Kiera Utush Season 2023

Honors & Awards
First Team-All Mountain West (2023)
Second Team All-Mountain West  (2021 & 2022)
Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022)
Aztec Scholar-Athlete (2019)

As a Senior (2023 Season)
Mountain West Rankings: t-9th in goals
Earned First-Team All-Mountain West honors… Started all 20 matches… Tied for third on the team with five goals to go with two assists… Finished second in both shooting percentage (38.5%) and shots on goal percentage (61.5%) … Tallied assists in back-to-back matches against San Diego on Sept. 14 and at Fresno State on Sept. 21… Scored her first goal of the season on a penalty kick against Colorado College on Oct. 1… Finished the regular season with goals in the final four matches: Oct. 15 at Nevada, Oct. 19 vs. Wyoming (game-winner), Oct. 22 at Colorado State (penalty kick) and Oct. 26 vs. New Mexico (game-winner)… Finished with 13 shots including wight on goal. Attempted four shots including three on goal in the match against Colorado College… Finished second on the Aztecs with 1813 minutes including playing 90 or more minutes 19 times… Also thrived in the classroom, earning a spot on the Academic All-Mountain West team.
 
As a Senior (2022 Season)
Earned a spot on the all-MW second team and MW Tournament team in 2022 ... Led the backline and was a force at centerback while also tallying two goals and two assists on the season ... Was instrumental in the Aztecs resurgence in defense during conference play, and was part of the backline that only gave up three goals in their final eight MW conference matches  ... Played all but one minute of the season for a total of 1909 minutes played ... Tallied her first assist of the season in the Aztecs 7-2 win over Idaho (8/21) ... Scored her fourth career goal and first of the season when she netted a penalty in the 2-2 draw with UC San Diego (9/4) ...  Scored her second goal of the season in SDSUs 2-1 win over Wyoming (9/25) ...  Assisted on the Aztecs third goal in the 3-3 come-from-behind draw with Colorado College (9/29). 

As a Junior (2021 Season)
Named Second-Team All-Mountain West… Started all 20 games… Attempted ten shots with a single-game high of four against San Jose State (10/17) including a shot on goal… Led the team with 1837 minutes and played 90 or more minutes in 19 games.

As a Sophomore (2020 Season)
Academic All-Mountain West... Appeared in all 11 games in a reserve roll… Scored one goal and attempted three shots… Her goal came against San Jose State (3/28) and was scored on a free kick… Produced single shots vs. Fresno State (3/26), vs. San Jose State (3/28) and at Boise State (4/9)… Her one shot on goal found the back of the net vs. San Jose State (3/28)… Played a total of 575 minutes with a single-game high 66 at Boise State (4/9).

As a Freshman (2019 Season)
Academic All-Mountain West… Aztec Scholar-Athlete... Earned 18 starting assignments in 20 appearances… Scored three goals and assisted on two more for eight points… Produced 13 shots, putting four on frame… Goals came on a penalty kick against Texas Tech (8/22), in her collegiate debut, on another penalty kick at Miami (9/7) and got the game winner vs. Fresno State (11/7) in the Mountain West Tournament semifinal… Assisted on the game winner against LIU (8/25), and on the final goal in a 3-0 victory over San Jose State (10/27)… Among her 13 shots, had three games with multiple attempts: two vs. Texas Tech, three vs. LIU and four at Miami… Her only shot on goal which did not find the back of the net came at Wyoming (9/27)… Went 2-for-2 in penalty kicks… saw 1,490 minutes of field time.

High School
A graduate of Whitney HS in Rocklin, Calif.... A four-year letter winner, team captain and two-time Sierra Foothill League MVP... She led her team to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II championship as a senior... Twice named her team’s MVP and a four year honoree as a scholar-athlete... In 26 games as a senior, she scored 12 goals and assisted on 12 more as her team went 16-5-5 overall (according to MaxPreps)... Is the sister of Aztec Aliyah Utush who competed for the SDSU women’s soccer team from 2014-17.

Personal
Majoring in interdisciplinary studies.