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Jersey Number 11
Ava Skaggs
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Ellicott City, Md.
- High School:
- Mount Hebron
EMU: 2025: Redshirted.
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Mount Hebron High School, competing in soccer under head coach Tim Deppen and coach Robert Gibbons…Named captain twice while obtaining six goals and six assists as a senior, and 10 goals and four assists as a junior…Named All-Region Fall South Team by United Soccer Coaches, as well as earning 2024 Player of the Year for Howard County…Named First Team in Maryland All-State, Baltimore All-Metro, and Howard All-County…Earned Howard County League Finalist in 2024, and Howard County League Champions in 2023…Accomplished Regional Champs in 2023, 2022, and 2021 while obtaining 3A Maryland State Finalist in 2023 and 2022, and Maryland State Champions in 2021…Also participated in basketball, earning two letters her freshman and sophomore year…Attended 10 years of club soccer for the Baltimore Armour Girls Academy under coaches Sam Haddad and Adam Wrede & Soccer Association of Columbia with Head Coach Michael Ditter, and six years with the Columbia Ravens AAU Travel Basketball…Named Girls Academy Talent ID - Mid-Atlantic Conference…Ranked three stars as Top Drawer Soccer Featured Standout Player and Soccer Wire Player that Impressed at GA Spring Showcase in 2024…Named Soccer Wire Mid-Atlantic Conference Player to Watch and Standout Player in the Northeast in 2023…Accomplished Girls Academy Playoff Team multiple years, Super Y National Finalist in 2021, and Maryland Cup State Champions in 2019 for soccer.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Ava Isabel Skaggs...Daughter of Joseph (IV) and Amy Skaggs...Has one sister, Lauren...Mom played Division I basketball with Towson University, and her grandfather played football and lacrosse at Drexel University...Major: Undecided
HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Mount Hebron High School, competing in soccer under head coach Tim Deppen and coach Robert Gibbons…Named captain twice while obtaining six goals and six assists as a senior, and 10 goals and four assists as a junior…Named All-Region Fall South Team by United Soccer Coaches, as well as earning 2024 Player of the Year for Howard County…Named First Team in Maryland All-State, Baltimore All-Metro, and Howard All-County…Earned Howard County League Finalist in 2024, and Howard County League Champions in 2023…Accomplished Regional Champs in 2023, 2022, and 2021 while obtaining 3A Maryland State Finalist in 2023 and 2022, and Maryland State Champions in 2021…Also participated in basketball, earning two letters her freshman and sophomore year…Attended 10 years of club soccer for the Baltimore Armour Girls Academy under coaches Sam Haddad and Adam Wrede & Soccer Association of Columbia with Head Coach Michael Ditter, and six years with the Columbia Ravens AAU Travel Basketball…Named Girls Academy Talent ID - Mid-Atlantic Conference…Ranked three stars as Top Drawer Soccer Featured Standout Player and Soccer Wire Player that Impressed at GA Spring Showcase in 2024…Named Soccer Wire Mid-Atlantic Conference Player to Watch and Standout Player in the Northeast in 2023…Accomplished Girls Academy Playoff Team multiple years, Super Y National Finalist in 2021, and Maryland Cup State Champions in 2019 for soccer.
PERSONAL: Full Name: Ava Isabel Skaggs...Daughter of Joseph (IV) and Amy Skaggs...Has one sister, Lauren...Mom played Division I basketball with Towson University, and her grandfather played football and lacrosse at Drexel University...Major: Undecided
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