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Ava Michael
  • Height:
    5-8
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • Hometown:
    State College, PA
  • High School:
    State College
  • Position:
    D
  • g
    1
  • a
    8
  • pts
    10
  • gw
    0
Bio

Career Highlights

2020

* AMCC Preseason Defensive Player of the Year
* Academic All-AMCC
* Chi Alpha Sigma Honor Society 
* No official season due to covid

2019

* Named AMCC Second-Team All-Conference
* Appeared and started in all 20 games for the Lions on defense
* Tallied two goals and one assist for five points
* Earned AMCC All-Academic honors

2018

* AMCC First Team honoree
* AMCC All-Academic
* Started all 20 games for the Lions on defense
* Scored five points on the season including goals against D'Youville and Hilbert and an assist against Pitt-Greensburg

At Penn State Behrend

* Majoring in psychology

Personal

* Daughter of Martha and Judd Michael
* Two-sport athlete at State College High School located in State College, PA
* Four-year letterwiner in soccer and two in track & field
* Three-year varsity starter
* Second Team All-Star in 2018
* Senior captain
* Won Robert J. Bruce Award
* In track, took seventh at States in two relays
* Honor Roll
* Mother played soccer at Division I Texas A&M

Recent games
Date Opponent Result
Oct 20 at Alfred St. W, 3-0
Oct 23 Hilbert W, 4-0
Oct 26 at Medaille W, 7-0
Nov 3 Penn State Altoona W, 6-0
Nov 6 Pitt-Greensburg W, 2-0
Nov 13 at Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 1-0
Season Statistics
  Overall Conference
Games 19 8
Games started 19 8
Goals 1 1
Assists 8 4
Points 10 6
Shots 20 16
Shot Pct .050 .063
Penalty kicks 0-0 0-0
Game-winning goals 0 0
Game Log - Scoring
Date Opponent Score gp gs g a pts
Sep 1 Allegheny W, 3-0 1 1 0 1 1
Sep 4 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 5 Wooster W, 3-1 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 11 at Buffalo State W, 4-0 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 12 vs. Trine L, 2-0 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 15 at Mount Union W, 2-1 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 18 Mt. Aloysius W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 21 at Grove City W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 25 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0
Sep 28 at John Carroll W, 5-1 1 1 0 1 1
Oct 3 at Elmira W, 2-0 1 1 0 1 1
Oct 6 Pitt-Bradford W, 11-0 1 1 1 0 2
Oct 9 at Penn State Altoona W, 4-0 1 1 0 0 0
Oct 12 Fredonia W, 2-0 1 1 0 1 1
Oct 16 La Roche W, 9-0 1 1 0 1 1
Oct 20 at Alfred St. W, 3-0 1 1 0 0 0
Oct 23 Hilbert W, 4-0 1 1 0 1 1
Oct 26 at Medaille W, 7-0 1 1 0 2 2
Nov 3 Penn State Altoona W, 6-0 - - - - -
Nov 6 Pitt-Greensburg W, 2-0 - - - - -
Nov 13 at Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 1-0 1 1 0 0 0
Game Log - Shooting
Date Opponent Score gp sh sh% sog sog%
Sep 1 Allegheny W, 3-0 1 1 .000 1 1.000
Sep 4 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-0 1 0 - 0 -
Sep 5 Wooster W, 3-1 1 0 - 0 -
Sep 11 at Buffalo State W, 4-0 1 2 .000 0 .000
Sep 12 vs. Trine L, 2-0 1 1 .000 1 1.000
Sep 15 at Mount Union W, 2-1 1 0 - 0 -
Sep 18 Mt. Aloysius W, 1-0 1 1 .000 0 .000
Sep 21 at Grove City W, 1-0 1 0 - 0 -
Sep 25 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 1-0 1 1 .000 0 .000
Sep 28 at John Carroll W, 5-1 1 0 - 0 -
Oct 3 at Elmira W, 2-0 1 0 - 0 -
Oct 6 Pitt-Bradford W, 11-0 1 1 1.000 1 1.000
Oct 9 at Penn State Altoona W, 4-0 1 2 .000 2 1.000
Oct 12 Fredonia W, 2-0 1 0 - 0 -
Oct 16 La Roche W, 9-0 1 3 .000 1 .333
Oct 20 at Alfred St. W, 3-0 1 2 .000 2 1.000
Oct 23 Hilbert W, 4-0 1 3 .000 0 .000
Oct 26 at Medaille W, 7-0 1 3 .000 1 .333
Nov 3 Penn State Altoona W, 6-0 - - - - -
Nov 6 Pitt-Greensburg W, 2-0 - - - - -
Nov 13 at Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 1-0 1 0 - 0 -
Game Log - Misc.
Date Opponent Score gp yc rc pk gw
Sep 1 Allegheny W, 3-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Sep 4 Baldwin Wallace W, 3-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Sep 5 Wooster W, 3-1 1 0 0 0-0 0
Sep 11 at Buffalo State W, 4-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Sep 12 vs. Trine L, 2-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Sep 15 at Mount Union W, 2-1 1 0 0 0-0 0
Sep 18 Mt. Aloysius W, 1-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Sep 21 at Grove City W, 1-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Sep 25 at Pitt-Greensburg W, 1-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Sep 28 at John Carroll W, 5-1 1 0 0 0-0 0
Oct 3 at Elmira W, 2-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Oct 6 Pitt-Bradford W, 11-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Oct 9 at Penn State Altoona W, 4-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Oct 12 Fredonia W, 2-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Oct 16 La Roche W, 9-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Oct 20 at Alfred St. W, 3-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Oct 23 Hilbert W, 4-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Oct 26 at Medaille W, 7-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
Nov 3 Penn State Altoona W, 6-0 - - - - -
Nov 6 Pitt-Greensburg W, 2-0 - - - - -
Nov 13 at Wesleyan (Conn.) L, 1-0 1 0 0 0-0 0
  gp gs g a pts
2018-19 20 20 2 1 5
2019-20 20 20 2 1 5
2020-21 - - - - 0
2021-22 19 19 1 8 10
Total 59 59 5 10 20

