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Jersey Number 9
Ava Kertgate
- Position:
- Midfielder/Forward
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Stafford, Va.
- High School:
- Colonial Forge HS
AS A JUNIOR (2025)
Started all 16 matches and set a new career-high with 1,193 minutes played … Named as one of four players to CSC Academic All-District Team … Finished fourth on the team in shots on goal (11) and fifth in total shots (21) … Played all 90 minutes in season opener at Charlotte on August 17 … Added an assist on August 24 vs. Campbell … Scored first goal of season in 3-0 win at Presbyterian on Sept. 20 … Finished with key assist in 2-1 win vs. High Point on October 15.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2024)
Stepped into a starting role for Radford starting in 17 of the 18 games she appeared in totaling a career-high 1,169 minutes played … Named to the conference’s all-academic team at the conclusion of the season … Kicked off the season with a goal in a 4-1 win over William & Mary (Aug. 15) … Also netted goals in matches against Richmond (Sept. 12) and Charleston Southern (Oct. 5) … Fired off a career-high 20 shots with 11 coming on goal, good for a .550 shot on goal percentage … Fired two shots in postseason action over UNC Asheville (Nov. 2) and High Point (Nov. 7).
AS A FRESHMAN (2023)
Made an immediate impact in her debut season competing in 15 matches and earning three starts … Totaled two goals and two assists on the season for six points in 619 minutes played … Earned her first assist in her collegiate debut against Emory & Henry … Scored her first and second career goals in a 5-0 win against Hampton, the first individual Highlander to net a multi-goal performance of the season … Assisted a goal in Radford’s 2-1 Big South semifinals victory over #4 Charleston Southern.
PREP
Lettered in women's soccer and cross country at Colonial Forge ... Named Commonwealth District Girls Soccer Player of the Year for 2021-22 season and was a four-time Commonwealth District First Team member ... Graduated with a 4.29 GPA ... Played club with Virginia Development Academy (VDA) and Stafford Soccer.
PERSONAL
Plans to be a registered nurse and/or play professional soccer abroad after college ... Favorite sports moments were winning the Big South Championship (2023) and scoring 35 goals her junior season of high school ... Enjoys cooking outside of soccer ... Favorite sports team is Real Madrid ... Favorite vacation spot is the beach ... Favorite TV show is Love Island and favorite movie is Crazy Rich Asians ... Has two brothers, Tommy and Charlie ... Daughter of Jason and Amy Kertgate.
Started all 16 matches and set a new career-high with 1,193 minutes played … Named as one of four players to CSC Academic All-District Team … Finished fourth on the team in shots on goal (11) and fifth in total shots (21) … Played all 90 minutes in season opener at Charlotte on August 17 … Added an assist on August 24 vs. Campbell … Scored first goal of season in 3-0 win at Presbyterian on Sept. 20 … Finished with key assist in 2-1 win vs. High Point on October 15.
AS A SOPHOMORE (2024)
Stepped into a starting role for Radford starting in 17 of the 18 games she appeared in totaling a career-high 1,169 minutes played … Named to the conference’s all-academic team at the conclusion of the season … Kicked off the season with a goal in a 4-1 win over William & Mary (Aug. 15) … Also netted goals in matches against Richmond (Sept. 12) and Charleston Southern (Oct. 5) … Fired off a career-high 20 shots with 11 coming on goal, good for a .550 shot on goal percentage … Fired two shots in postseason action over UNC Asheville (Nov. 2) and High Point (Nov. 7).
AS A FRESHMAN (2023)
Made an immediate impact in her debut season competing in 15 matches and earning three starts … Totaled two goals and two assists on the season for six points in 619 minutes played … Earned her first assist in her collegiate debut against Emory & Henry … Scored her first and second career goals in a 5-0 win against Hampton, the first individual Highlander to net a multi-goal performance of the season … Assisted a goal in Radford’s 2-1 Big South semifinals victory over #4 Charleston Southern.
PREP
Lettered in women's soccer and cross country at Colonial Forge ... Named Commonwealth District Girls Soccer Player of the Year for 2021-22 season and was a four-time Commonwealth District First Team member ... Graduated with a 4.29 GPA ... Played club with Virginia Development Academy (VDA) and Stafford Soccer.
PERSONAL
Plans to be a registered nurse and/or play professional soccer abroad after college ... Favorite sports moments were winning the Big South Championship (2023) and scoring 35 goals her junior season of high school ... Enjoys cooking outside of soccer ... Favorite sports team is Real Madrid ... Favorite vacation spot is the beach ... Favorite TV show is Love Island and favorite movie is Crazy Rich Asians ... Has two brothers, Tommy and Charlie ... Daughter of Jason and Amy Kertgate.
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