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Veronica Avalos Season 2019

#23
PositionFORWARD
Height5-3
ClassJunior
HometownSan Diego, Calif.

Honors & Awards
Academic All-Mountain West (2019, 2020)
Aztec Scholar-Athlete (2017, 2018, 2019)

As a Senior (2020 Season)
Mountain West Rankings: T-8th in goals
NCAA Rankings: 1st in penalty kicks

Academic All-Mountain West... Earned three starting assignments and appeared in all 11 games… Totaled three goals one assists and attempted 13 shots… Starts came vs. UNLV (3/20), vs. Fresno State (3/26) and vs. San Jose State (3/28)… Her three goals were the first of her collegiate career and came in the form of a hat trick at Nevada (4/11) as she single handedly outscored the Wolf Pack in a 3-1 victory… The hat trick was the team's second of the season and 11th in program history... Her three goals and six points at Nevada tied for the second most in a game in the Mountain West... Assist, also the first of her career came at Fresno State (3/14)… Produced a single-season high 13 shots with a single game best four at Nevada (4/11)… Attempted three shots at San Jose State (3/12), two vs. Boise State (3/7) & at Fresno State (3/14) and single shots vs. UNLV (3/20) & at Boise State (4/9)… Her three shots on goal at Nevada (4/11) were a career-high among the seven shots she put on frame… Played a total of 523 minutes with a single-game high 63 at UNLV (4/3).

As a Junior (2019 Season)
Academic All-Mountain West... Aztec Scholar-Athlete... Earned one starting assignment, vs. California (9/1), in 15 appearances… Achieved career-highs in games, starts, shots and shots on goal… Produced seven shots and put two, one each vs. Colorado State (9/29) and at Utah State (10/13), on goal… Saw 282 minutes of field time with a single-game high of 53 minutes vs. San Francisco (8/29).

As a Sophomore (2018 Season) 
Aztec Scholar-Athlete... Appeared in six games, all as a reserve... Logged a total of 79 minutes of field time… Saw a season-high 22 minutes in the Aztecs 5-0 victory over Air Force… also had double figure minutes versus Texas Tech and Utah State.

As a Freshman (2017 Season) 
Aztec Scholar-Athlete... Played in three games, all in conference action (vs. Nevada, at Air Force, vs. Colorado State)... Logged a season-high 28 minutes vs. Nevada.

High School/Club: Graduated from Eastlake High School and is a product of San Diego Surf U18 ECNL... Played for the U17 Mexican National Team... As a member of the U17 Mexican National Team, she played in the U17 CONCACAF Pre-World Cup tournament where Mexico finished in second place and then followed it with a third-place effort in the International Female Tournament of Nations before falling in the quarterfinal of the U17 Women's World Cup... Had ODP experience dating back to 2012 and 2013.