Riley Gleason Season 2023

2023 • REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE SEASON 
Awards: Garnered Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the postseason.
 
Season: Appeared in all 23 Penn State matches, earning 15 starts in the process... Totaled 1,280 minutes of work on the pitch for the Nittany Lions... Amassed six points split between a goal and four assists... Took eight shots and placed two of those attempts on frame, a shot-on-goal percentage of 0.250... Participated in a holding midfield that aided the best statistical defense in the Big Ten, finishing the season with a 0.640 goals-against average.
 
North Carolina (8/17): Played for 56 minutes in the nationally ranked season-opening test. TCU (8/27): Played for 86 minutes in 1-0 win. vs. Monmouth (9/03): Scored her first goal of the season in 23 minutes of playing time in the 4-1 win. Princeton (9/07): Started and played the entirety of the 3-0 win, assisting on one goal. at Rutgers (9/21):Assisted on one goal in 68 minutes of playing time in the 2-1 road win. Nebraska (9/24): Saw 64 minutes of playing time in the 1-0 win. Ohio State (10/08): Attempted one shot in the 2-1 win over rival Ohio State. Indiana (10/19):Finished with one assist in 63 minutes of action on the field. Indiana (10/29): Logged one assist in 62 minutes on the field during Penn State’s B1G quarterfinal test. vs. Iowa (11/2): Attempted one shot on goal in the B1G semifinals against the Hawkeyes. at Clemson (11/25): Played the entirety of the NCAA tournament national quarterfinal match.
 
2022 • SOPHOMORE SEASON 
Season: Utilized redshirt.
 
2021 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played in 11 games for Penn State.
 
UMass (8/19): Made collegiate debut. at Minnesota (10/3): Netted first career goal.
 
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
Played club soccer for the So Cal Blues for 10 years... Won a pair of state cup championships...Won four Surf Cup Championships...Rostered with U.S. Youth National teams at the U-15 and U-17 levels...Competed with the USYNT in China, Czech Republic, and Netherlands.... Won the CFA International Women's Youth Football Tournament Weifang, China (2018)...Earned four varsity letters a member of the Capistrano Valley High School and served as the team captain as a senior.
 
PERSONAL
Daughter of Alicia and Ted Gleason. Has two siblings, Connor and Ellis...Connor plays basketball at Concordia University Irvine...Cousin, Henry Gordon, played tennis for Penn State and graduated in 2019...Majors in Psychology.
 
WHY PENN STATE
"I chose Penn State because it is a world class education as well a phenomenal soccer culture created by the coaching staff, players, advisors, and the PSU community. The program and people involved push you to be the best person, student, and soccer player you can be all the while competing for National Championships, which is exactly the type of atmosphere that I wanted to experience. Even though it is across the country from me, it felt like home the moment I stepped on campus."