Jasmine Aikey

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Jasmine Aikey
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Aikey with Stanford in 2024
Personal information
Full name Jasmine Annemarie Aikey
Date of birth (2005-07-07) July 7, 2005 (age 20) [1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) [2]
Position(s)
Team information
Current team
 Denver Summit
Youth career
San Jose Earthquakes
MVLA
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022–2025 Stanford Cardinal 89 (43)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2026– Denver Summit 0 (0)
International career‡
2023 United States U-20 5 (1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of June 4, 2023

Jasmine Annemarie Aikey (born July 7, 2005) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for Denver Summit FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Stanford Cardinal, winning the Hermann Trophy in 2025. She has represented the United States at the youth international level.

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Early life

Aikey was born in Burlingame, California, to Merline Saintil and Greg Aikey, and grew up in Palo Alto. [2] She began playing soccer with the AYSO and had spells with multiple clubs before moving to the San Jose Earthquakes's academy. [3] She tore the meniscus in her knee when she was twelve. [3] She then joined MVLA Soccer Club, where she played alongside future Stanford teammates Elise Evans and Allie Montoya. [4] She won the DA under-15 national championship in 2019 and the ECNL under-17 national title in 2021, scoring the only goal in the latter final. [2] [5] She graduated from Bryant Academy in Palo Alto in 2022. [2] During college, she also played for USL W League club San Francisco Glens, reaching the national semifinals in 2023. [6] [7]

College career

Aikey led the Stanford Cardinal in scoring with 10 goals in 22 games as a freshman in 2022, helping the team win the Pac-12 Conference and earning second-team All-Pac-12 honors. [2] She scored a hat trick against Oregon State and took a four-goal haul in the NCAA tournament first round. [8] She underwent a second knee surgery after her freshman season. [3]

Aikey scored directly from a corner against St. Mary's early in her sophomore season in 2023. [9] She scored a hat trick in the regular season finale against rivals California. [10] In the NCAA tournament, she had an assist in every game as Stanford reached the final, losing to Florida State to end their otherwise undefeated season. [11] Aikey finished her sophomore season with 11 goals and led the Pac-12 with 12 assists in 25 games. [11] She was named the Pac-12 Midfielder of the Year, first-team All-Pac-12, and first-team All-American. [2] [12]

Previously a midfielder, Aikey mostly played center back during her junior season in 2024, the Cardinal's first year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. [13] She managed pain throughout the season and was diagnosed with osteitis pubis, then fractured her fibula in the penultimate regular-season game. [3] She was named second-team All-ACC after starting 17 games and scoring 1 goal. [2]

Aikey returned to the field playing as a striker in her senior season in 2025, [14] scoring 21 goals (third in the nation) with 11 assists in 25 games. [2] She helped lead the Cardinal to the ACC regular-season and tournament titles, scoring in both rounds in the tournament and being named tournament MVP. [15] She scored six goals in the NCAA tournament as the Cardinal reached the final, again losing to Florida State. [2] She was named first-team All-ACC, first-team All-American, and the TopDrawerSoccer National Player of the Year, and won the Hermann Trophy. [2]

Club career

NWSL expansion team Denver Summit FC announced on January 8, 2026, that they had signed Aikey to her first professional contract on a two-year deal with the mutual option for another year. [16]

International career

Aikey was invited to training camps with the United States youth national team at the under-14, under-15, and under-17 levels before being selected to the under-20 roster for the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship. [2] She scored her first under-20 international goal in the tournament semifinals, opening in a 2–1 win over Costa Rica; the United States fell to Mexico in the final. [17] [18]

Honors and awards

Stanford Cardinal

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Jasmine Aikey". United States Soccer Federation . Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Jasmine Aikey". Stanford Cardinal . Retrieved September 22, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Aikey, Jasmine (May 23, 2025). "Jasmine Aikey: Remembering My Why". SoccerHead. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ Ingemi, Marisa (September 12, 2022). "Stanford women's soccer freshmen unite after years as rivals, friends" . San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved September 13, 2022.
  5. ↑ Clark, Travis (July 19, 2021). "2021 ECNL National Champions crowned" . Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  6. ↑ "Conference Semifinals Preview: The road to crown a new USL W League Champion starts today". USL W League. June 7, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Martin scores in stoppage time to send Indy to USL W League Final". Indy Eleven. July 14, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Aikey's Hat Trick Powers Cardinal". Stanford Cardinal. August 23, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
    Leventis, Samantha (November 12, 2022). "Aikey scores double brace as women's soccer beats San Jose State in first round of NCAA Tournament". The Stanford Daily . Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Aikey's Olimpico Sparks Comeback". Stanford Cardinal. August 27, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Aikey Hat Trick Caps Undefeated Regular Season". Stanford Cardinal. November 3, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Women's Postseason Top 100 Player Rankings". TopDrawerSoccer . December 14, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Aikey One to Watch". Stanford Cardinal. August 9, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Aikey Earns Conference Honor". Stanford Cardinal. September 17, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.
  14. ↑ "TDS Women's Player of the Year Finalists". TopDrawerSoccer . November 28, 2025. Retrieved November 30, 2025.
  15. ↑ "TDS Player of the Year: Jasmine Aikey". TopDrawerSoccer . December 5, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Denver Summit FC Signs Stanford Standout Jasmine Aikey". Denver Summit FC. January 8, 2026. Retrieved January 8, 2026.
  17. ↑ "U.S. U20 WNT Qualifies for World Cup". United States Soccer Federation. June 3, 2023. Retrieved September 23, 2024– via TopDrawerSoccer .
  18. ↑ Olorunfemi, Victor (June 5, 2023). "Mexico beat U.S. U20 to Concacaf Crown". TopDrawerSoccer . Retrieved September 23, 2024.
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