Ryley Tanner

Class:
Freshman
Position:
D
Hometown:
Los Angeles, Calif.
Height:
5-8
High School:
Louisville
Squadron:
7 / Shadow Seven

2020-21 (Freshman): Appeared in seven matches, making three starts…Totaled 420 minutes, including playing all 90 minutes twice…Registered four shots, two on goal.

Club/High School: Lettered two years at Louisville High School under Head Coach Fernando Bautista…Was the All-CIF Rookie of the Year as a freshman…Trained at the US Development Academy from 2017-18, was in the US Olympic Development Program from 2014-16 and was a US National Training Center Invitee…Was named her team’s MVP, as well as the Sunshine League MVP her senior season…Was a member of the National Honor Society and the California Scholarship Federation, while earning the Academic Excellence Award as a senior, as well as the Honors English Award…Played her club ball for the LA Breakers under Head Coach Jason Kelly.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 7…Daughter of Randy Tanner and Dejeune Champion-Tanner…Father played four years at WR for USC…Has one brother, Mason…Cousin Keenan Beasley graduated from West Point in 2005…Majoring in political science…Hobbies include reading, sleeping, and anything that involves nature…Began playing soccer at age four…Credits her father as having the greatest influence on her sports career…Can recite all of the lines from Harry Potter…Enjoys listening to jazz…Favorite TV show is New Girl and favorite movie is Little Miss Sunshine…Favorite class subject is history…Favorite soccer team is Manchester City and her favorite player is Becky Sauerbrunn…Chose the Academy because “I thoroughly appreciated the fact that my college experience would be plagued with challenges and opportunity that I could not find anywhere else. These elements would not only aid in the formulation of high character but also allow me to connect with other individuals who value these same attributes. The idea of being surrounded by such greatness when pertaining to sports, academics, and military, was something that I could not pass up.”