Faith Webber

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Faith Webber
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Webber with Utah Valley in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth 2002 (age 23–24)
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Tampa Bay Sun
(on loan from the Denver Summit)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2021 Delta College Pioneers 29 (59)
2022–2025 Utah Valley Wolverines 82 (70)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 Detroit City 3 (1)
2026– Denver Summit 0 (0)
2026– → Tampa Bay Sun (loan) 0 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Faith Webber (born 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for USL Super League club Tampa Bay Sun, on loan from Denver Summit FC. After two seasons with the NJCAA DIII champion Delta College Pioneers, Webber played college soccer for the Utah Valley Wolverines, setting a program record with 70 career goals. She twice led NCAA Division I in goals or goals per game.

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Early life

Webber grew up in Grand Blanc, Michigan. [1] She played high school soccer for two seasons at Grand Blanc High School, scoring 58 goals, reaching two MHSAA D1 finals, and being named all-state. [1] She also played club soccer for Nationals in the Girls Academy. [1] During her sophomore year, she committed to play NCAA Division I college soccer for Michigan State along with her older sister, Paige, who later transferred to Indiana. [2] However, after her sophomore season, she decided to take a break from the sport for a while. [3] After graduating from high school, she enrolled in Delta College, a two-year community college in University Center, Michigan. [3]

College career

Delta College

Webber joined the Delta College Pioneers in the spring of 2021, leading the NJCAA Division III with 24 goals in 12 games as a freshman. [4] She helped the Pioneers win their first NJCAA DIII national title and was named tournament MVP after scoring six goals in three games in the tournament. [5] In the fall of 2021, she ranked second in the NJCAA with 35 goals in 17 games for Delta College. [6] She again led the Pioneers to the NJCAA DIII national title game and was named the tournament Most Valuable Offensive Player after scoring five goals for the runners-up. [7] She was named first-team NJCAA DIII All-American both seasons and was named the MCCAA Player of the Year in 2021. [8] [9] She later said her time at Delta College rekindled the "passion for the game that I had when I was a kid". [3]

Utah Valley

Looking for an opportunity in NCAA Division I, Webber found the Utah Valley Wolverines through connections to head coach Chris Lemay, a fellow Michigan native. [3] In the summer of 2021, she committed to join the program after her fall campaign with Delta College. [10] She also played for USL W League club Detroit City in the summer of 2022. [11] In her debut season at Utah Valley in 2022, she scored a then program record 14 goals in 22 games, earning first-team All-WAC honors. [1] She helped the Wolverines to the WAC regular-season title, the WAC tournament final, and the program's first at-large NCAA tournament entry. [1]

Webber broke her own program record with 16 goals in 19 games in 2023, including a hat trick against the No. 19–ranked USC Trojans. [1] She broke the record again with 18 goals in 19 games in 2024, leading NCAA Division I in goals per game, and helping the Wolverines to their third consecutive WAC regular-season title. [1] During the season, she passed Heather Stainbrook as the top scorer in program history. [12] She was named first-team All-WAC for the third time and was named the WAC Offensive Player of the Year in 2024. [1] TopDrawerSoccer ranked her as the 56th-best player in the nation in 2023 and 37th in 2024. [13] [14]

The following summer, Webber played for Austin Rise FC at the Soccer Tournament 2025. [15] After an NCAA rule change that stopped counting junior college seasons against NCAA eligibility, she decided to return to Utah Valley for a fourth and final season in 2025. [15] She had also trained with the Utah Royals and San Diego Wave of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). [15] She topped her scoring record once more with 22 goals in 22 games, earning first-team All-WAC honors for the fourth time in four years. [1] She tied with Colorado's Hope Leyba for the most goals in NCAA Division I. [16] She helped win her fourth consecutive WAC regular-season title, again reaching the WAC tournament final, and earned a second at-large bid into the NCAA tournament. [17] TopDrawerSoccer ranked her 20th in the nation in 2025. [18]

Club career

NWSL expansion team Denver Summit FC announced on January 17, 2026, that they had signed Webber to her first professional contract on a one-year deal. [19] On January 30, the Summit announced that she would join the Tampa Bay Sun on loan for the rest of the USL Super League season as part of the transaction that brought Natasha Flint on loan to Denver. [20]

Honors and awards

Delta College Pioneers

Utah Valley Wolverines

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Faith Webber". Utah Valley Wolverines . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Recruiting Roundup: Oct. 2-8". TopDrawerSoccer . October 2, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
    "Paige Webber". Indiana Hoosiers . Retrieved November 15, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Walker, Sean (August 30, 2023). "Why Michigan's Faith Webber took a chance on Utah Valley, and the skateboard that helped renew her love for the game". Salt City Soccer. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Lee (June 5, 2021). "Nothing can stop Delta College from national championship destiny". MLive.com . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Third time is the charm as Delta College women's soccer claims Division III Championship". National Junior College Athletic Association Region 12. June 5, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Three Delta College women's soccer players earn NJCAA Division III All-American honors". Michigan Community College Athletic Association. December 2, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  7. ↑ Thompson, Lee (November 15, 2021). "Defending champ Delta College settles for third national runner-up finish". MLive.com . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Three Delta College women's soccer players earn NJCAA Division III All-American honors". Michigan Community College Athletic Association. December 2, 2021. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Delta College's Webber wins Dick Shilts Female Student-Athlete of the Year". Michigan Community College Athletic Association. July 16, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Utah Valley signs Delta College standout Faith Webber". Utah Valley Wolverines . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Faith Webber #2·F". USL W League . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  12. ↑ "Wolverines Hold Off Utah Tech for Fifth Straight Win, Webber Becomes UVU's All-Time Leading Scorer". Utah Valley Wolverines. October 3, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  13. ↑ "College Soccer Player Rankings – National – 2023 (51–75)". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  14. ↑ "College Soccer Player Rankings – National – 2024 (26–50)". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  15. 1 2 3 "The Encore: Faith Webber's Last Run in the Valley". Utah Valley Wolverines. August 13, 2025. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Women's Soccer - Total Goals". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on January 10, 2026.
  17. ↑ "Wolverines Fall in Double Overtime Heartbreaker at No. 12 Colorado". Utah Valley Wolverines. November 14, 2025. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
  18. ↑ "College Soccer Player Rankings - National". TopDrawerSoccer . Archived from the original on January 10, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Denver Summit FC Signs Utah Valley Forward Faith Webber". Denver Summit FC. January 17, 2026. Retrieved January 17, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Denver Summit FC acquires forward Natasha Flint on loan from Tampa Bay Sun". Denver Summit FC. January 30, 2026. Retrieved January 30, 2026.
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