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Illinois State University Athletics

2025 Soccer Roster

Dennis Banks

4 Ava Watson

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool Dublin Jerome HS
  • Hometown Dublin, Ohio

Biography

AWARDS & HONORS

  • Two-time MVC Scholar-Athlete Team
  • Two-time CSC Academic All-District
  • 2022 All-MVC Freshman Team

2025: Made 21 appearances, including 20 starts in her junior season… Logged 1,778 minutes… Helped the Redbirds secure a school record of 13 shutouts across the campaign.

2024: Started all 20 matches for Illinois State on the back line… Helped Illinois State post five shutouts, a program-best mark since 2019 and its first postseason shutout since 2018...Tallied a pair of assists in her sophomore campaign… Led Illinois State with 1,774 minutes on the pitch and played all 90 minutes in nine consecutive matches to close the campaign...MVC Defensive Player of the Week Aug. 20… CSC Academic All-District Selection...MVC Scholar Athlete team selection. 

2023: Made a start in all 16 games for the Redbirds… Earned All-MVC Freshman Team Honors after tallying three points, recording three assists in her freshman campaign… Secured her first-career assist against Oakland on Sept. 3, with her other two coming against Western Illinois on Sept. 10 and Belmont on Sept. 28.

Previous: Four-year varsity letter winner, Team Captain at Dublin Jerome… Two-time Sectional champion, Two-time Conference champion, and a District champion at Dublin Jerome… Academic All-Ohio selection… All-Conference honoree… Competed in track & field and earned an All-State selection.

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2023Freshman

    Defender
    5'4"
    4
  • 4

    2024Sophomore

    Defender
    5'6"
    4
  • 4

    2025Junior

    Defender
    5'6"
    4