Career Highlights
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2019, 2020)
- CoSIDA Academic District 8 First Team (2019)
As a Redshirt Senior (2021 at Pepperdine): Transferred to Pepperdine for the 2021 season... One of five players on the Wave to start in every game she played... Made 10 starts and tallied 722 minutes, playing more than 60 minutes in all but one contest.
As a Redshirt Junior (2020-21): One of four players to start and play in all 13 games... Fourth on the team with 1107 minutes while starting as a defender... Collected six shots and three shots on goal... Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll.
As a Redshirt Sophomore (2019): Saw action in all 21 games for the Bears during the 2019 campaign, making 17 starts … Finished the season with eight points … Recorded a goal in the 2-1 road win over then-No. 7 UCLA … Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll Selection…. 2019 CoSIDA Academic District 8 First Team Honoree
As a Sophomore (2018): Missed the entire 2018 season while recovering from injury
As a Freshman (2017):  Appeared in 16 games as a freshman, making one start vs UC Davis…. Finished the season with three points on one goal and one assist… Scored her first collegiate goal on October 5 at Colorado, which proved to be the game-winner in Cal’s 1-0 win over the Buffs… Tallied her first collegiate point in the Bears’ upset win over #14 Oklahoma State on September 17, assisting Mia Corbin’s game-winning goal in the -0 victory
International: Attended U-14 U.S. Girls’ National Team Camp… Regularly attended NorCal U.S. Soccer Training Center
Club Ball: Played for the De Anza Force for head coach Andres Deza...won the 2013 Donasti Cup, an International soccer tournament held in San Sebastian, Spain...finished in the top three of ECNL Nationals from 2013-16, winning the championship in 2013
High School: Attended The Harker School in San Jose...First team all league soccer selection as a freshman...Won CCS-West Bay Athletic League regular season in 2012...Combined for 32 goals her freshman and sophomore years… Lettered in three different sports on high school (soccer, basketball, and football)...Starting kicker for the varsity football team for the 2016-17 season
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Personal: Daughter of Paul and Kathy Gifford...Older brother, Colin, attends Purdue... Hobbies include reading, art, going on adventures, and listening to music… Club teammate of fellow Golden Bears Emily Smith, Kayla Fong, and Luca Deza
Major: Graduated with a degree in English in 2021
