2025 Michigan State Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Taya Hjorth
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- High School:
- Walled Lake Central
- Hometown:
- Commerce Township, Mich.
- Prev School:
- Kentucky/Florida State
2024 (Senior): Appeared in 20 matches and made five starts, totaling 735 minutes of action on the MSU backline ... Made her Spartan debut in 23 minutes of play in a 2-1 season-opening win at No. 15 Notre Dame (8/15) ... Played 70 minutes in a 2-2 draw with No. 9 Arkansas (8/22) ... Helped MSU to back-to-back shutouts against Ohio (8/25) and Ole Miss (8/29) ... Played a full 90 minutes in a 2-2 draw with No. 15 Xavier (9/1), making her first start of the season ... Played 42 minutes in a 6-0 win over Queens (N.C.) (9/5) ... Helped MSU to a 1-0 shutout over Loyola Chicago (9/8) ... Went the full 90 minutes in a 5-0 win at Maryland (9/12) ... Played 33 minutes in MSU's 1-0 win at No. 9 Penn State (9/22) ... Started and played 22 minutes in a 1-1 draw with Rutgers (9/29) ... Played 41 minutes in a 2-0 win over Wisconsin (10/17) ... Helped MSU shutout Northwestern, 1-0, in 39 minutes of action (10/20) ... Played 11 minutes in the Big Ten quarterfinals against Rutgers (11/2) ... Helped MSU to a 3-2 overtime win over Texas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament (11/22) ... Played 11 minutes in the NCAA Sweet 16 against Duke (11/24).
2023 (Junior, at Kentucky): Made 16 starts at center back while appearing in 18 matches ... Scored first collegiate goal in win over UT Martin ... Had three shots on goal on the season ... Was fifth on the team in minutes played with 1,532 ... CSC Academic All-District ... 2023 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll.
2022 (Sophomore, at Kentucky): Joined the Wildcats in Spring 2022 as a transfer ... Played in 14 games during first season of collegiate action, making two starts ... Made career-debut vs. Ball State, directing a shot on goal in a 3-0 win for UK ... Made first-collegiate start on the road at LSU, playing a season-high 80 minutes ... Earned the starting nod at Arkansas ... Finished the season with 329 minutes of action ... SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
2021 (Freshman, at Florida State): 2021 National Champion ... Redshirted the 2021 season.
Prior to MSU: Played club with Michigan Jaguars FC ... Led club team to back-to-back state titles in 2017 and 2018 ... Named to the All-Region team at Walled Lake Central High School ... Also played hockey, winning the state championship in 2018.
Personal: Daughter of Tracy and Tom Hjorth ... Pursuing her masters degree in Kinesiology.
