Twila Kaufman - Camp Co-Director

Twila Kaufman is beginning her fifth season with the WAVES as assistant coach. She assists head coach Tim Ward with all phases of the program as well as the running of the Malibu Soccer Academy. Before coming to Pepperdine, Twila served as a volunteer graduate assistant coach at Northern Arizona.
As a player, Twila played semi-professionally with the Arizona Heatwave. There she served as team captain and received the title of MVP for 5 league games. She came to the Heatwave after a successful college career. She was a four-year starter at Arizona where she served as team captain and finished her career ranked in the Top 10 in eight different categories, including ranking No.1 in matches played. She was selected to the Pac10 Conference's All-Academic Team three times and was a Mary Roby Award recipient all four years. Kaufman was also named the Wildcats' "Rookie of the Year" in 1998. A native of Los Angeles, California, Kaufman attended nearby Harvard-Westlake HS. As a club player, she played for the Las Virgenes Blazers (now Southern California United) before moving to the Southern California Blues Soccer Club where she played for Hugh Donald and won two state championships (1997 and 1998). Kaufman was also a member of the Southern California ODP team, Region IV ODP team and national pool in 1997. She graduated from Arizona with a bachelor's of arts degree in education in 2003. Currently, she is also the head trainer and coach for the GU12 Camarillo Eagles.
Twila holds USSF "B" coaching license.