2024 Soccer Roster

23 Daviana Vaka

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Graduate Student
  • High School Juan Diego Catholic H.S.
  • Hometown Sandy, Utah
  • Instagram davianavaka
  • Twitter davianavaka1

Biography

2023 All-SEC First Team
2023 All-Southeast Region Second Team

2024:
· Started every match available (16) at center back, playing the entirety of 12 matches
· Assisted on Vera Blom’s 25-yard at Georgia State
· Southeastern Conference Fall 2024 Academic Honor Roll
· Played with Tonga at Oceania Football Confederation Olympic Qualifier in February 2024. Served as captain for Feb. 13 match versus Vanuatu.

2023:
· 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region second team
· All-SEC first team
· SEC Defensive Player of Week after Florida’s sixth shutout of season at LSU
· Earned season opening TopDrawer Soccer National Team of the Week honors after playing entirety of shutout wins versus East Carolina and Maryland
· Earned first assist as a Gator off free kick put in by Lena Bailey versus Auburn
· No. 99 on TopDrawerSoccer postseason ranking of nation’s sophomores, juniors and seniors
· Started every match at centerback, playing entirety of 16 matches. Led all UF players with average of 86.8 minutes per match.
· Received Defensive Player of the Year at team banquet
· SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

At BYU (2019-22):
· Provided assist on game-winning goals in 2-1 wins versus Gonzaga and at Loyola Marymount in 2022
· Oct. 24, 2022 West Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Week after assist and goal line clearance versus Gonzaga
· Appeared in all but four matches in each of 2021 and 2022 seasons
· Career high minutes (62) played in 1-1 OT match versus Stanford in 2022 NCAA Second Round (BYU advanced 5-4 on penalty kicks)
· The Cougars advanced to NCAA action each of three seasons Vaka competed for BYU – 2022 (third round), 2021 (championship match) and 2020-21 (second round)
· West Coast Conference Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll in 2021-22 (bronze)
 
High School/Club:
· 2018 All-State 4A Second Team
· 2017 Salt Lake Tribune All-State Honorable Mention
· 2016 Salt Lake Tribune All-State Team
· 2016 Top Goal Scorer in Utah (27 goals)
· 2015 All-State 3A Honorable Mention
· Scored twice in Juan Diego Catholic H.S.’s 3-0 win to claim 2016 Utah High School Activities Association (UHSAA) 3A State title
· 2016-17 Player Development Program
· 2015-17 ECNL Player to Watch
· 2x All-American Junior Olympics track and field
· Captain and 4-year starter for Juan Diego Catholic H.S.
 
International:
· Scored first international goal on July 23, 2022 versus Papua New Guinea in Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) Women's Nations Cup, playing entirety of 3-3 tie match
  
Major:
· Graduated from BYU with her bachelor’s degree in business management in May of 2023
· Earned sports management graduate certificate at UF at conclusion of fall 2023 semester
· Graduated in fall of 2024 with a master's degree in Sports Management 
 
Daviana Vaka's Collegiate Stats
Season Team GP-GS Min. Shot G A Pt.
2020 BYU 8-0 122 1 0 0 0
2021 BYU 20-0 514 4 0 0 0
2022 BYU 19-0 604 8 0 1 1
2023 UF 17-17 1476 2 0 1 1
UF TOTAL 17-17 1476 2 0 1 1
TOTAL 64-17 2718 15 0 2 2


Vaka’s Career Statistics (at BYU)
Season GP-GS Min Shots G A Pts
2019 0-0
2020-21 8-0 120 1 0 0 0
2021 20-0 511 4 0 0 0
2022 19-0 595 8 0 2 2
2023 17-17 1476 2 0 1 1
Totals 64-17 2718 15 0 3 3

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

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    2023Redshirt Senior

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    2024Graduate Student

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