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Career Highlights

  • Pac-12 Champion (2022)
  • College Cup appearance (2023)
  • All-Pac-12 freshman team (2021)

As a Junior (2023)

  • Appeared in 22 matches, starting 15, while logging 1229:58 minutes
  • Helped guide Stanford to 14 shutouts while limiting opponents to just .60 goals per game on 9.60 shots per game
  • Earned the start in each of her final 10 matches played
  • Played 50+ minutes in 13 of her 22 matches played, 70+ in 11 of the 22, and full time in two

As a Sophomore (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Appeared in 18 matches, starting 11, while logging 1129:36 minutes
  • Helped guide Stanford to 12 shutouts while limiting opponents to just .55 goals per game on 8.6 shots per game
  • Managed an assist against San Jose State (Nov. 11) to collect one point
  • Put up a pair of shots, including one vs. No. 8 Penn State (Sept. 1) and against No. 15 BYU (Nov. 17)
  • Played 50+ minutes in 12 of her 18 matches played, 70+ in 10 of the 18, and full time in five

As a Freshman (2021)

  • All-Pac-12 freshman team
  • Appeared in 19 matches overall, starting 16 as a defender
  • Assisted on a goal vs. SDSU to finish the year with one point (Aug. 29)
  • First career start came at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 5)
  • Made collegiate debut against CSUN (Aug. 26)
  • Managed first career shot vs. LMU (Sept. 12)
  • Played 75+ minutes in 15 of her 19 matches played
  • Logged 1529:31 minutes on a back line that posted nine shutouts and limited opponents to .85 goals per match on 6.90 shots per game

National Team Experience

  • Called in for U.S. U20 matches vs. Costa Rica (2022)

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at Syosset High School in Syosset, N.Y.
  • United Soccer Coaches High School Girls All-America (2021)
  • All-State first team (2021)
  • Newsday Player of the Year (2021)
  • Two-time team captain (2019-20)
  • Guided her team to a 2019 conference championship and a county title in 2018
  • Two-time All-County selection (2018-19)
  • All-Long Island and All-State (2019)
  • Played for ECNL SUSA and ECNL East Meadow Soccer Club
  • Helped her squad to the ECNL national finals in 2017 (U15)
  • Won 2017 Northeast conference championship
  • ECNL All-conference selection (2018-19)
  • ECNL PDP and ID2 camp selections in both 2017-18 and 2018-19
  • Invited to US Soccer Boca Regional Team camp and ODP National Camp
  • Played for Adidas select team that traveled to France in 2018

Personal

  • Born in Manhattan, N.Y.
  • Daughter of Carrol and Mark Brandt
  • Has two siblings, Devan and Leena
Avani_Brandt
2021
Defender/Midfielder
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Avani_Brandt
2022
Defender
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Avani_Brandt
2023
Defender
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