Alia Skinner Season 2020

Career Honors • Two-time ACC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 28, 2021 [co-honoree]; Oct. 6, 2020).
• College Soccer News Women's Team of the Week (Sept. 27, 2021).
• United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (Oct. 6, 2020).
• Ranked No. 64 among TopDrawerSoccer.com's 2020-21 Women's Freshmen Top 100 (Postseason) ... Moved up more than 20 positions from the 2020-21 Midseason listing.

2022 
• Season Notes:  Started in the season opener against William & Mary (Aug. 18), came out after 36 minutes due to injury. 

2021
• Season Notes:  Started each of Tech's 20 matches, etching 12 victories and two draws ... Logged the third most minutes (1,788), the fifth most saves (73) and the sixth best save percentage (.760) among ACC goalkeepers ... Boasted a 1.16 goals against average, stamping five clean sheets and seven scoreless outings ... Set Tech's ACC-era record for single-match saves (14) at No. 4 North Carolina (Sept. 23) ... Began the season with 250 individual, consecutive scoreless goalkeeping minutes, including season-opening clean sheets against Liberty (Aug. 19) and against William & Mary (Aug. 22).
• Saved 8-of-11 opportunities during the Hokies' NCAA second round match at No. 7 Arkansas (Nov. 19).
• Co-led Tech to its first NCAA tournament victory since 2018, chalking four saves during the Hokies' 3-1, opening round win against Ohio State (Nov. 12).
• Made five saves, earning her 11th victory of the season during Tech's 2-1 victory at Syracuse (Oct. 28). 
• Registered six saves and posted her fifth clean sheet of the season during the Hokies' 1-0 win against Boston College (Oct. 24).
• Recorded four saves, logging 83 goalkeeping minutes during Tech's 5-0 victory against Miami (Oct. 21).
• Notched four saves, completing a six-match unbeaten streak during the Hokies' 2-1 win at Pitt (Oct. 2).
• Was named the ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 28) and was chosen to the College Soccer News Women's Team of the Week (Sept. 27) for combining to save 22-of-25 opportunities faced while helping Tech salvage hard-earned results against both No. 4 North Carolina and No. 2 Duke.
• Saved 8-of-9 chances, went 9-for-9 in corner defense and anchored the Hokies' 10-women effort during their 1-1 draw against No. 2 Duke (Sept. 26).
• Set Tech's ACC-era record for saves (14), never trailing during the Hokies' 2-2 draw at No. 4 North Carolina (Sept. 23).
• Chalked her second consecutive three-save clean sheet during Tech's ACC-opening, 1-0 win against NC State (Sept. 18).
• Made three saves during the Hokies' 1-0 victory at No. 12 South Carolina (Sept. 12).
• Opened the season with back-to-back clean sheets during Tech's 3-0 win against Liberty (Aug. 19) and its 1-0 victory against William & Mary (Aug. 22).

2020-21
• Season Notes:  Started all but one of Tech's 17 matches, notching eight victories ... Ranked 11th among NCAA Division I goalkeepers and led the ACC in total saves (83) ... Registered the second best saves per match average (5.19) and the fifth most minutes (1,395) among ACC goalkeepers ... Recorded two clean sheets and four scoreless outings ... Posted a 1.42 goals against average ... Combined to yield a .836 save percentage and an 8.50 saves per match average during her first six career starts, each against top-15 ranked programs per United Soccer Coaches**.
• Spring 2021:  Won three of her four starts, recording a 1.39 goals against average ... Earned a pair of scoreless goalkeeping appearances against William & Mary (March 20) and at Liberty (April 1), combining for six saves ... Sported a .750 save percentage across her four appearances ... Saved 8-of-12 opportunities against Auburn (April 17).
• Weathered 17 attempts, though conceded the decisive goal during the Hokies' 1-0, ACC quarterfinal defeat against second-seeded [No. 1] North Carolina (Nov. 10).
• Kept her second career clean sheet, earning her fifth win during Tech's 3-0 victory at Boston College (Nov. 1).
• Chalked seven saves during the Hokies' come-from-behind, 4-3 win at Wake Forest (Oct. 29).
• Picked up her second and third victories of the season against Miami (Oct. 15) and against Navy (Oct. 24).
• Surpassed 50 saves across her first six career matches (51 saves, 8.50 per match), saving 8-of-10 opportunities at No. 7 Duke (Oct. 9).
• Achieved a season high, 12 saves while keeping her first career clean sheet during Tech's 2-0 win against No. 14 Pitt (Oct. 4).
• Registered nine saves across two scoreless halves, despite conceding the golden goal during the 94th minute against No. 11 Virginia (Sept. 25).
• Recorded nine saves, allowing one decisive goal at [No. 1**] North Carolina (Sept. 20).
• Tallied seven saves, conceding three goals at [No. 3**] Clemson (Sept. 17). 
• Saved 6-of-9 opportunities, facing 21 attempts during her collegiate debut at [No. 11**] Virginia (Sept. 12).
** United Soccer Coaches rankings prior to Sept. 22, 2020, were retroactively adjusted to reflect the outlet's first season poll release on Sept. 22, 2020. National Team: Has vast United States National Team experience, attending numerous national camps at the U-14, U-16 and U-18 levels, so far playing for five seasons under coaches April Kater, Kacey White and Mark Carr ... Was on the U-16 national team that took home the Torneo Delle Nazioni championship held in Italy in Slovenia in April 2018 ... Invited to participate in U-20 Women's National Team Virtual Meetings in 2021.

Club: Played three years with the United Soccer Alliance DA for coaches Luis Torres and Wale Leyimu ... During the 2018-19 season, her club team was ranked No. 1 the nation for most of the year, while she only allowed four goals against in the regular season and posted 14 shutouts in 18 matches ... Helped the team reach the final four at the DA nationals last season, was named the Top Drawer Soccer/THINX Club Player of the Week on May 29, 2019, and was a 2017 and 2018 US Coaches Youth Girls All-South Region selection.
 
High School:  Did not compete on any athletic teams at Fleming Island.

Personal:  Alia Olson Skinner … Born April 2, 2002 in Watertown, New York … Daughter of Eric Skinner and Soheila Zekri ... Father played football at Washington and Lee University, while her mother played lacrosse, tennis field hockey and was the captain of the swim team at Goucher College ... Paternal grandfather was a captain of the soccer team at Washington and Lee, while her maternal grandfather was a national tennis champion in Iran in 1950 and 1951 … Has an older brother, Parker … Majoring is business.