Ivy
Nystrom
Ivy Nystrom is a sophomore goalkeeper from Phoenix who wears No. 1 for Utah State women's soccer. Through 13 starts of 2026 she has eight shutouts and a 0.39 goals-against average, and the Pac-12 has named her its Defensive Player of the Week three times.
Who is Ivy Nystrom?
Ivy Nystrom is a soccer athlete for Utah State from Phoenix, Arizona. 2026 through 13 starts: 11-1-1, 8 shutouts, 0.39 goals-against average; three Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week awards
Eight shutouts in her first college season
Nystrom wears No. 1 for Utah State, whose roster lists her as a 5-foot-7 sophomore goalkeeper from Phoenix and Pinnacle High School. Her biography says she was an Arizona 6A first-team pick and regional player of the year as a senior, led the state with a 0.78 goals-against average and played for the U.S. national ODP team in 2024.
She has been the backbone of Utah State's unbeaten start in the Pac-12. On October 8 and 11 she kept clean sheets in a 2-0 win over Washington State and a 1-0 win at Boise State, her seventh and eighth of the season, and the Pac-12 named her its Defensive Player of the Week for the second straight week and a league-leading third time this season, per Utah State's release, which added that she ranked second in the nation in shutouts by a goalkeeper.
What the official record shows
Utah State's 2026 statistics, read on October 16 through 13 starts, list Nystrom with an 11-1-1 record, eight shutouts, five goals allowed, a 0.39 goals-against average and an .833 save percentage. Follow the Aggies on the Utah State women's soccer team page.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week three times in 2026, including back-to-back weeks in October
- Eight shutouts and a 0.39 goals-against average through 13 starts of 2026 (11-1-1)
- Second in the nation in shutouts by a goalkeeper, per Utah State's Oct. 13, 2026 release
- Arizona 6A first team and regional player of the year at Pinnacle High School (Utah State biography)
Official sources
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- Utah State Athletics: 2026 women's soccer rosterutahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: Ivy Nystrom biographyutahstateaggies.com
- Utah State Athletics: 2026 women's soccer statisticsutahstateaggies.com
- Utah State: Ivy Nystrom named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 13, 2026)utahstateaggies.com
- Pac-12: Fall sports players of the week (Oct. 6, 2026)pac-12.com
What each source confirms
- Utah State Athletics: 2026 women's soccer roster
- #1 Ivy Nystrom, Goalkeeper, So., 5-7, Phoenix, Arizona, Pinnacle HS. Read 2026-10-16.
- Utah State Athletics: Ivy Nystrom biography
- Arizona 6A First Team; regional player of the year; state-leading 0.78 GAA; U.S. national ODP team 2024.
- Utah State Athletics: 2026 women's soccer statistics
- Read 2026-10-16 (13 starts): 11-1-1, 8 shutouts, 5 GA, 0.39 GAA, .833 save percentage.
- Utah State: Ivy Nystrom named Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 13, 2026)
- Shutouts vs Washington State (2-0) and at Boise State (1-0); seventh and eighth clean sheets; second in the nation in shutouts; league-leading third award this season.
- Pac-12: Fall sports players of the week (Oct. 6, 2026)
- Previous week's Defensive Player of the Week.
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