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Jersey Number 31
Ava Lutke
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Unity Christian
- Hometown:
- Allendale, Mich.
2025 (Freshman): Played in 22 games in her first collegiate season, starting 11 and missing three due to injury ... Averaged 60 minutes per game in her 22 appearances, including two 90+ minute outings in the postseason ... Posted a goal and an assist ... Moved to center back for the NCAA Tournament after playing time on the wing ... Made her collegiate debut on the road at Colorado (8/14) ... Scored her first collegiate goal at home against NC State (8/21) ... Earned her first career collegiate start vs. No. 5 Notre Dame (9/4) and played 65 minutes ... Had an assist on Kennedy Bell's first goal vs. USC (9/21) ... Missed three games with injury, and returned to action against Illinois (10/19) ... Went all 94 minutes in MSU's Big Ten semifinal OT win over No. 17 UCLA (11/6) ... Averaged 78 minutes per game in the four NCAA Tournament games, including going all 90 vs. Wake Forest (11/20) and 83 minutes vs. No. 1 Stanford (11/28).
Prior to MSU: 2025 Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year ... 2025 MIHSSCA Miss Soccer Honoree ... Three-star prospect ranking from Top Drawer Soccer ... 2025 Detroit Free Press Girls Soccer Player of the Year ... Three-time MIHSSCA Dream Team pick... Four-year starter at Unity Christian, captaining the team for three seasons ... Earned All-Conference kudos as well as MIHSSA All-District, All-Region, and All-State honors all four seasons ... Three-time state champion and runner-up finish as a freshman ... Concluded her prep soccer career with 104 goals and 83 assists ... Played for Dean Muckle and Stuart Collins for the Michigan Rangers F.C. ... Three-time State Cup finalists (2019, 2020, 2023) and three-time champions (2021, 2022, 2024) ... Helped her U19 team to a National Championship in 2024 ... 2023 U19 National Championship Best XI Recipient ... 2024 U19 National Championship Best XI Recipient Honorable Mention, Golden Boot Recipient, and Golden Ball Recipient .. Also played three seasons of high school volleyball (earning MIHSSA All-Conference honors) and two seasons of JV basketball.
Personal: Daughter of Lance and April Lutke ... Has four younger brothers: Logan, Wyatt, Nolan, and Ryker ... US Soccer Referee ... Played clarinet in her high school band for two years ... Kinesiology major.
Prior to MSU: 2025 Michigan Gatorade Player of the Year ... 2025 MIHSSCA Miss Soccer Honoree ... Three-star prospect ranking from Top Drawer Soccer ... 2025 Detroit Free Press Girls Soccer Player of the Year ... Three-time MIHSSCA Dream Team pick... Four-year starter at Unity Christian, captaining the team for three seasons ... Earned All-Conference kudos as well as MIHSSA All-District, All-Region, and All-State honors all four seasons ... Three-time state champion and runner-up finish as a freshman ... Concluded her prep soccer career with 104 goals and 83 assists ... Played for Dean Muckle and Stuart Collins for the Michigan Rangers F.C. ... Three-time State Cup finalists (2019, 2020, 2023) and three-time champions (2021, 2022, 2024) ... Helped her U19 team to a National Championship in 2024 ... 2023 U19 National Championship Best XI Recipient ... 2024 U19 National Championship Best XI Recipient Honorable Mention, Golden Boot Recipient, and Golden Ball Recipient .. Also played three seasons of high school volleyball (earning MIHSSA All-Conference honors) and two seasons of JV basketball.
Personal: Daughter of Lance and April Lutke ... Has four younger brothers: Logan, Wyatt, Nolan, and Ryker ... US Soccer Referee ... Played clarinet in her high school band for two years ... Kinesiology major.
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