Rylan Childers

Position Midfielder

Height 5-7

Class Super-Senior

Hometown Grain Valley, Mo.

High School Grain Valley HS / Kansas City

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SUPER-SENIOR (2022)

SENIOR (2021)

Academic All-Big 12 First Team
Started all 19 matches.
Finished the season with three goals and four assists.
Tied for fourth in assists in Big 12 games during the regular season (3).
Converted the only penalty kick of the season for KU vs. Baylor (Oct. 7).
Team rankings: 2nd – assists (4), 2nd – shots (32), T-2nd – shots on goal (14), T-3rd – goals (3)
Logged 1,505 minutes.
Played a season-high 99 minutes vs. Drake (Aug. 19).

JUNIOR (2020)

Started all 13 games for the Jayhawks at midfield.
Led the Jayhawks with nine points, including a team-high four goals.
Assisted on Mandi Duggan’s goal against K-State on Oct. 2 for her first point as a Jayhawk.
Recorded a team-high 24 shots with a season-high four against TCU and three at Texas.
Scored the game-winning goal at Kansas State on March 6.
Finished the season averaging 1.85 shots per game.

AT KANSAS CITY (2018-19)

Her team’s top goal scorer in each of her two seasons with the Roos.
As a freshman in 2018, she was named the WAC Freshman of the Year and earned a spot on the All-WAC First Team after netting a league-leading 11 goals to go along with 14 assists, which were a single-season program record.
Also earned a spot on the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Second Team.
In her sophomore season, Childers earned an All-WAC First Team nod again after leading the league in assists (10) and points (30) and ranking second in goals (10).
Her time with the Roos came to an end with her sitting atop the school record books in career assists (24) and sixth in goals (21). She also claimed a spot on the All-Region squad, getting slotted on the Third Team.

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