2025 (Colorado)
Played in 23 games and made 22 starts … Totaled 11 points from two goals and a career-best seven assists … Scored the game-winning goal against Texas Tech … Recorded an assist in four of the team’s last five games … Assist in the NCAA Tournament game against Michigan State gave her a share of the school record for career NCAA Tournament points with six … Tied for fourth all-time at Colorado with 18 career assists … Hermann Award Preseason Watch List … Preseason All-Big 12 selection.
2024 (Colorado)
United Soccer Coaches First Team All-Midwest Region … Ranked second on the team with a career-high 17 points (six goals, five assists) … Started all 22 games … Assisted on both goals in a 2-0 win over Michigan … Totaled three game-winning goals, including one vs. Utah in the first round of the Big 12 Tournament … Closed the season with a five-match points streak … Scored both of Colorado’s goals in the two NCAA Tournament matches against Georgia and Wake Forest … Played all 180 minutes in the NCAA Tournament … Finished the year No. 84 in TDS’s Top 100.
2023 (Colorado)
Pac-12 All-Freshman selection … Finished second on the team with 10 points (two goals, team-leading six assists) … Played in all 21 games with 20 starts … Saw 1,462 minutes of game action … First collegiate goal was the game-winner vs. New Mexico … Became the youngest player in program history to score a goal at 17 years and 65 days old … Named the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 12 after leading the team to a shutout win over Mexico and scoring the game-winner, along with recording an assist against Colgate … Scored the game-tying goal on a penalty kick at Washington … Handed out assists in three consecutive games from Sept. 28-Oct. 5.
High School/Club
Played 3.5 years with Colorado Rush, winning the 2022 Girls’ Academy Champions League … Named the 2022 Defensive Player of the Year … Participated in the 2021 and 2022 USYNT Regional ID centers … Trained in Spain with Mislata, SPF and Deportivo … Helped Mislata win the Valencia Cup … Graduated from Boulder HS a year early … Three-year letterwinner in track and field … Qualified for the state championships in the 300-meter hurdles … Two-time Most Points winner.
Personal
Full name is Ava Loren Priest … Born in Sacramento, Calif. … Parents are Gina and Doug Priest … Has two younger siblings, Stella and Colton … Decided to attend UCLA because it is a “great program with great coaches in a beautiful area” … Greatest athletic thrill was coming back from a 2-1 deficit to upset Georgia in the first round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament … Speaks Japanese … Interests include the ocean and marine life … Athletes she admires are Muhammad Ali and Neymar … Career aspiration is to be professional soccer player.