Elise Karas

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Upper Arlington
Hometown:
Columbius, Ohio

A three-star rated prospect by Top Drawer Soccer, and the No. 65 midfielder … Played for coaches Willie Gage and Chris King at Ohio Premier … Three-time ECNL Girls Ohio Valley All-Conference Selection in (first team in both 2023 and 2024, second team in 2025) … Earned a spot on Team New England for the 2025 ECNL Girls Conference Cup … Three-year letterwinner at Upper Arlington high school, helping the squad to a district championship and runner-up performance at regionals in 2025 … As a junior (2025), was the Central Ohio Women’s Soccer Player of the Year, OCC First Team All-Conference and Player of the Year, a First Team All-State pick and earned First Team All-Region and All-America honors.

Personal: Daughter of Kiera and Chris Karas … Both parents were collegiate athletes: Father, Chris, ran track and cross country at Yale, while mother, Kiera was a soccer letterwinner at Boston College … Has two siblings who are also collegiate runners: Brother, Owen, will graduate from Yale this spring, and Erin runs at Dartmouth.