Caitlyn Leffler
- position Defender
- height 5-8
- class Senior
- Hometown Livingston, NJ
- High school Livingston High School
- position Defender
- height 5-8
- class Senior
- Hometown Livingston, NJ
- High school Livingston High School
Caitlyn Leffler Bio
AWARDS:
Senior Season (2023)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
Junior Season (2022)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
Sophomore season (2021)
· SEC Academic Honor Roll
Freshman season (2020-21)
· First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll
2023: Made appearances in seven games, picking up first career start in 2-0 win against Furman (Sept. 10), putting up two shots with both being on-goal for the first time in her career…played eight minutes in NCAA Tournament second-round game against Stanford (Nov. 17)…
2022: Made appearances in six games, playing a career-high 64 minutes against Arkansas (Sept. 25)…took first career shot in 2-0 win over East Carolina (Aug. 21)…played in final minutes of the SEC Championship game against Alabama (Nov. 6)…
2021: Did not see game action due to injury
2020-21: Was limited to just one appearance in her first collegiate season with Carolina due to suffering an injury… Made her South Carolina debut in the SEC Tournament semifinals, starting as a defender, before suffering her season-ending injury 15 minutes into the contest.
PRE-COLLEGE: Ranked prospect according to TopDrawerSoccer.com… Was a member of the 2019 ECNL National Champions… Attended pair of ID2 camps while with club team
• North Jersey Section One, Group Four, Champions in 2016 and named to All-Conference team… Essex County Champions in 2016… Scored four goals and added four assists for her high school squad from center back position
• Won three letters with high school soccer program before moving to club team in 2017-18… Was on high school honor roll all four years… A member of National Honor Society, National Spanish Honor Society, National English Honor Society and National Business Honor Society
PERSONAL: Has one sibling, Megan (20)… Sister Megan currently plays soccer for Monmouth University… Daughter of Arlene and Chris Leffler.
Chose the University of South Carolina because: “I chose South Carolina for the great culture the women’s soccer program has and for the many academic opportunities the university provides. I believe that the highly competitive soccer program, and the quality education will challenge me both on and off the field and allow me to grow as a person and a player.”
