Laila Booker

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-11
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Our Lady of Good Counsel
Hometown:
Potomac, Md.

United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Third Team (2024)
First Team All-Ivy League (2022)
Second Team All-Ivy League (2023, 2024)

2025: Joined Georgia in spring exhibition season.

2024 (Yale): Named to United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Third Team…Named to Second Team All-Ivy League…Played and started in all 14 matches, tallying 1,177 minutes…Ranked third on team in minutes…Led Yale backline which allowed only 22 goals and .126 opponent shot percentage.

2023 (Yale): Named to Second Team All-Ivy League…Played in all 16 matches with 15 starts, tallying 1,392 minutes…Led team in minutes and tied for team lead in assists…Assisted on late equalizer in tie against Cornell (Oct. 14)…Assisted on goal against Harvard (Oct. 28)…Tallied one shot on frame.

2022 (Yale): Named to First Team All-Ivy League…Played and started in all 15 matches, tallying 1,342 minutes…Led team in minutes and tied for team lead in goals…Helped Bulldogs’ backline set new program record for consecutive shutouts (five) and tied for most in a season (10)…Scored first career goal at Kansas (Sept. 11)…Scored winning goals against Sacred Heart (Oct. 12) and Penn (Oct. 22)…Scored in only three shots of season.

Prior to Yale: Played for Our Lady of Good Counsel and Maryland United…Earned four varsity letters and two All-Conference selections at Good Counsel, leading team to consecutive league titles in 2018 and 2019…Captained Maryland United for four seasons and earned PDP selection in 2018 and 2019…Performed at the Kennedy Center in sixth grade.

Personal: Born May 15, 2002…Daughter of Bill Booker and Sonya White…Graduated from Yale in December 2024…Pursuing master’s degree in Business Analytics.