Haley Hopkins

Haley Hopkins (born December 21, 1998) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). She played college soccer for the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Virginia Cavaliers. She was selected by the Courage 11th overall in the first round of the 2023 NWSL Draft.

Early life
Hopkins grew up in Newport Beach, California, with three siblings. Her father played college football and baseball for the Virginia Cavaliers and was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1982 MLB draft. Hopkins began playing soccer at age four. She played youth soccer for Slammers FC of the Elite Clubs National League and Mater Dei High School, where she graduated in 2017.

College career
Hopkins began attending Vanderbilt University in 2017, but she played in only one game that year because of knee pain that required multiple surgeries. In 2018, as a redshirt freshman, she led the team with 14 goals and 7 assists and was named the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Freshman of the Year. Majoring in medicine, health, and society, she interned with a medical clinic in Nashville over the summer of 2019. She continued leading the Commodores with 13 goals as a redshirt sophomore in 2019. She dealt with injuries the next year but still had a team-leading seven goals and helped the Commodores win the 2020 SEC tournament. With the second-most goals in Vanderbilt history (34), she was named All-SEC all three of her full seasons and third-team All-American twice.

Hopkins transferred to the University of Virginia in 2021 as a graduate student in the School of Medicine. She scored twice on her debut, and the next year she scored a hat trick in the first 15 minutes of a game against Fairleigh Dickinson. In the 2022 NCAA tournament, she scored in overtime against Penn State to help the Cavaliers reach the quarterfinals. She finished her college career with 22 goals for Virginia, being named All-ACC both years playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Professional career
The North Carolina Courage, which had multiple first-round picks in the 2023 NWSL Draft, selected Hopkins 11th overall. She signed with the Courage through 2025. She scored her first two goals for the Courage in a 5–0 Challenge Cup win against the Orlando Pride on July 29. She scored her first NWSL regular season goal in a 3–3 draw to Gotham on September 2.