2025 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 5
Suus de Bakker
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- High School:
- International School of Hilversum
- Prev School:
- SC Buitenveldert
- Major:
- Business Economics
Career Highlights
- Three-time Big West Champion
- 2021 Big West Regular Season Champion
- Three-time NCAA Tournament participant
- Record of 4-3-1 with three clean sheets
- Wins vs. 1-seed UCLA, 2-seed UCLA, and 4-seed USC
- Member of first program in NCAA history to defeat No. 1-seed in NCAA First Round and reach the Sweet 16 in same tournament
- 2025 United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Third Team
- 2025 All-Big West First Team
- 79 career matches played, 13th in UC Irvine history
- Totaled 4,800 career minutes starting 54 times
- Nine career goals
- Three in 2022 season, all in postseason matches
- Five in 2025 season, one brace
- Two game-winning goals, one in 2022 Big West First Round match
- Four career assists, two each in 2022 and 2023 seasons
- 22 career points, high of 10 in 2025 season
- 2024-25 Big West Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year for UC Irvine
- CSC Academic All-District 2025
- Three-time Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Two-time Big West Fall All-Academic
- Eight-time Dean's List
2025
- United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Third Team
- All-Big West First Team
- Played 16 matches starting 15 on the backline for 1,207 minutes
- Contributed toward nine clean sheets
- Tied for Big West lead among defenders with five goals
- Finished second on the team in goals and third with 10 points
- Scored a game-winner vs. UC Davis, also her first career brace
- Second on the team with 13 shots on goal, third with 24 total shots
- Team highs of 20.8% shooting percentage and 54.2% shots on goal percentage
- CSC Academic All-District
- Named a team captain for the 2025 season
- Started and played first five matches before sustaining an injury August 29 vs. San Francisco
- Totaled 313 minutes while registering two shots
- Big West Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year for UC Irvine
- Dean's List Fall and Spring quarters
- Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll with highest honors
- CSC Academic All-District
- Played in 23 matches starting 22 for 1,731 minutes
- Assisted on two goals
- Dean's List Fall and Winter quarters
- Big West Fall All-Academic
- Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll with highest honors
- Played in 23 matches starting 12 and totaling 1,305 minutes
- Scored three goals including a game-winner vs. Cal State Fullerton in overtime of the Big West First Round
- Scored in the NCAA Third Round match at [2] Alabama
- Assisted on two goals for eight points
- Named to Big West Fall All-Academic Team
- Earned Winter Dean's List
- Made collegiate debut off the bench Sept. 26 vs. UC San Diego
- Played in 12 matches for a total of 244 minutes
- Scored first career goal and point at CSUN, Oct. 24
- Claimed Dean's List honors in Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters
- Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll with highest honors
- Attended International School of Hilversum that didn't have team sports
- Played for club SC Buitenveldert for 11 years
- Four-time honor roll member
- Parents attended the University of Bradford and University of Amsterdam
- Older sibling plays soccer and basketball
- Speaks Dutch, French, and some Spanish
- Aspires to be a sports agent
- Has done with with the broadcast team at UCI
- Traveled to Cambodia in 2020 to volunteer and numerous other volunteering projects with classmates from school visiting nursing homes, picking up trash, and fundraising
- Also participated with Friends for Life, Culture committee and Spirit committee,
- Favorite quote - "Niet geschoten is altijd mis" - Johan Cruijff. It means if you don't shoot you'll never score.
- Fan of Ajax and Frenkie de Jong
- Enjoys sushi, wolves and dogs, and the musical stylings of Ariana Grande and The Weeknd
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