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Hayden Colson Season 2024

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Hayden Colson Season 2024

PositionMF/D
Height5-8
ClassJunior
HometownDenton, Texas

HONORS & AWARDS
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023)
2022-23 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Auburn Soccer Rookie of the Year (2022)

First Appearance: Aug. 18, 2022 vs. Old Dominion
First Start: Aug. 18, 2022 vs. Old Dominion
First Goal: Aug. 21, 2022 vs. Southern Miss
First Assist: Aug. 20, 2023 vs. Troy 

SOPHOMORE SEASON (2023)
Saw time in all 20 matches, earning the starting job in 19... missed one start due to illness... split time between right back, center back and holding mid... tallied 14 starts as a defender and five in the midfield... ranked fourth on the team with 1,628 total minutes played... went the distance in 12 matches... picked up first two assists of collegiate career in the same match, assisting goals from Bondon and Richards during the Tigers' 5-0 victory over Troy (Aug. 20)... first career start in the midfield came against No. 15 South Carolina (Sept. 29)... helped the defense to seven shutouts, four of which came in conference play, including the Orange & Blue's first shutout of Ole Miss in Oxford since 1993 (Sept. 24)... crucial member of the back line that posted a 0.90 goals-against average in SEC play.

FRESHMAN SEASON (2022)
Started all 18 contests in her first season donning the Orange & Blue... logged 1,355 total minutes... contributed to the defense's 0.72 GAA, the second-best clip in program history... held the opposition to a single goal or less in 17 of 18 matches, including a 582-minute streak of not allowing a goal in the run of play to open the season... placed five of seven shots on goal (.714 sog%)... netted her first career goal in the 49th minute in Auburn's 9-0 win over Southern Miss (Aug. 21)...played a career-high 86 minutes at LSU (Oct. 23). 

CLUB
Played for FC Dallas 04 ECNL... U18 Soccer Virtual Camp invitee... ECNL First Team All-Conference. 

HIGH SCHOOL
Graduate of John H. Guyer High School... Ran track in addition to playing soccer... Member of JHGHS's National Society of High School Scholars and was a LaGrone Academy Student in Clinical Certified Medical Assisting.... Four-year varsity letterman and state qualifier in track & field... 5-6A Defensive Newcomer of the Year in soccer... Two-year soccer letterman... First Team All-Area. 

PERSONAL
Born September 1, 2004... Parents are Harold & Monica Colson... Has one brother, Xavier... Plans to study pre-med.