15 Ava Croft
Ava Croft
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Hometown:
    Polk City, Iowa
  • Position:
    D/M
  • Year:
    So.
  • High School:
    North Polk
  • g
    1
  • a
    0
  • pts
    2
  • gw
    0

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Letterwinner (2024)
  • Co-Breakout Player of the Year Team Award (2024)
2024 | freshman
  • Appeared in 18 games for the Storm
  • Played for the first time against Illinois Wesleyan
  • Made her first career start against Wis.-La Crosse in the first round of the NCAA Tournament
  • Took six shots on the season
  • Earned Co-Breakout Player of the Year team award
High School
  • Graduated in 2024 from North Polk High School
  • Three-time all-conference selection in soccer (2022, 2023, 2024)
  • Named team captain of her soccer team her senior year
  • Helped lead her team to the State Championship game (2024)
  • Reached the State quarterfinals four straight years (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
  • First-team all-conference in volleyball (2023)
  • Second-team all-conference in volleyball (2022)
  • Member of the National Honors Society
  • Earned DMACC President’s List
Personal
  • Parents are Aaron and Mary Croft
  • Has two siblings, Lauren and Adam
  • Majoring in biology and health and exercise science with a minor in psychology

 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 18 at Buena Vista W, 3-1
Oct 22 Luther W, 3-0
Oct 25 Wartburg W, 2-0
Oct 28 at St. Catherine
Nov 1 Luther W, 2-1
Nov 5 at Loras L, 1-0
  Overall Conf
Games 19 8
Games started 3 0
Goals 1 0
Assists 0 0
Points 2 0
Shots 1 0
Shot Pct 1.000 -
Penalty kicks 1-1 0-0
Game-winning goals 0 0
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Aug 19 Truman   - - - - - - - -
Aug 22 at Westminster (Mo.)   - - - - - - - -
Aug 29 at Ill. Wesleyan W, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Aug 30 at Millikin T, 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 5 at Macalester W, 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 7 Carleton L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 9 Cornell College W, 10-0 0 1 0 2 1 1.000 1-1 0
Sep 13 Wis.-Platteville L, 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 18 at No. 16 Wis.-La Crosse L, 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 20 at Wis.-Eau Claire T, 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 24 Monmouth (Ill.) W, 5-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 27 at Coe W, 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 4 Neb. Wesleyan W, 5-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 8 Central (Iowa) W, 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 11 at No. 18 Loras L, 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 14 at Dubuque L, 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 18 at Buena Vista W, 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 22 Luther W, 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 25 Wartburg W, 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 28 at St. Catherine   - - - - - - - -
Nov 1 Luther W, 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 5 at Loras L, 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 8 vs. A-R-C Tournament   - - - - - - - -

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2024-25 18 2 .00 .00 .00 .33 .000 .11 .333
2025-26 19 3 .05 .00 .11 .05 1.000 .05 1.000
Total 37 5 .03 .00 .05 .19 .143 .08 .429

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2024-25 18 2 0 0 0 6 .000 2 .333 0 0 0-0 0
2025-26 19 3 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 0 1-1 0
Total 37 5 1 0 2 7 .143 3 .429 0 0 1-1 0

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Event Total 19 3 .05 .00 .11 .05 1.000 .05 1.000
Conference 8 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 2 .11 .00 .22 .11 1.000 .11 1.000
Away 10 1 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 11 2 .09 .00 .18 .09 1.000 .09 1.000
Losses 6 1 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
Month August 2 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
September 8 3 .13 .00 .25 .13 1.000 .13 1.000
October 7 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -
November 2 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 - .00 -

Splits Stats - Season

    gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Event Total 19 3 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 0 1-1 0
Conference 8 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Location Home 9 2 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 0 1-1 0
Away 10 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Result Wins 11 2 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 0 1-1 0
Losses 6 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0
Month August 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0
September 8 3 1 0 2 1 1.000 1 1.000 0 0 1-1 0
October 7 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0
November 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 0-0 0

News Mentions

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Storm shower Cornell with 10 goals

Simpson put on a dominant performance at home on Tuesday night, defeating Cornell 10-0 behind goals from eight different players.

September 9, 2025