May 24, 2020
OTP: Bria VarnBuhler
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Photos by Pomona-Pitzer Athletics
PROFILE
Education: Pomona College, Class of 2020
Major: Chemistry
Hometown: Santa Rosa, California
High school: Maria Carrillo High School, Santa Rosa, California
Position: Midfield
Club teams: Atlético Santa Rosa and Santa Rosa United
College soccer career at Pomona-Pitzer: 41 career goals and nine career assists, school single-season record for goals and points (2019). Helped lead Pomona-Pitzer to the most wins (20), highest ranking (No. 3), and first NCAA Final Four appearance in program history.
Individual Honors:
- Three-time First Team All-SCIAC
- Two-time United Soccer Coaches (USC) First Team All-West Region
- 2019 USC First Team All American
- 2019 D3soccer.com Midfielder of the Year
- 2019 USC Division III Women’s National Player of the Year (the first SCIAC player to earn that honor)
CONVERSATION
My introduction to soccer: “My mom says I started playing indoor soccer when I was four. I don’t remember that, but I do remember playing for rec teams—sometimes with my mom as a coach—and then being asked to play club soccer. My mom had to force me to go to the club tryout. I made such a scene.”
Why I love the game: “Being on a team and playing with a bunch of your friends. It amplifies the emotions of everything you do. The strongest emotions I’ve experienced in my life, good and bad, came from soccer games. That’s such a powerful thing.”
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