Career Stats: Season Scoring

  gp sh sh% sog sog%
2018-19 20 13 .154 9 .692
2019-20 20 19 .105 10 .526
2020-21 - - - - -
2021-22 19 20 .050 9 .450
Total 59 52 .096 28 .538

Career Stats: Season Shooting

  gp yc rc pk gw
2018-19 20 0 0 0-0 1
2019-20 20 0 0 0-0 0
2020-21 - - - 0-0 -
2021-22 19 0 0 0-0 0
Total 59 0 0 0-0 1

Career Stats: Season Misc.

  gp gs g/g a/g pts/g
2018-19 20 20 .10 .05 .25
2019-20 20 20 .10 .05 .25
2020-21 - - - - -
2021-22 19 19 .05 .42 .53
Total 59 59 .08 .17 .34

Career Stats: Game Scoring

  gp sh/g sh%/g sog/g sog%/g
2018-19 20 .65 .154 .45 .692
2019-20 20 .95 .105 .50 .526
2020-21 - - - - -
2021-22 19 1.05 .050 .47 .450
Total 59 .88 .096 .47 .538

Career Stats: Game Shooting

  gp gs g a pts
Event          
Total 19 19 1 8 10
Conference 8 8 1 4 6
Exhibition - - - - 0
Location          
Home 8 8 1 4 6
Away 10 10 0 4 4
Neutral 1 1 0 0 0
Result          
Wins 17 17 1 8 10
Losses 2 2 0 0 0
Month          
September 10 10 0 2 2
October 8 8 1 6 8
November 1 1 0 0 0

Splits Stats: Season Scoring

  gp sh sh% sog sog%
Event          
Total 19 20 .050 9 .450
Conference 8 16 .063 7 .438
Exhibition - - - - -
Location          
Home 8 9 .111 3 .333
Away 10 10 .000 5 .500
Neutral 1 1 .000 1 1.000
Result          
Wins 17 19 .053 8 .421
Losses 2 1 .000 1 1.000
Month          
September 10 6 .000 2 .333
October 8 14 .071 7 .500
November 1 0 - 0 -

Splits Stats: Season Shooting

  gp yc rc pk gw
Event          
Total 19 0 0 0-0 0
Conference 8 0 0 0-0 0
Exhibition - - - 0-0 -
Location          
Home 8 0 0 0-0 0
Away 10 0 0 0-0 0
Neutral 1 0 0 0-0 0
Result          
Wins 17 0 0 0-0 0
Losses 2 0 0 0-0 0
Month          
September 10 0 0 0-0 0
October 8 0 0 0-0 0
November 1 0 0 0-0 0

Splits Stats: Season Misc.

  gp gs g/g a/g pts/g
Event          
Total 19 19 .05 .42 .53
Conference 8 8 .13 .50 .75
Exhibition - - - - -
Location          
Home 8 8 .13 .50 .75
Away 10 10 .00 .40 .40
Neutral 1 1 .00 .00 .00
Result          
Wins 17 17 .06 .47 .59
Losses 2 2 .00 .00 .00
Month          
September 10 10 .00 .20 .20
October 8 8 .13 .75 1.00
November 1 1 .00 .00 .00

Splits Stats: Game Scoring

  gp sh/g sh%/g sog/g sog%/g
Event          
Total 19 1.05 .050 .47 .450
Conference 8 2.00 .063 .88 .438
Exhibition - - - - -
Location          
Home 8 1.13 .111 .38 .333
Away 10 1.00 .000 .50 .500
Neutral 1 1.00 .000 1.00 1.000
Result          
Wins 17 1.12 .053 .47 .421
Losses 2 .50 .000 .50 1.000
Month          
September 10 .60 .000 .20 .333
October 8 1.75 .071 .88 .500
November 1 .00 - .00 -

Splits Stats: Game Shooting

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