Villanova Univeristy Athletics

Career: Has made 33 starts in 35 appearances, totaling 2845 minutes … Accounted for an assist … Been lauded with BIG EAST Weekly Honors twice in her career.

2024: Opened all 18 of Villanova’s matches with 1506 minutes played … Played a full 90 minutes in 14 matches; BIG EAST: Started in all 10 conference contests, logging 90 minutes in all but one of those matches.

2023: Started in 15 of 17 appearances on the year with 1340 minutes … Tallied an assist against Cornell (9/17) … BIG EAST: Started in seven of nine conference appearances, logging a shot attempt against Providence (10/26).

High School: As a centerback for St. Mary’s High School, Omotayo was named the team’s Most Outstanding Player in 2022. She was selected to the U-17 Women’s National Soccer Team which participated and achieved third in the MIMA Cup held in Spain in 2022 and also earned bronze in the 2022 Concacaf Championship held in the Dominican Republic, qualifying for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in India. She was selected to the Whitecaps FC Girls Elite National Development Center in 2022 and the BMO Academy Centre in 2021 and 2022. Omotayo won gold with the Elite Team in the inaugural Women’s League1 British Columbia in 2012 and was selected to Team Alberta for Canada Summer Games in 2022. She was also the captain for the Calgary Rangers Soccer Club from 2020-2022 and was selected to the Provincial Soccer Team from 2017-19. Academically, Omotayo was a three-year member of the Honor Roll and was Student Councill President in the 2021-22 year.

Personal: Born Feb. 15, 2005 ... One of three children to Lanre and Adesola Omotayo ... Has two siblings, Ifeoluwa and Iyinoluwa ... Plans to major in Business ... "Villanova really stood out to me because of its academics and athletics - I wanted a place that would challenge me in these areas, and I believe that I've found that here. The community at Villanova is amazing, and I'm very excited to be a part of the legacy that is being built by the Women's Soccer Team."