Averie Collins

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Averie Collins
Personal information
Full name Averie Ann Collins [1]
Date of birth (1997-03-03) March 3, 1997 (age 26)
Place of birth Bozeman, Montana, United States
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Forward / Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2015–2017 Stanford Cardinal 57 (10)
2019 Washington State Cougars 24 (6)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2020–2022 Washington Spirit 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Averie Ann Collins (born March 3, 1997) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward. Collins is the only current NWSL player from Montana. [2]

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Early life

Collins is the daughter of Lisa and Shane Collins. Her father was a defensive end for the Washington Football Team from 1992 to 1994. [3] [4]

High school

Collins grew up in Bozeman, Montana where she played both soccer and basketball for Bozeman High School. During her junior year, Collins led Montana in both goals in soccer as well as rebounds in basketball. As a freshman, Collins and her team won the Montana Class AA soccer state championship. She was a two-time NSCAA Montana Player of the Year and she was named the Gatorade Montana Player of the Year as a senior. Collins finished her high school career with 57 goals and 29 assists. [3] [4]

Stanford University (2015–2018)

Collins attended Stanford University where she played three seasons for the Cardinal and majored in Management Science & Engineering. [4]

As a freshman at Stanford University, Collins appeared as a substitute in 19 games for the Cardinal. She scored three goals, including a game-winning goal in overtime against Washington State University as well as a goal against San Jose State University in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. [4] Stanford advanced to the quarterfinal round where the team fell to Duke after a penalty kick shootout. [5]

The following year she played in each of the Cardinal's 21 games and made 7 starts. Collins scored five goals, including two game-winning goals, and made 5 assists. During Collins' junior season she made one start and 17 appearances for the Cardinal, scoring two goals and one assist to help Stanford's championship-winning run. She redshirted her senior season in 2018. She closed out her career at Stanford with 10 goals, 5 assists, one national championship, and three Pac-12 titles. [4]

Washington State University (2019)

Collins graduated from Stanford in spring 2019 and decided to pursue a MBA at Washington State University where she played for the Cougars during the fall 2019 season. She started all 24 games for WSU and played as a midfielder, scoring 6 goals and making 5 assists. Collins scored two game-winning goals and made two game-winning assists. [3]

Club career

Washington Spirit (2020–2022)

Collins was selected by the Washington Spirit with the club's second-round, No. 17 overall pick of the 2020 NWSL College Draft. Washington had acquired that pick through a blockbuster trade with Sky Blue FC that sent Mallory Pugh to the New Jersey side in exchange for Sky Blue's 4th, 13th, and 17th overall picks in the 2020 draft and the club's natural 1st round pick in the 2021 NWSL Draft. [6]

Collins made her professional debut in the Spirit's first game of 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup on June 27, 2020 against the Chicago Red Stars. [7] Collins came on as a substitute for the final four minutes and came close to converting Dorian Bailey's cross but Chicago goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher pushed Collins' header over the crossbar. [8]

She started for the Spirit against Portland on July 6 and played the first half of the team's 1–1 draw. [9] Collins came on as a substitute in the Spirit's final game of the Challenge Cup and made two substitute appearances in the four-game NWSL Fall Series. Overall, she played in 5 of the Spirit's 9 games of the abbreviated 2020 season. [9]

Collins suffered a season-ending anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury during a voluntary workout ahead of the Spirit's 2021 preseason. The injury was the result of a non-contact incident that occurred while Collins was playing in a 2v2 game with teammates. Collins underwent surgery on February 3, 2021. [10] [11] [12]

Honors

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  2. ↑ "Bozeman's Averie Collins: First NWSL Player from Montana". The Spokesman Review. July 26, 2020. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
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  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Averie Collins – Stanford". Stanford University Athletics. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  5. ↑ Sanjay Srinivas (November 28, 2015). "Women's soccer falls to Duke on penalty kicks in NCAA Quarterfinals". The Stanford Daily. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ Lizzy Becherano (January 16, 2020). "Following Mal Pugh trade, Washington Spirit select 5 players at 2020 NWSL Draft". Black and Red United. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  7. ↑ "National Women's Soccer League Official Site | NWSL". www.nwslsoccer.com.
  8. ↑ Jason Anderson (June 28, 2020). "Rose Lavelle leads Washington Spirit to 2–1 win over Chicago Red Stars in NWSL Challenge Cup". Black and Red United. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "Averie Collins – NWSL". NWSL. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  10. ↑ Jason Anderson (February 9, 2021). "Washington Spirit "looking good" as they begin the 2021 NWSL preseason". Black and Red United. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  11. ↑ Jordan Small (February 15, 2021). "Averie Collins Suffers Torn ACL, Will Miss the Start of the 2021 NWSL Season". Washington Spirit. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  12. ↑ Carson Merk (February 19, 2021). "Averie Collins is confident she'll come back better than ever after her torn ACL". Beautiful Game Network. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
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