2019 – Redshirt Senior Season
Awards: Named United Soccer Coaches second-team All-American...Named United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American first team...Tabbed as Ernest B. McCoy Memorial Award recipient...Named All-North Region first team...Named first-team All-Big Ten...Awarded Big Ten Medal of Honor...Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors...Named TopDrawerSoccer Best XI first team...Named CoSIDA Academic All-District.
Records: NCAA all-time leader in minutes played by a position player (8,847)...Ranks third all-time with 101 starts and appearances in program history.
Season: Started all 25 games at center back for the Nittany Lions...Anchored the backline which helped account for seven shutouts during the season.
2018 – Redshirt Junior Season
Awards: Named United Soccer Coaches first team All-American...Named United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American second team...Named MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist...Named All-North Region First Team...Named Big Ten Defender of the Year...Named first team All-Big Ten...Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar...Named TopDrawerSoccer National Collegiate Team Second Team...Named TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week (8/21).
Season: Started and played in all 25 games...Led the stout backline that recorded 14 shutouts...Finished the season with 2,168 minutes.
vs South Carolina (11/16): Registered her lone point of the 2018 season with an assist in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
2017 – Redshirt Sophomore Season
Awards: Named United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region second team...Named to Big Ten All-Tournament Team...Named Defensive Player of the Big Ten Tournament...Named All-Big Ten second team...Named Academic All-Big Ten...Named Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Started all 24 matches...Led the team in minutes played (2,158)...Finished the season with 11 shot attempts, four of which were on goal...Played 90 minutes or more in 20 of 24 contests...Riehl and the Nittany Lion defense recorded 13 shutouts.
at Arkansas (8/25): Scored the final goal of a 4-2 win over Arkansas to help the Nittany Lions improve to 3-0-0 on the young season.
2016 - Redshirt
Redshirted during the 2016 season...Started all six matches for the United States U-20 Women’s National Team at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup...Nominated for the U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year award.
2015 – Freshman Season
Awards: National Champion...Named Women’s College Cup All-Tournament Team...Named All-Big Ten second team...Named Big Ten All-Freshman Team...Named TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (12/1)...TopDrawerSoccer Freshman XI First Team...Two-Time Big Ten Freshman of the Week (9/15 & 10/29)
Season: Started all 27 matches...Played the full time in 18 matches...PSU posted 15 shutouts on the year, including eight-straight to end the season...Finished second on the team in minutes played (2,360)...2,360 minutes played are the fourth-most in a single-season in program history.
Michigan (10/28): Netted her first career point on an assist in a 3-1 victory...vs Boston University (11/20): Tallied an assist in the NCAA second round match...vs Rutgers (12/4): Scored her first goal as a Nittany Lion in the 79th minute in a 2-0 win over No. 9 Rutgers in the College Cup Semifinals.
U.S. NATIONAL TEAM EXPERIENCE
Riehl has eight appearances with the U.S. U-23 WNT...Joined the U.S. U-23 WNT for a training camp in May 2018...Took part in the Thorns Spring Invite with the U.S. U-23 WNT in March 2018...Recorded her first match as a captain for the U.S. U-23 WNT on March 11, 2018...Joined the U.S. U-23 WNT for a training camp in January 2018...Took part in a training camp with the U.S. U-23 WNT in November 2017...Joined the U.S. U-23 WNT for a training camp in July 2017...Started in all three matches for the U.S. U-23 WNT at the Nordic Cup (June 2017)...Made her first call-up with the U.S. U-23 WNT for a training camp and three matches (March 2017)...Was one of five Nittany Lions on the United States U-20 Women’s National Team at the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup...Took part in U.S. U-20 WNT training camps in October 2016, September 2016, July 2016, June 2016, April 2016, January 2016, July 2015 and January 2015...Joined the U.S. U-20 WNT for a training camp and pair of matches in Papua New Guinea (May 2016)...Traveled to La Manga, Spain, with the U.S. U-20 WNT for the 2016 La Manga Tournament (March 2016)...Member of the U.S. U-20 Women’s National Team, where she competed at the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup and earned a cap against France...Invited to U.S. U-20 training camps in 2014 and 2015...Played for the U.S...U-18 team in 2013 and 2014.
BEFORE PENN STATE
The No. 10 overall recruit in the 2015 class by TopDrawerSoccer.com...Competed for Braddock Road Youth Club ’95 Elite for 11 years...Named 2014 NSCAA All-American and team captain...Won the National League Champion in 2013 and 2014...Won 2013 Virginia State Cup...Won 2012 USYS National, Region 1 and State Cup championships...Did not play soccer at South County.
PERSONAL
Kaleigh Ann Riehl was born on October 21, 1996, in Fairfax Station, Virginia...Parents are Lori and Mark Riehl...Mark played soccer at Virginia from 1975-79...Has an older sister, Kristen...Kinesiology major...Plans to become a physical therapist...Name is pronounced Kay-lee Real.
WHY I CHOSE PENN STATE
“I chose Penn State because of the phenomenal women’s soccer program. The coaching staff is incredibly knowledgeable of the game and the girls made me feel welcomed.”