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Career Highlights

  • Pac-12 Champion (2022)
  • College Cup appearance (2023)
  • Two-time All-Pac-12 second team (2021, 2023)
  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week - Honorable Mention (Nov. 21, 2023)
  • TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI first team (2021)
  • All-Pac-12 freshman team (2021)
  • Two-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2023)

  • All-Pac-12 second team
  • Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week - Honorable Mention (Nov. 21)
  • Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in all 25 matches, starting 24, while totaling 1787:49 minutes
  • Scored nine goals, and assisted on nine more, to finish with 27 points - second-most on the team and fourth in the Pac-12
  • Nine goals ranked third on the team, with a Pac-12-best five of the nine proving to be game-winners to rank 14th in the nation
  • Nine assists were second-most in the Pac-12 and trailed only teammate Jasmine Aikey (12)
  • Averaged .36 assists per game to rank third in the Pac-12 and finished seventh in the Conference in points per game (1.08)
  • Contributed a goal in eight of the 25 matches, and had a point in 14 of the 25
  • Registered 70 shots, putting 32 on goal
  • Managed a pair of goals and an assist for five points vs. No. 16 South Carolina in the NCAA Tournament second round (Nov. 17)
  • Scored the game-winner in back-to-back matches vs. No. 10 Duke (Sept. 2) and at VCU (Sept. 7)
  • Had a goal and two assists in a 3-1 win over Oregon State (Oct. 19)
  • Scored in the season opener at San Diego (Aug. 17) and against No. 12 Santa Clara (Sept. 17), Utah (Oct. 8) and Pepperdine (Nov. 10)
  • Played 60+ minutes in 20 of her 25 matches played, including every minute of three matches

As a Sophomore (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

  • Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
  • Appeared in six matches while logging 226:53 minutes
  • Utilized a redshirt season

As a Freshman (2021)

  • TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI first team
  • All-Pac-12 second team
  • All-Pac-12 freshman team
  • Appeared in all 20 matches, starting 19, while totaling 1379:55 minutes
  • Scored four goals, and assisted on a team-best six more, to finish with 14 points - second-most on the team
  • Registered 55 shots, putting 29 on goal
  • First career points came on two assists vs. CSUN (Aug. 26)
  • Scored her first two career goals on a season-high eight shots vs. San Diego State (Aug. 29)
  • Scored a goal at No. 2 North Carolina (Sept. 5) and vs. Arizona State (Oct. 21)
  • Contributed assists vs. No. 5 Duke (Sept. 2), LMU (Sept. 12), No. 11 Santa Clara (Sept. 19) and Arizona (Oct. 24)
  • Played 50+ minutes in 16 of her 20 matches played, including every minute of four matches

National Team Experience

  • Member of U23 United States Women's soccer team
  • Qualified for U20 FIFA Women's World Cup
  • 2022 Concacaf Women's Under-20 Championship (Dominican Republic)
  • Scored seven goals in six matches at 2022 U20 Concacaf Championship to win Silver Boot despite leaving tournament early to return to Stanford
  • 2022 U-20 FIFA World Cup participant (Costa Rica)
  • Was slated to participate in the 2021 FIFA U17 World Cup before it was canceled due to COVID-19 global pandemic
  • 2019 U17 US Women's National Team International UEFA Tournament champions in Falkenberg, Sweden
  • Invited by Japanese Fútbol Association (JFA) to compete in youth tournament (2018)
  • 2018 U16 UEFA Development Tournament champions in Esposende, Portugal
  • 2018 U16 Development Tournament Champions in Weifang, China
  • 2017 U17 Development Academy Best 11 of the Year
  • Has been called up to more than 35 US national team camps

Prior to Stanford

  • Prepped at San Mateo High School in San Mateo, Calif.
  • Played for San Jose Earthquakes Development Academy
  • Served as a team captain since 2017
  • 2021 Girl's Academy U19 National Champions iwth FC Bay Area Surf
  • 2019 United Soccer Coaches Youth Girls All-America
  • 2018 United Soccer Coaches Youth Girls All-Region
  • 2018 U17 No. 3 National Champions with the Earthquakes
  • 2018 U17 West Conference Best XI
  • 2017 national futsal champion
  • Top Defender in 2021 class according to Top Drawer Soccer and No. 3 overall player in her class
  • Top Drawer Soccer five-star recruit
  • Trained with NWSL OL Reign in spring 2021
  • Also played squash and was ranked as high as No. 4 in the country for her age group

Personal

  • Born in San Francisco
  • Daughter of Ingrid DeMoor and Luther Kitahata
  • Has two siblings, Garrett and Nicholas
  • Brother, Garrett, plays squash at Cal and is a top-ranked junior player in the country
  • Grandfather, Masahiko Kitahata, was on the Japanese Olympic swim team in 1944 (games canceled due to World War II)
  • Great grandfather, Jan DeMoor, was a professional soccer player for Ajax (Netherlands) in the 1920s
  • Multi-sport athlete at Stanford, competing in squash and women's soccer
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