Savannah Levin

American soccer player (born 1995)

Savannah LevinPersonal information

Full name|  Savannah Lee Levin[1]
Date of birth|  (1995-05-21) May 21, 1995 (age 30).[2]
Place of birth|  Newport Coast, California, U.S.[2]
Height|  5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)[2]
Position(s)|  Defender
College career
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2013–2016|  USC Trojans|  86|  (4)
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
2017|  Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC|  11|  (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 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

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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

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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

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USC Trojans

* NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship: 2016

## References

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1. ^ "The Dean's List: USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences" (PDF). University of Southern California. 2015. p. 8. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
2. ^ a b c "13 SAVANNAH LEVIN". USC Trojans. Pac-12. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
3. ^ "TVT Alums Shine as Athletes in College and Beyond". Tarbut V'Torah Community Day School. December 15, 2017.
4. ^ a b c d "Savannah Levin - Women's Soccer". USC Athletics.
5. ^ a b c "SAVANNAH LEVIN; Soccer - 2018". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
6. ^ Scott French (March 13, 2012). "YOUTH: Cal South girls win ODP titles". ESPN.
7. ^ "Savannah Levin's High School Timeline". MaxPreps.com.
8. ^ "Richman Named to U.S. Maccabiah Games Team". Temple University Athletics. April 4, 2013.
9. ^ "News; SAVANNAH LEVIN – 2013 Maccabiah," Archived 2017-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Spring 2017.
10. ^ "NATIONAL CHAMPS NO. 7 TROJANS DEFEAT NO. 1 WEST VIRGINIA 3-1 TO EARN PROGRAM'S SECOND TITLE". December 4, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
11. ^ "USC women's soccer beats West Virginia to win College Cup". Los Angeles Daily News. December 4, 2016.
12. ^ "2016 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WOMEN’S SOCCER; All Pac-12 Honors,"[permanent dead link] University of Southern California 2016 Women’s Soccer.
13. ^ "2017 NWSL COLLEGE DRAFT LIST OF ELIGIBLE PLAYERS". Our Game Magazine. January 10, 2017. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
14. ^ "Välkommen till KGFC, Savannah Levin!". Kopparbergs Göteborg FC (in Swedish). Archived from the original on April 11, 2019. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
15. ^ "Savannah Levin - Soccer player profile & career statistics". globalsportsarchive.com.
16. ^ "USA - S. Levin - Profile with news, career statistics and history". Soccerway.
17. ^ Graham Hays (August 28, 2018). "For Christen Press, it's matter over mind". ESPN.

## External links

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* Savannah Levin at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish)
* USC player profile
* Savannah Levin at Soccerway
* Savannah Levin on Instagram

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals