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2025 Catamount Women's Soccer Roster

Ashley Evans, WCU Communications and Marketing
Catamount Athletics Creative Media

1 Leanne Trudel

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 5-5
  • Hometown Longueuil, Quebec
  • High School Celtix du Haut-Richelieu
  • Class Senior

Biography

2025 (Senior): Named to the 2025 Preseason All-Southern Conference Team

2024 (Junior): Started all 21 matches in the 2024 season…recorded career-best marks in GAA (.49 - program record), save percentage (.863), and goals allowed (10)... earned 12 solo shutouts and 14 total shutouts (a school and SoCon record in a single season)...allowed only a single goal in SoCon play…recorded a season-high seven saves in two games (vs Florida 8/16/24, vs Chattanooga 10/27/24)... Earned first-team All-SoCon honors… named to CSC Academic All-District Team…named SoCon Defensive Player of the Week twice (9/24/24 & 10/22/24)

2023 (Sophomore): Earned Second Team All-SoCon honors… appeared as the starter goalkeeper for all 21 games throughout the 2023 season… played in a total of 1755 minutes… tallied 13 victories along with a conference-high nine shutouts… added three team shutouts along with teammate Eden Reece… added 64 saves… totaled 25 stops in SoCon matches… finished third in the league with .872 goals against average… tallied a season-high nine saves against Clemson and Chattanooga… grabbed seven saves against Alabama during the NCAA tournament… totaled three clean sheets in SoCon tournament as WCU didn’t allow a goal en route to SoCon Championship… recorded a penalty kick goal as part of a 4-0 victory over VMI on Senior Day… is the first known goalkeeper as part of Catamount program to score a goal… SoCon Defensive Player of the Week honoree… earned 2023 CSC All-District Honors…Named to the 2023-24 Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll

2022 (Freshman): Played 13 matches in goal and started 10 … Ended the season with a record of 3-5-3 notching two shutouts … Allowed 17 goals in 955:22 minutes played with an 1.60 goals against average and had 33 saves...2022-23 SoCon Honor Roll ... 2022-23 SoCon Commissioners Medal.

Prior to WCU: Named best club goalkeeper (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2018) … LSEQ final four champion in 2021 … Regular season and league champion as a freshman and sophomore … Did not allow a goal her sophomore season … As a junior named student athlete of the year and earned the leadership award.

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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2022Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    5'5"
    1
  • 1

    2023Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    5'5"
    1
  • 1

    2024Junior

    Goalkeeper
    5'5"
    1
  • 1

    2025Senior

    Goalkeeper
    5'5"
    1