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Shira Elinav - Women's Soccer - Kansas Jayhawks
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Shira Elinav

Position Forward
Height 5-6
Class Sophomore
Hometown Mazkeret Batya, Israel
High School Shefayim HS

 

SENIOR – 2023

  • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
  • Appeared in nine matches (seven starts)
  • Finished the season with one assist vs. Kansas State (Oct. 23)
  • Logged 514 minutes
  • Played a season-high 68 minutes at Iowa State (Oct. 12)
  • Missed the first nine games of the season with an injury

JUNIOR – 2022

  • Academic All-District Team by College Sport Communicators
  • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
  • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Oct. 4)
  • Appeared in all 20 matches (18 starts)
  • Started the final 18 matches of the season
  • Led the team in goals (8) and shots (45), tied for the most points (20) and shots on goal (22) and tied for second in assists (4)
  • Tied for fourth in the Big 12 in goals (8) and tied for fifth in points (20)
  • Scored two goals at Drake (Aug. 28); first career multi-goal game
  • Recorded 45 shots, including 22 shots on goal
  • Logged 1,181 minutes
  • Played a season-high 78 minutes at K-State (Oct. 21)

SOPHOMORE – 2021

  • Academic All-Big 12 First Team
  • Appeared in 17 matches (six starts)
  • Finished the season with four goals and two assists
  • Game-winning goals in back-to-back games at Arkansas State (Sept. 5) and vs. Cincinnati (Sept. 9)
  • Tallied 21 shots, including 14 shots on goal
  • Team rankings: 2nd – goals (4), T-2nd – points (10), T-2nd – shots on goal (14)
  • Logged 737 minutes
  • Played a season-high 78 minutes at Oklahoma

FRESHMAN – 2020

  • Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
  • Appeared in 13 matches making four starts
  • Scored her first-career goal at Kansas State on March 6
  • Finished the season with 19 shots, including a season-high six at Iowa State on Nov. 6
  • Played a season-high 84 minutes at Iowa State on March 20

ISRAEL WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM

  • Collected 11 caps in her career
  • Started for Israel in its World Cup qualifier on Sept. 19, 2021 against Portugal
  • Has two goals and one assist for her country in international play
  • Scored her first career goal on March 10, 2020 against Georgia
  • Knocked in her second goal on April 13, 2022 against Turkey
  • Tallied her first assist on June 23, 2022 against Bulgaria

ISRAEL YOUTH NATIONAL TEAMS

  • Came to Lawrence having already built an impressive resume as one of Israel’s top young players
  • Spent five years on her country’s youth national teams, where she netted 11 goals in 24 international matches
  • Was called up to Israel’s senior national squad in fall of 2019 for the team’s six EURO qualifiers
  • In those six outings, she logged over 300 minutes and netted a goal in her team’s 4-0 win over Georgia in early March

CLUB

  • Spent several years playing in the top women’s leagues in Israel
  • Coming off a stint with F.C. Ramat Hasharon, which she helped to the league championship in 2019-20

PERSONAL

  • Daughter of Eran and Hila Elinav
  • Has one twin brother, Omri, and a younger sister, Inbal
  • Began playing soccer when she moved to the U.S. in 2009
  • Served in the Israel military from 2018-2020 before coming to Kansas
  • Majoring in biology