2024 Women's Soccer Roster

Lily Boyden
Photo by: Mona Gorashi
Lilly Boyden
Photo by: Percy Anderson
Lily Boyden 2025 Headshot
Jersey Number 21

Lily Boyden

  • Position:
    Forward
  • Height:
    5-6
  • Class:
    Junior
  • High School:
    Skyline
  • Hometown:
    Salt Lake City, Utah
  • Previous School:
    Washington State
2024
Played in all 24 games and started eight ... Scored a goal in the Big Ten Championship win against Rutgers โ€ฆ Played the full 90 in games at Pepperdine and Kentucky.

2023 (Washington State)
Redshirted the season after suffering a season-ending injury in the spring.ย 

2022 (Washington State)
Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team after playing in 18 of 19 matches for Washington State โ€ฆ Listed No. 70 on Top Drawer Soccerโ€™s Top 100 Freshmen โ€ฆ Earned three starts and made her first career start on Aug. 28 against Eastern Washington โ€ฆ Finished the season with two goals and three assists โ€ฆ Scored her first career goal on Sept. 11 vs. Cal Poly โ€ฆ Also scored a goal in the season finale against Washington โ€ฆ Recorded her first collegiate point with an assist against Denver on Sept. 4 โ€ฆ Tallied an assist at Saint Maryโ€™s on Sept. 18 to mark her third consecutive match with a point.ย 

U.S. National Team
Invited to attend the USYNT Virtual Training Camp in 2021.ย 

High School/Club
Named Utahโ€™s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2021-22 โ€ฆ High School All-American and the Deseret News Ms. Soccer โ€ฆ First-team all-league and all-state after scoring 34 goals with 12 assists โ€ฆ Leading Skyline HS to the 2021 5A Championship, No. 6 national ranking and 20-0 record โ€ฆ Won MVP honors at the 2021 5A Playoffs โ€ฆ Also a standout runner in track and field at Skyline, where she holds the school records in the 100m, 200m and 400m โ€ฆ Won the regional championships in the 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m and 4x400m relay โ€ฆ Named to the track and field Utah All-State Team in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m distances โ€ฆ Skyline HS Athlete of the Year โ€ฆ Played club soccer for LA Roca FC โ€ฆ Earned 2022 and 2021 ECNL All-Conference first-team honors in the Northwest โ€ฆ Named to the Academy Top Scorers List โ€ฆ Played for the La Roca 2004 ECNL boys team and scored three goals in the Boys State Cup in 2020.ย 

Personal
Born in Fairfax, VA โ€ฆ Parents are Sarah and Tom Boyden โ€ฆ Mother Sarah ran track and cross country at BYU โ€ฆ Has an older brother, Thomas, two younger brothers, Jacob and Alexander, and two younger sisters, Annie and Vivienne โ€ฆ Brother Thomas runs track and cross country at Stanford, and sister Annie plays soccer at Gonzaga โ€ฆ Enrolled at UCLA in Winter 2024 โ€ฆ Decided to attend UCLA because of the perfect โ€œbalance between academic, athletic, and social life,โ€ the location, the coaching staff and team culture โ€ฆ Athletes she admires are Christen Press and Lionel Messi โ€ฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as winning the state championship her senior year in high school in an undefeated season while playing with her sister โ€ฆ Interests include reading and traveling โ€ฆ Psychology major.
Highlights - W. Soccer vs. Stanford (Sept. 7, 2025)
Monday, September 08
UCLA Football Postgame - Players, at UNLV (Sept. 6, 2025)
Sunday, September 07
UCLA Football Postgame - Coach Foster, at UNLV (Sept. 6, 2025)
Sunday, September 07
Jordan Chiles - 2025 Big Ten Championships Floor (10.0)
Friday, September 05