2021 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Cassidy Tshimbalanga
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Carondelet
- Hometown:
- Alamo, Calif.
2020
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar โฆ Named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll for the second-straight year โฆ Did not play due to injury.
2019
Selected to the Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll โฆ Did not play due to injury.
2018
Redshirted the season due to injury.
High School/Club
Four-year starter at Carondelet HS โฆ Won the 2018 Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame Student-Athlete Award โฆ High school All-American in 2017 and 2018 โฆ Two-time Team MVP and Offensive Player of the Year โฆ Won the 2017 Wendyโs High School Heisman โฆ Three-time NCS Scholar Athlete โฆ 2018 Carondelet High School Athlete of the Year after setting the schoolโs single-season record for goals scored โฆ Named to the SOCCERLIST top 100 players in America List โฆ Winner of the 2018 U.S. Youth Soccer William J. โBillyโ Goaziou Award โฆ Participated in U.S. Soccer National Training ID camp in 2013 โฆ Member of state and regional PDP teams (2012-14) and ODP teams (2014-16) โฆ Played club soccer with California Thorns and DeAnza Force.
Personal
Full name is Cassidy K. Tshimbalanga โฆ Born in California โฆ Parents are Didier and Cheree Tshimbalanga โฆ Has an older sister, Sydney โฆ Father attended UCLA โฆ Uncle Keidane McAlpine is the head womenโs soccer coach at USC โฆ Aunt Kanika McAlpine played soccer at the University of South Carolina โฆ Wanted to attend UCLA since she first visited the campus with her family at age 7 โฆ Lists her greatest athletic thrill as getting the blue and gold jersey with No. 25 โฆ Admires Megan Rapinoe, Serena Williams and Kylian Mbappe โฆ Interests are tourism, community service and live music โฆ Founder and director of ASISTERSPROJECT.org, which is devoted to women and children living in poverty and violence globally โฆ Has won many major service awards, including the nationโs highest award for service, the US Presidentโs Volunteer Service Award, and the nationโs oldest award for service, the Jefferson Award โฆ International development studies major.
