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Jersey Number 8
Taliana Kaufusi
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-11
- Hometown:
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- High School:
- Highland HS
- Major:
- Family Community and Human Development
Bio
Awards
2024 All-Big 12 Second Team
2024 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
2024 Fall Academic All-Big 12 Team
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2022Â Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
2024
2024 All-Big 12 Second Team
2024 Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week
2024 Fall Academic All-Big 12 Team
2024 CSC Academic All-District
2022Â Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
2020 Pac-12 All-Freshman Team
2024
- One of four Utes to make all 19 starts
- Posted the team's highest totals in goals (10), points (22), shots (54) and shots on goal (25)
- Her 10 goals promoted her to the fifth-most all-time in career goals (27)
- First Ute in 28 years to score two hat tricks in one season, after her second during the 4-1 win over Idaho State on Sept. 15
- Earned her first career hat trick in the 8-1 win over Weber State on Sept. 1
- Put the Utes on the scoreboard in the first 10 minutes in four games;Â Gonzaga, Grand Canyon, LSU and ASU
- Scored the game-winning goal against Idaho State
- Racked up 1318 minutes of playing time
- One of four Utah players to make all 20 starts
- Posted the team’s second-highest totals in goals (6), points (13) and shots (37)
- Scored the game-winner on Aug. 24 in Utah’s victory at Utah State
- Added her second score in a triumph over Utah Valley on Aug. 30
- Recorded her final goal of the year on Oct. 26 to help the Utes upend No. 18 Arizona State
- Picked up a goal and an assist on Sept. 28 at Oregon State
- Her shot total included a season-high four on Oct. 1 at Oregon
- Finished the year with 1417 minutes played
- One of only two Utes who started all 19 matches
- Led the team in goals (6), total points (12), shots (41) and shots on goal (17)
- Racked up 1190 minutes of playing time
- Scored both Utah goals to erase a first-half deficit in a 2-2 tie with Portland on Aug. 18
- Tallied goals in back-to-back matches on Sept. 4 and Sept. 11, including the only goal in a 1-0 win over Utah State
- Scored in the Utes 2-1 victory over Arizona on Sept. 23 and on Sept. 29 at Washington
- Appeared in 18 matches and started 17 games. She one-of-eight players to start 15 or more on the season
- Scored four goals, the second-most on the team and a career-high
- Scored two game-winning goals, the most on the team
- Picked up her lone assist on the season in the final game of the year against Colorado
- Logged 1,184 minutes on the team, a career-high
- Was second on the team in points with 9 points (4g, 1a)
- Was second on the team in shots with 32
- Only freshman and 1-of-4 on the team to start in all 16 games
- Was tied for fifth on the team in points with 3 points (1g, 1a) and sixth in minutes played (1,163)
- Made her collegiate debut and start against BYU and played 59 minutes
- Logged a season-high 96 minutes in her first Pac-12 match at Washington State
- Helped Utah upset #14 USC with a 2-0 victory at home
- Recorded her first collegiate assists before scoring her first career goal vs. Arizona within 30 seconds
- Lettered at Highland High School and played club soccer with La Roca FC
- Member of the U.S. Soccer Development Academy
- Played freshman season at Skyline High School
- Helped La Roca FC to the state cup in 2015
- Daughter of Jason and Tenille Kaufusi
- Has five younger siblings, Ammon, Malia, Kimari, Ruby and Amelia
- Father Jason was a standout football player at Utah (2000-03) and currently an outside linebackers coach with Chip Kelly’s staff at UCLA
- Uncles Doug (1998-2001), Henry (1994-95) and Jeff (1994-96) all played football at Utah
- Uncles Steve and Rich and cousins Jackson, Isaiah, Bronson and Corbin played at BYU
- Cousin Doug Taumoelau played football at Oregon State (2016-20)
- Cousins Devin Kaufusi (Sr.) and Paul Maile (Jr.) currently play football for the Utes
- Cousin Tangaloa Kaufusi played football at Stanford
- Cousin Bronson Kaufusi currently plays for the Green Bay Packers
- Cousin Corbin Kaufusi currently plays for the San Francisco 49ers
- Majoring in Family Community and Human Development & Nursing
Crimson Corner with Bill Riley - Ron McBride
Wednesday, September 03
Utah Women's Soccer Head Coach Hideki Nakada heads into his 5th year - ESPN+ Feature
Tuesday, September 02
Utah Soccer's Kelly Bullock - ESPN+ Feature
Tuesday, September 02
Crimson Corner with Bill Riley - Debut
Tuesday, August 26
