Savannah Levin Explained

Savannah Levin
Fullname:Savannah Lee Levin[1]
Birth Date:21 May 1995.[2]
Birth Place:Newport Coast, California, U.S.
Position:Defender
Collegeyears1:2013–2016
Collegecaps1:86
Collegegoals1:4
Years1:2017
Clubs1:Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
Caps1:11
Goals1:0
Pcupdate:July 3, 2017

Savannah Lee Levin (born May 21, 1995) is an American soccer player who played as a defender for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC in the Swedish Damallsvenskan. She played for the USC Trojans women's soccer team from 2013 to 2016, winning the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.

Early life

Levin's parents are Desmond and Diane Levin.[3] She has a brother, Jay, and an older sister, Camille Levin, who played soccer for the Stanford Cardinal women's soccer team and professionally.[4] [5] She grew up in Newport Coast, California.[5]

Soccer career

In 2012, Levin played for Cal South's team that won the Olympic Development Program national championships in Frisco, Texas.[6]

In high school Levin was named league MVP in soccer all four years at Tarbut V' Torah (class of 2013) in Irvine, California, where she was a four-time first team all-league selection.[4] [7]

Levin played on the USA Women's Soccer Team at the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel.[8] [9]

Levin played at the University of Southern California (USC) from 2013 to 2016, where she was part of the USC Trojans women's soccer team that won the 2016 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.[10] [11] As a sophomore in 2014 and as a junior in 2015 she earned Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention.[4] In 2016 she was named All Pac-12 First Team.[12] She majored in psychology.[4]

Levin declared for the 2017 NWSL College Draft but was not selected,[13] in February 2017 she signed with Swedish team Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC to play in the Damallsvenskan, for whom she played as a midfielder in 2017.[14] [15] [16] [17]

In 2018 she was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.[5]

Honors

USC Trojans

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Dean's List: USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences . . PDF . 8 . 2015 . July 15, 2021.
  2. Web site: 13 SAVANNAH LEVIN. USC Trojans. Pac-12. July 3, 2017.
  3. Web site: TVT Alums Shine as Athletes in College and Beyond. December 15, 2017. Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School.
  4. Web site: Savannah Levin - Women's Soccer. USC Athletics.
  5. Web site: SAVANNAH LEVIN; Soccer - 2018. Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  6. Web site: YOUTH: Cal South girls win ODP titles. Scott French. March 13, 2012. ESPN.
  7. Web site: Savannah Levin's High School Timeline. MaxPreps.com.
  8. Web site: Richman Named to U.S. Maccabiah Games Team. Temple University Athletics. April 4, 2013.
  9. https://www.maccabiusa.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/MaccabiNL_Spring1.pdf "News; SAVANNAH LEVIN – 2013 Maccabiah,"
  10. Web site: NATIONAL CHAMPS NO. 7 TROJANS DEFEAT NO. 1 WEST VIRGINIA 3-1 TO EARN PROGRAM'S SECOND TITLE. July 9, 2018. December 4, 2016.
  11. Web site: USC women's soccer beats West Virginia to win College Cup. Los Angeles Daily News. December 4, 2016.
  12. https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/usctrojans.com/documents/2017/6/23/27073__w_soccer_2016_17_release__release_20161123aaa.pdf "2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S SOCCER; All Pac-12 Honors,"
  13. Web site: 2017 NWSL COLLEGE DRAFT LIST OF ELIGIBLE PLAYERS. July 9, 2018. January 10, 2017. Our Game Magazine.
  14. Web site: Välkommen till KGFC, Savannah Levin!. Kopparbergs Göteborg FC. July 3, 2017. Swedish.
  15. Web site: Savannah Levin - Soccer player profile & career statistics. globalsportsarchive.com.
  16. Web site: USA - S. Levin - Profile with news, career statistics and history. Soccerway.
  17. Web site: For Christen Press, it's matter over mind. August 28, 2018. ESPN. Graham Hays.