Avery Kalitta

Class:
Junior
Position:
M
Height:
5-9
Hometown:
Saline, Mich.
High School:
Washtenaw Christian Academy

At Michigan
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2022, 2023, 2024)
• Three-time CSC Academic All-District (2022, 2023, 2024)
• All-Big Ten third team (2023)
• Two-time Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2023, 2024)
• Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2022)
• Big Ten All-Freshman team (2021)
• Appeared in 78 career games, starting 63 times
• Started the final 60 games of her career

Senior (2024)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• CSC Academic All-District
• One of two Wolverines to start all 18 games
• Led Michigan with 1,570 minutes played
• Played all 90 minutes 16 times over the course of the season
• Recorded first point of season with an assist against Utah Valley (Aug. 15)
• Tallied six shots, putting one on goal
• Named to the Big Ten Player to Watch List

Junior (2023)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• CSC Academic All-District
• Named to All-Big Ten third team
• Started all 18 matches at holding midfield, playing 1,453 minutes to rank second on the team
• Had six multi-shot matches, highlighted by three against Michigan State (Oct. 7)
• Logged the full 90 on nine occasions
• Recorded an assist at Ohio State (Oct. 22)
• Played 90 minutes to help lead defensive unit to a clean sheet in 2-0 win at No. 18 Northwestern (Sept. 21)
• Played all 90 minutes in 0-0 draw at No. 5 Virginia (Aug. 24)

Sophomore (2022)
• Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
• Academic All-Big Ten
• CSC Academic All-District
• One of two Wolverines to start all 18 games
• Scored the game-winning goal against Toledo (Sept. 11)
• Also tallied an assist against the Rockets for her first multi-point game of her career
• Helped the Wolverines earn four shutouts this season from a defensive midfielder role (Aug. 25, Sept. 4, Sept. 22, Sept. 29)

Freshman (2021)
• Named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team
• Played in 24 matches with nine starting nods in the Wolverine midfield
• Totaled 1,193 minutes
• Recorded the first point of her career with an assists at Purdue (Sept. 30)
• Started all six postseason matches, playing the full match against Tennessee (Nov. 21) and Florida State (Nov. 26)
• Totaled 10 shots on the year, putting four on goal

Prep
• Attended Washtenaw Christian Academy and played ECNL instead of high school soccer
• Named a TopDrawerSoccer.com DA North Carolina Standout in 2018

Academics/Extracurriculars
• Was a member of National Honor Society
• Also a member of Junior Honor Society
• On honor roll

Other Sports
• Played varsity basketball

National/International
• Went to the id2 training camp in Phoenix in 2017, while being in the Michigan ODP Pool in 2017.

Club
• Was a member of the ECNL Hawks Supercup Team in 2021
• Played in the National Selection game in Florida in 2020
• Helped her team to the ECNL National finals in 2019
• Was an all-conference selection in both 2017 and 2018

Personal
• Full name is Avery Lynne Kalitta
• Born July 15, 2003
• Daughter of Doug and Josie Kalitta
• Has one brother who played soccer at Northwood University
• Architecture major