Annika Jost

WSOC Annika Jost vs. San Diego State 2024

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WSOC Annika Jost Action vs. San Diego State 2024

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WSOC Annika Jost Action vs. New Mexico 2024

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Class:
Sophomore
Position:
D/M
Hometown:
Temecula, CA
Height:
5-4
High School:
Temecula Valley
Squadron:
10 / Tiger Ten

Freshman (2024): Appeared in 17 matches during her debut season…Earned 10 starts…Totaled 1042 minutes on the pitch…Played full 90 minutes against San Diego State…Tied for team-high eight points off three goals and two assist…One of three Falcons to record three goals during the 2024 season…Scored first collegiate goal against New Mexico on October 10…Marked first collegiate assist in the season opener at Northern Colorado on August 15…Compiled seven shots on goal out of 14 attempts for a .500 SOG%...Earned Superintendent's List honors...Spent the summer working CST (Combat Survival Training) and participating in the Powered Flight program...Will serve as squadron supervisor during her sophomore year...

High School/Club: Played for Jennifer Guinn at Temecula Valley HS...Team captain her final season...Two-time First Team All-League selection...Second Team All-League selection...Southwestern League Offensive MVP her senior year...Division I All-CIF selection...Offensive MVP in 2023-24...Two-time Team MVP...Division I CIF Champion in her sophomore season...CA Southern Section State Champion...Earned Victory with Honor Award in 2020-21...Won league title all four years...Scholar Athlete all four years...Graduated as salutatorian...Played club for San Diego ECNL from 2020-24...ECNL Southwestern League Champion...Surf WPSL League Champion...Three-time Surf Cup Champion...ECNL Champions League Finalist and Quarterfinalist...Temecula Valley HS Citrus Belt Female Athlete of the Year in 2024.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 1...Daughter of John and Michelle Jost...Has a twin sister Alexandra and a sister Isabella...Father John was a '91 USAFA graduate...Major is Electrical and Computer Engineering...Hopes to become a pilot...Hobbies include skiing, video games, and baking...Began playing soccer at age 5...Favorite class subject is physics...Represented US National Youth Futsal Team in Barcelona and Madrid...Guily pleasure is dessert...Greatest team moment was winning the CIF Division I Championship on the road, then winning the Southern Section Championship on her home field...Favorite individual moment was scoring two goals in the ECNL National Semifinals in 2021 to tie the match, eventually winning the match following penalty kicks...Chose the Academy because "the opportunities, both during the Academy and afterwards, are incredible. The people here are hardworking, kind, and welcoming, but I know they will push me to be my best self, as that’s the essence of the Air Force Academy. I also look forward to serving my country and joining the long blue line."