Elise Aminta Evans (born December 16, 2004) is an American college

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player who plays as a

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for the

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. She won bronze with the

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at the

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Early life and college career

Raised in

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, Evans played for the

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academy team before joining Bay Area Surf, which she captained. She helped win the Girls' Development Academy under-16 national championship in 2019 and the Girls Academy under-19 title in 2022, where she received the tournament's Golden Ball. She attended Woodside High School, where she scored 18 goals in 12 games playing both defense or forward in her senior year in 2022, being named the California

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'' All-American. She committed to Stanford as a freshman and was considered the top recruit of the class of 2022 by ''

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Stanford Cardinal

Evans started for the

as a freshman in the 2022 season. She contributed to one of the country's top defenses, recording shutouts in 12 of 19 games, and added three game-winning goals as the Cardinal claimed the

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title. She was recognized as the Pac-12 freshman of the year, first-team All-Pac 12, and ''TopDrawerSoccer'' national freshman of the year. She led the team in minutes played as a sophomore in 2023, helping the team to a near-undefeated record before falling to

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in the NCAA championship title game, and was named second-team All-Pac 12 and

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third-team All-American.

International career

Evans helped the United States win the 2018 CONCACAF Girls' U-15 Championship. She trained and played friendlies with the under-16 team in 2019 and 2020. She was selected to play at the 2023 CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship, where she captained the team to qualify for the

. She started in two games at the U-20 Women's World Cup as the United States finished in third place, its best result since

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Personal life

Evans was born in Stanford Hospital in a family with a history in college sports at Stanford: Her father, Marlon Evans, played

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and ran track; her mother, Dena ( Dey), played soccer and earned three-time All-American honors in middle-distance track; and her great-grandfather, Ben Dey, won the NCAA doubles tennis title in 1936. Her older sister, Adrienne, played college soccer at Penn.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Elise 2004 births Living people American women's soccer players Women's association football central defenders United States women's youth international soccer players United States women's under-20 international soccer players Stanford Cardinal women's soccer players Soccer players from California People from Redwood City, California 21st-century American sportswomen