Completed Event: Men's Golf at Folds of Honor Collegiate on September 8, 2025 , , T3rd (863, +11)
Final
Men's Golf
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T3rd (863, +11)
2024 Women's Soccer Roster
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Smith, Avery
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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
Bio
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
Kansas Soccer at Liberty Highlights
Sunday, September 14
Kansas Soccer at Yale Highlights
Sunday, September 07
Nate Lie Postgame Interview vs. Drake
Sunday, August 31
Kansas Soccer vs. Drake Highlights
Sunday, August 31
