2024 Women's Soccer Roster
Nurkin, Paige
Jersey Number 0
Paige Nurkin
- Height:
- 6-0
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
Bio
2024 (Graduate Student)
Made three appearances with one start… Earned a clean sheet in her Wake Forest debut against Temple, recording one save in the 4-0 victory (8/22)... Combined for two more shutouts against Syracuse (9/29) and Morehead State (11/15), recording 57 minutes across the two matches with two saves.
Prior to Wake Forest (Columbia)
Made three appearances with one start… Earned a clean sheet in her Wake Forest debut against Temple, recording one save in the 4-0 victory (8/22)... Combined for two more shutouts against Syracuse (9/29) and Morehead State (11/15), recording 57 minutes across the two matches with two saves.
Prior to Wake Forest (Columbia)
2023 (Senior)
Started 18 games and served as the primary keeper for Columbia … Tallied 1,550 total minutes and allowed just 13 goals all season for a 0.75 goals against average … Totaled 61 saves for an 82.4 save percentage … Finished the season with a 10-5-3 record including seven shutouts … Named First Team All-Ivy League and Academic All-Ivy … A Three-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week selection … Played a major role in helping Columbia lead the nation in goals against average, save percentage and shutout percentage at points during the season. Tallied four saves to help lead Columbia past Rutgers for the first NCAA Tournament win in program history … Recipient of the 1994 Team Award.
2022 (Junior)
Made 14 starts … Totaled 31 saves as she finished the season with the sixth-most saves in the Ivy League … Averaged 2.21 saves per game, which ranked 6th in the Ivy League … Earned four wins with 845 total minutes played … Owned a 1.38 goals against average, which ranked 7th overall in the Ivy League … Earned one shutout in the team’s 1-0 win over Cornell (9/24).
2021 (Sophomore)
Made 14 starts in standout season...Owned 0.94 goals against average...Led Ivy League in save percentage, 0.851...Named to Ivy League honor roll four times...Earned shutouts against Bucknell (9/4), FDU (9/12), Seton Hall (9/17), Quinnipiac (9/19), Penn (10/9), Adelphi (10/12) ... Named to 2021 Academic All-Ivy team.
2020 (First-Year)
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
High School
Earned two letters at Charlotte Latin School before playing her junior and senior seasons with Charlotte Soccer Academy DA ... Made 88 saves, tallied 12 shutouts and had a 0.584 goals against average her sophomore season to earn 2018 All-State, All-Region and All-Conference selections ... 2018 Southern Coast Cup Top Drawer Soccer Best IX ... All earned two letters in volleyball ... U16 State Champion ... Qualified for 2020 DA Cup Elite Eight ... Recorded 0.46 goals against average senior season ... National Merit Semifinalist.
Personal
Parents are John and Suzy Nurkin ... Has one sister, Ansley ... Enrolled in Columbia College.
Started 18 games and served as the primary keeper for Columbia … Tallied 1,550 total minutes and allowed just 13 goals all season for a 0.75 goals against average … Totaled 61 saves for an 82.4 save percentage … Finished the season with a 10-5-3 record including seven shutouts … Named First Team All-Ivy League and Academic All-Ivy … A Three-time Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week selection … Played a major role in helping Columbia lead the nation in goals against average, save percentage and shutout percentage at points during the season. Tallied four saves to help lead Columbia past Rutgers for the first NCAA Tournament win in program history … Recipient of the 1994 Team Award.
2022 (Junior)
Made 14 starts … Totaled 31 saves as she finished the season with the sixth-most saves in the Ivy League … Averaged 2.21 saves per game, which ranked 6th in the Ivy League … Earned four wins with 845 total minutes played … Owned a 1.38 goals against average, which ranked 7th overall in the Ivy League … Earned one shutout in the team’s 1-0 win over Cornell (9/24).
2021 (Sophomore)
Made 14 starts in standout season...Owned 0.94 goals against average...Led Ivy League in save percentage, 0.851...Named to Ivy League honor roll four times...Earned shutouts against Bucknell (9/4), FDU (9/12), Seton Hall (9/17), Quinnipiac (9/19), Penn (10/9), Adelphi (10/12) ... Named to 2021 Academic All-Ivy team.
2020 (First-Year)
Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
High School
Earned two letters at Charlotte Latin School before playing her junior and senior seasons with Charlotte Soccer Academy DA ... Made 88 saves, tallied 12 shutouts and had a 0.584 goals against average her sophomore season to earn 2018 All-State, All-Region and All-Conference selections ... 2018 Southern Coast Cup Top Drawer Soccer Best IX ... All earned two letters in volleyball ... U16 State Champion ... Qualified for 2020 DA Cup Elite Eight ... Recorded 0.46 goals against average senior season ... National Merit Semifinalist.
Personal
Parents are John and Suzy Nurkin ... Has one sister, Ansley ... Enrolled in Columbia College.
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