2023 Soccer Roster
vs
Kansas State
Sep 18 (Thu)
7 p.m.
Jersey Number 2
Ava Priest
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Boulder, Colo.
- High School:
- Boulder H.S.
- Major:
- Environmental Studies
Bio
Career Honors
- 2024 United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Midwst Region
- 2023 All Pac-12 Freshman
- Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (9/12)
Sophomore (2024)
- Finished second on the team with a career-high 17 points (6 G, 5 A)
- Started all 22 matches
- Had two assists in Colorado’s 2-0 win over Michigan (Aug. 25)
- Registered three game-winning goals, including the winner in CU’s first round win over Utah in the Big 12 Tournament (Oct 30)
- Closed the season with a five-match points streak
- Scored both of CU’s goals in the two NCAA Tournament matches against Georgie (Nov. 15) and Wake Forest (Nov. 22)
- Played all 180 minutes in the NCAA Tournament
- Finished the year No. 84 in TDS’s Top 100
Freshman (2023)
- Played in all 21 games during the 2023 season, starting in 20 including the first round of the NCAA tournament against Texas A&M
- Saw 1,462 minutes of game action good for sixth on the team
- Played one complete game (90 minutes) at home against UCLA (9/22)
- Finished second on the team with 10 points (2 G, 6 A)
- She scored her first goal, the game winner, against New Mexico (9/7)
- Was the youngest player program history to score a goal at 17 years and 65 days
- Scored the game-tying goal on a penalty kick at Washington (10/22)
- Finished the season with a team-leading six assists, four of which came in conference
- Handed out assists in three consecutive games from Sept. 28-Oct. 5
High School
- Graduated from Boulder H.S. in 2023
- Three-time letter winner in track and field
- Two-time Most Points winner
- Qualified for the state championships in the 300-meter hurdles
Club
- Played three and half years with Colorado Rush, winning the 2022 Girls’ Academy Champions League
- Was the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year
- Participated in the 2021 and 2022 USYNT Regional ID centers
International
- Trained in Spain with Mislata, SPF and Deportivo
- Helped Mislata win the Valencia Cup
In the classroom
- Majoring in Environmental Studies
Personal
- Daughter of Gina and Doug Priest
- Has two younger siblings, Stella and Colton
- Wants to play professional soccer and be a marine biologist
- Graduated from Boulder H.S. a year early
- Speaks Japanese
- Enjoys gardening, hiking and hanging out with friends
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