4 Buffs Honored as Preseason All-Big 12

BOULDER – Coaches from throughout the Big 12 Conference chosen 1 / 4 of Colorado soccer stars to the league’s Preseason All-Conference staff on Tuesday. Senior goalkeeper Jordan Nytes headlined the picks together with juniors Faith Leyba, Ava Priest and Hope Leyba.
 
Colorado was one in all 4 colleges to have 4 or extra picks on the 27-player checklist. BYU and Texas Tech led the best way with 5 picks. TCU additionally had 4 honorees.
 
Nytes, the reigning Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Year, was a Third Team United Soccer Coaches All-American in 2024. The Grandview H.S. graduate was in web for all 11 of Colorado’s shutouts final season, ending second within the Big 12 and sixth within the NCAA. Her 11 clear sheets tied for the second-most in a season by a CU keeper. Nytes took house 5 Big 12 Goalkeeper of the Week awards in 2024, changing into essentially the most honored goalkeeper in a season because the award’s inception in 2020.  Nytes additionally ranked second within the Big 12 in saves (101) and save % (.821).
 
Faith Leyba, a First Team All-Big 12 choice in 2024, began all 22 matches for the Buffs and led all CU area gamers in minutes with 1,896. She was a key contributor alongside the Buffs’ backline, serving to the staff to 11 shutouts. Leyba handed out two assists final season and performed the complete 90 minutes in 16 matches. She closed 2024 as a First Team United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region choice.
 
Priest, additionally a First Team United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region choose in 2024, scored a career-high six targets final season. She recorded three game-winners for CU, together with the clinching aim over Utah within the first spherical of the Big 12 Championship. Priest began all 22 matches as a sophomore and handed out 5 assists. She closed the season with a five-match factors streak and scored targets in each CU’s NCAA Tournament matches.
 
Hope Leyba led the Buffs final 12 months with a career-high eight targets. She completed eleventh within the convention in targets and totaled a team-leading 18 factors (8 G, 2 A). Leyba began 21 and performed in all 22 matches, ending fourth within the Big 12 final season in shot accuracy (.529) and fifth in pictures on aim per sport (1.64). She scored in three of CU’s remaining 4 matches, together with a Fifty fifth-minute aim that tied the Buffs’ first-round NCAA Tournament contest at Georgia.
 
Buffs Picked Sixth in Preseason Poll
Colorado will open the 2025 Big 12 season picked sixth in a ballot of the convention’s 16 head coaches on Tuesday.
 
All seven of the Big 12 NCAA Tournament groups from a 12 months in the past make up the highest seven convention projections. TCU obtained 13 of the league’s first-place votes and 223 whole factors. Texas Tech (2) and BYU (1) additionally obtained first-place votes. West Virginia was slotted 4th with Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma State rounding out the highest seven.
 
CU completed final season 12-5-5 general and 4-2-5 within the Big 12. The Buffaloes had been the No. 9 seed within the Big 12 Championship and defeated Utah within the first spherical, solidifying their spot within the NCAA Tournament area.
 
The first likelihood to catch the Buffaloes in motion will likely be on Aug. 7, after they tackle Colorado College (7 p.m.) in exhibition play. Seven days later, Colorado will get the common season underway at house in opposition to Michigan State.
 
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