Avery Adams

Photo by: © Derek Johnson 2019

Photo by: Todd Goodrich

Team bonding retreat to Kalispell/Glacier National Park

Year:
Senior
Position:
M
Hometown:
Highlands Ranch, Colo.
Previous School:
Mountain Vista HS

2020-21 (senior season):

United Soccer Coaches second-team Scholar All-West Region
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
First-team All-Big Sky Conference
Started all 11 matches for a team that went 9-2-0 and advanced to the NCAA tournament
Ranked third on the team with eight points ... Scored three goals, added two assists
Scored first two career goals in 2-1 home win over Portland State
Added third goal, directly off a corner kick, at home against Eastern Washington
Assisted on Sami Siems’ game-winner in 96th minute in 1-0 win at Sacramento State
Assisted on Rita Lang’s game-winner in seventh minute in 3-1 home win over Eastern Washington
Took nine shots, put seven on goal
Averaged 78 minutes per match

2019 (junior season):

United Soccer Coaches third-team Scholar All-West Region
Academic All-Big Sky Conference
First-team All-Big Sky Conference
Voted team’s Heart of a Griz winner
Played in 19 matches, getting 19 starts
Averaged more than 90 minutes per match
Fourteen times played every minute in a match
Started at both outside back and holding midfielder
Ranked sixth on the team with three points
Had three assists on the season, all coming in October
Assisted on Alexa Coyle’s game-winner in the 71st minute in 2-1 home win over Idaho State
Assisted on Taylor Stoeger’s goal in 56th minute in 4-0 home win over Portland State
Took the corner kick that was headed in by Kendall Furrow in the 79th minute in 1-0 road win at Eastern Washington that gave the Grizzlies the Big Sky championship
Totaled seven shots on the season, putting two on goal
Took three shots in 1-1 draw at North Dakota State
Part of a defense that allowed 16 goals in 19 matches, just two in nine Big Sky matches

2018 (sophomore season):

Academic All-Big Sky Conference
Started all 22 matches at outside back
Averaged more than 82 minutes per match
Took nine shots, putting three on goal
Starter on a back line that helped Montana produce 10 shutouts, which tied for the Big Sky lead and were two off the school record
Never left the field in seven matches
Played all 90 minutes in Montana’s three wins at the Big Sky tournament
All three wins came by shutout as Montana allowed nine shots on goal in 270 minutes

2017 (freshman season):

Played in seven matches, averaging 14.4 minutes per game off the bench
Three times played more than 20 minutes, including 28 in 4-1 home win over San Jose State
Played six minutes in collegiate debut at Utah State
Team was 5-1-1 in matches in which she played

Career Highs
Goals: 2 (Portland State, 3.26.21)
Assists: 1, five times
Points: 4 (Portland State, 3.26.21)
Shots: 4 (Portland State, 3.26.21)
Shots on goal: 3 (Portland State, 3.26.21)
Minutes: 110, five times

Personal: A 2017 graduate of Mountain Vista High ... The daughter of Kirk and Sally Adams ... Has two older sisters, Kelsey and Mariel, and an older brother, Riley ... An environmental studies major.