2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Ayo Oke
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Brookwood
- Hometown:
- Lawrenceville, Ga.
- Previous School:
- University of California
Named to the Academic All-Big Ten team โฆ Played in 15 games and started five โฆ Totaled two goals and one assist, all during postseason play โฆ Assisted on the game-winning goal in the Big Ten quarterfinal game against Penn State โฆ Scored the gameโs second goal in the 2-0 Big Ten semifinal win over Washington โฆ Recorded the Bruinsโ lone goal in the NCAA second round against Virginia Tech.
2023
Selected to the All-Pac 12 second team for the second-straight year โฆ Started and played in all 19 games โฆ Totaled one goal and four assists and contributed to 11 shutouts โฆ Scored the game-winning goal and assisted on the other goal in a 2-0 win over Cal โฆ Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 30 โฆ Ranked fourth amongst UCLA field players with 1,390 minutes played.
2022 (University of California)
Named to the All-Pacific Region first team and the All-Pac-12 second team โฆ Appeared and started in 20 matches at Cal โฆ Tied for the conference lead in assists with nine, a total which ranks second on Calโs all-time single-season assist list โฆ Recorded a three-assist game on Oct. 27 vs. Colorado โฆ Totaled one goal and one assist on Oct. 20 vs. Oregon State.
2021 (University of California)
Named to the Pac-12 All-Freshman team โฆ Appeared in 13 matches, starting 11 โฆ Ranked 10th on the team with 798 minutes played and tied for sixth with three points โฆ Scored the game-winning goal against Arizona State โฆ Her lone assist came in her first collegiate appearance at UC San Diego.
U.S. National Team
Member of the U.S. U-23 team for the 2023 Portland Thorns Preseason Tournament โฆ Played in two games and started one for the U.S. at the 2022 Under-20 Womenโs World Cup โฆ Helped lead the U.S. to the 2022 CONCACAF U-20 Championship โฆ Named to the Best XI team at the 2022 Sud Ladies Cup โฆ Member of the U.S Youth National teams since the U-15s โฆ Selected to the U-16 Youth National Team that won the CFA International Youth Womenโs Championship.
High School/Club
While playing for Brookwood HS, she earned Region Midfielder of the Year and All-Region honors in 2020-21 โฆ Played club soccer with Tophat SC and earned All-America honors twice.
Personal
Full name is Ayooluwa Oke โฆ Born in Lawrenceville, Ga. โฆ Parents are Kolade and Ronke Oke โฆ Has an older brother, Adeola โฆ Wanted to attend UCLA because of the โcompetitive environment, great academics, and amazing locationโ โฆ Describes her greatest athletic thrill as having her first U-20 World Cup start versus the Netherlands โฆ Athletes she admires include Crystal Dunn, Abby Wambach and Trent Alexander-Arnold โฆ Enjoys reading, watching movies, trying new foods and traveling โฆ Sociology major with career aspirations to be a professional soccer player or lawyer.
