Riley Crooks

Texas

Oct 2 (Thu)

7:00 PM

The freshman pose during the team photo day shoot - Tessa Lavender, Riley Crooks, Lucy Landherr, Bailey Cate, Holly Storer

Photo by: Ethan Mito/Texas A&M Athletics

Height:
5-9
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Edison
Hometown:
Huntington Beach, Calif.

2025 – FRESHMAN: Started in all 10 games, totaling 873 minutes on the pitch... Earned her first college career assist against UConn (8/23).

High School/ Club: Played for Slammers FC ECNL from 2021-24 coached by Walter Camargo, serving as a team captain from 2022-24 … Led Slammers FC to the ECNL National Finals and ECNL Southwest Conference Mojave Division crown in 2023 and ECNL Champions League Round of 16 and Surf Cup Best of the Best finals in 2022 … Three-time ECNL All-Southwest Conference First Team – 2022, ’23, ’24 … Three-time ECNL All-Southwest Conference First Team – 2022, ’23, ’24 … Led West Coast to a third-place finish at the 2021 Girls Academy National Championships … Helped SoCal Blues win titles at the 2017 Blues Cup, 2017 and 2018 Manchester City Cup and 2019 Surf Cup Best of the Best … Four-year letter winner in soccer, playing for her mother Kerry Crooks who has been head coach at Edison for more than 30 years … Led Chargers to a 16-7-2 record, Sunset League title and second round of CIF Division I Playoffs as a junior … Served as team captain as a junior and senior and earned team MVP recognition as a sophomore and junior… Other honors as a junior include Sunset League MVP, All-CIF Division 1 First Team and All-Orange County First Team … Three-time All-Sunset League honoree, including first team as a sophomore and junior and second team as a freshman… Played flag football her last two years, earning Sunset League First Team, all-county second team and Edison MVP as a junior … Six-time Sunset League Scholar Athlete.

Personal: Majoring in kinesiology … Mother played soccer at UC Irvine and her Grandfather, Michael McGrath is in the Pro Bowlers Association Hall of Fame and ABC Sports Hall of Fame.