Andrea Kitahata - Women's Soccer 2024 - Stanford Cardinal

PositionFORWARD

Height5-7

ClassRedshirt Junior

HometownHillsborough, Calif.

Career Highlights

Pac-12 Champion (2022)
College Cup appearance (2023)
TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 3, 2024)
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)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
Two-time Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2022-23)

As a Redshirt Junior (2024)

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

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

2021

Midfielder/Forward

5-7 / -

2022

Forward

5-7 / -

2023

Forward

5-7 / -

Andrea Kitahata Season 2024