36
Santa Clara	Mar. 13	L 1-2		0	0	0	0	55
UVU	Mar. 17	W 4-1		0	0	0	0	22
@Pacific	Mar. 20	W 5-1		0	0	0	0	23
@San Diego	Mar. 24	W 6-0		0	0	0	0	40
Gonzaga	Mar. 27	W 4-0		0	0	0	0	29
@Santa Clara	Mar. 31	W 2-1		0	0	0	0	61
@Saint Mary's	Apr. 3	T 1-1		0	0	0	0	58
@Pepperdine	Apr. 10	W 2-1		0	0	0	0	63
Portland	Apr. 17	W 4-0		0	0	0	0	55
Virginia	May. 1	L 0-2		0	0	0	0	90
TOTALS:		11-4	3	0	0	0	0	726

2019 Games
Opponent	Date	Result	GS	G	A	SH	SOG	Min
@Alabama	Aug. 22	W 1-0		0	0	0	0	0
@Mississippi State	Aug. 24	W 2-1		0	0	0	0	0
Southern Utah	Aug. 30	W 7-0		0	0	0	0	20
Utah	Sep. 6	W 2-0		0	0	0	0	0
No. 12 Texas A&M	Sep. 12	W 2-0		0	0	0	0	0
@Utah Valley	Sep. 16	W 1-0		0	0	0	0	0
@No. 14 Kansas	Sep. 19	W 2-0		0	0	0	0	13
@Kansas State	Sep. 21	W 5-0		0	0	0	0	20
@Long Beach State	Sep. 26	W 3-0		0	0	0	0	13
UC Irvine	Sep. 28	W 4-2		0	0	0	0	0
@Santa Clara	Oct. 5	T 2-2		-	-	-	-	-
Pepperdine	Oct. 9	W 5-1		0	0	0	0	29
Pacific	Oct. 12	W 6-0		0	0	0	0	31
Saint Mary's	Oct. 18	W 8-0		0	0	0	0	40
@Portland	Oct. 23	W 2-0		0	0	0	0	0
San Diego	Oct. 26	W 3-1		0	0	0	0	0
@San Francisco	Nov. 2	W 2-1		0	0	0	0	0
@Gonzaga	Nov. 6	W 3-0		0	0	0	0	14
Loyola Marymount	Nov. 9	W 8-1		0	0	0	0	29
Boise State	Nov. 15	W 5-1		0	0	0	0	23
No. 23 Louisville	Nov. 21	W 4-0		0	0	0	0	0
NC State	Nov. 23	W 3-0		0	0	0	0	0
No. 1 Stanford	Nov. 29	L 1-5		0	0	0	0	0
TOTALS:		21-1	0	0	0	0	0	232

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W Soccer | Dec, 15
Four Cougars ranked in Postseason Top 100
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W Soccer | Nov, 29
BYU Women’s Soccer 2022 Season Review
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W Soccer | Nov, 28
Four BYU players named to All-West Region Team
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W Soccer | Nov, 09
BYU collects seven All-WCC honors
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W Soccer | Aug, 17
2022 MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List Released
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W Soccer | Jun, 22
Vaka twins headed to Fiji to train with Tonga's women's national soccer team
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W Soccer | Dec, 02
Five BYU players named to NCAA Division I Women’s All-West Region Team
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W Soccer | Aug, 19
Colohan's two goals lead BYU to dominant season-opening win over Ohio State