Colorado State University Athletics
2026 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 9
Poppy O'Brien
- Class:
- Freshman
- Height:
- 5-6
- Position:
- Forward
- Hometown:
- Auckland, New Zealand
- High School:
- Bardene College of the Sacred Heart
Before Colorado State (2025)
- Competed at Victoria University of Wellington
- Recipient of the 2024 Victoria University Blues Award, recognizing outstanding achievement in both academics and athletics
- Competed as a member of the Wellington Phoenix FC Women's U20 academy
Personal/High School
- Attended Baradene College of the Sacred Heart in Auckland, New Zealand; graduated December 2024
- Born in Auckland, New Zealand
- Led Baradene College to the New Zealand National High School Championship (2023)
- Represented New Zealand at the ISF International Secondary Schools Football World Cup in China (2024)
- Won the Oceania Women's Club Champions League (2024), earning qualification for the Club World Cup; won the New Zealand Women's National League (2023, 2024) and National Women's Open Cup (2024)
- Named Most Exciting Player (2023) and Most Skilled Player (2022, 2023) with her club
- Represented New Zealand at the U17, U19 and U20 national team levels; part of the U19 side that won the 2025 OFC World Cup qualifier in Tahiti; competed on the U20 Pre-World Cup Tour in Australia (2026)
- Played touch rugby for New Zealand
- Plans to major in marketing at Colorado State; aspires to a career in sports marketing
- Grandfather played for the All Blacks
- Daughter of Courtenay O'Brien and Jeremy O'Brien
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