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Jersey Number 24
Avery Smith
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Fifth Year
- Hometown:
- Elkhorn, Neb.
- High School:
- Elkhorn South HS
Get to Know Avery ...
At what age did you start playing soccer and how did you get into soccer?
- At the age of seven, my mom put me in soccer.Â
- Technical and hardworking, willing to do the dirty work.Â
- Volleyball, it's so much funÂ
- I love to bake.Â
- My mom is my biggest role model.Â
- Julie Ertz, she embodies what it means to walk in the light and has poise and professionalism.Â
NAME & HOMETOWN PRONUNCIATION
FIFTH-YEAR – 2024
- Started one match before suffering a season-ending injury
- Logged 33 minutes
SENIOR – 2023
- CSC Academic All-District Team
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Team captain
- Appeared in 17 matches (all starts)
- Finished the season with two goals and four points
- Scored a goal in a 6-0 win vs. Colorado College (Aug. 27)
- Scored a goal in a 2-2 draw at Oklahoma (Sept. 14)
- Attempted eight shots, including three shots on goal
- Logged 1,316Â minutes
- Played all 90 minutes in four matches
JUNIOR – 2022
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Sept. 20)
- Team captain
- Appeared in 15 matches (10 starts)
- Scored one goal on the season at USF (Sept. 18)
- Tallied her one assist of the season at USF (Sept. 18)
- Recorded four shots, including three shots on goal
- Logged 1,022 minutes
- Played 90 minutes in each of the final six matches
- Received the Jayhawker Award at the Rock Chalk Choice Awards
SOPHOMORE – 2021
- Academic All-Big 12 First Team
- Started in 18 games
- Scored one goal on the season vs. Cincinnati (Sept. 9)
- Finished the season with eight shots, including four shots on goal
- Logged 1,434 minutes
- Played a season-high 94 minutes vs. West Virginia (Oct. 10)
FRESHMAN – 2020
- Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
- Saw time in six matches making five starts
- Finished the season with eight shots including three against Kansas State (March 13) and at Missouri (April 17)
- Played a season-high 105 minutes at Iowa State on March 20
ELKHORN SOUTH HIGH SCHOOL
- Helped Elkhorn South to three-straight district championships as well as the 2019 Class A State Championship
- Named to the All-State First Team by both the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald in both 2018 and 2019
- Also a member of National Honors Society
PERSONAL
- Daughter of Colby and Keleigh Smith
- Has two younger siblings, Austin and Aubrie
- Her brother, Austin, is currently a member of the swimming and diving team at South Dakota State
- Her father, Colby, competed in track and field at Texas Tech
- Her uncle, Josh Reynolds played football at Texas Tech
- Majoring in psychology and exercise science
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