Elise Evans - Women's Soccer 2024 - Stanford Cardinal

PositionDEFENDER

Height5-7

ClassJunior

HometownRedwood City, Calif.

9/12/22: Stanford women’s soccer freshmen unite after years as rivals, friends - Marisa Ingemi (San Francisco Chronicle)
10/22/22: Elise Evans striving to continue her family's long legacy of greatness at Stanford (VIDEO) - Pac-12

Career Highlights

Pac-12 Champion (2022)
College Cup appearance (2023)
United Soccer Coaches All-Region fourth team (2024)
All-ACC third team (2024)
Five-time TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week (Sept. 6, 2022, Oct. 18, 2022; Aug. 28, 2023, Nov. 21, 2023; Dec. 3, 2024)
United Soccer Coaches All-America third team (2023)
Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Region first team (2022-23)
All-Pac-12 second team (2023)
TopDrawerSoccer Best XI third team (2023)
Two-time College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 17, 2022; Nov. 20, 2023)
TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week - Honorable Mention (Oct. 31, 2023)
TopDrawerSoccer National Freshman of the Year (2022)
Pac-12 Freshman of the Year (2022)
TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI first team (2022)
All-Pac-12 first team (2022)
All-Pac-12 freshman team (2022)
College Soccer News All-Freshmen first team (2022)
Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5, 2022, Oct. 17, 2022)
Soccer America 3 Stars of the Week (Oct. 18, 2022)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District first team (2023)
Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll (2023)

As a Junior (2024)

As a Sophomore (2023)

United Soccer Coaches All-America third team
United Soccer Coaches All-Region first team
All-Pac-12 second team
TopDrawerSoccer Best XI third team
Two-time TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week (Aug. 28, Nov. 21)
TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week - Honorable Mention (Oct. 31)
College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 20)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District first team
Pac-12 Fall Academic Honor Roll
Started all 25 matches at center defender and logged a team-high 2191:06 minutes
Helped guide Stanford to 14 shutouts while limiting opponents to just .60 goals per game on 9.60 shots per game
Scored two goals, including the game-winner vs. No. 18 Mississippi State in the NCAA Tournament third round (Nov. 19)
Scored a goal to help Stanford to a 3-0 win over Arizona (Oct. 1)
Played 70+ minutes in 23 of her 25 matches played, including full time in 21 of the 25

As a Freshman (2022) • Pac-12 Champions

TopDrawerSoccer National Freshman of the Year
United Soccer Coaches All-Region first team
Pac-12 Freshman of the Year
TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI first team
All-Pac-12 first team
All-Pac-12 freshman team
College Soccer News All-Freshmen first team
Two-time Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5, Oct. 17)
Two-time TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week (Sept. 6, Oct. 18)
College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 17)
Soccer America 3 Stars of the Week (Oct. 18)
Started all 19 matches she played and logged 1497:17 minutes on the back line
Scored three goals - all of them game-winners
Managed the lone goal in a 1-0 shutout victory vs. No. 1 UCLA (Oct. 14)
Compiled eight shots, putting five on frame, including a season-best two vs. Cal Poly (Sept. 4) and at Santa Clara (Sept. 18)
Helped guide Stanford to 12 shutouts while limiting opponents to just .55 goals per game on 8.6 shots per game
First career goal came against Cal Poly (Sept. 4)
Also scored against Utah (Oct. 27)
Earned the start in her collegiate debut and the season opener vs. Sacramento State (Aug. 18)
Played 60+ minutes in 16 of her 19 matches played, including full time in 12 of the 19

National Team Experience

Helped guide United States U-20 Women’s Youth National Team to a bronze medal at the 2024 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Colombia
Played for U.S. U-20 National Team in Colombia (February 2024), Germany (April 2024), Southern California vs. Korea Republic (May-June 2024) and Athens, Georgia vs. Mexico (July 2024)
Represented USA at 2023 Concacaf Women’s U-20 Championship, serving as team co-captain
Member of the US 2018 U15 CONCACAF Championship team
Participated in USGNT/WNT training camps at the U14/15, U16, U17, and U20 age groups, and was a member of the virtual U18 pool during the COVID-19 pandemic
Has played for the United States at UEFA Development tournaments in Portugal, the Netherlands and England

Prior to Stanford

2022 graduate of Woodside High School in Woodside, Calif.
No. 1 recruit in Class of 2022 according to Top Drawer Soccer
Competed for San Jose Earthquakes Girls Development Academy before playing for FC Bay Area Surf
2022 PAL Bay Division Forward of the Year
2022 San Mateo Daily Journal Player of the Year
49’ers Cal-Hi Sports Co-CCS 2022 Player of the Year with Stanford teammate Allie Montoya
2022 Gatorade California State Player of the Year
USA Today and Just Women’s Sports All-America as a senior
Won the 2022 U19 National Girls Academy League Championship with FC Bay Area Surf, earning tournament MVP honors
2019 U16 national champions in US Soccer Girls Development Academy
2021 U19 national champions in Girls Academy League playing alongside current Cardinal teammate Andrea Kitahata
Served as captain for her club team and the US U16 squad

Personal

Born at Stanford Hospital
Daughter of Dena and Marlon Evans
Fifth generation Stanford student-athlete
Father played football and competed in track & field at Stanford, playing in three bowl games and finishing seventh in the national FBS in kick off return average (27.9 yards per return) in 1995 ... competed in the sprints during the 1997 track season, and won the 1997 Donald Kennedy Award by the Stanford Athletics Board
Mother played soccer and competed in track & field at Stanford ... three time All-American in the middle distances, she also scored 20 goals and had 20 assists over her career and was a member of the first Stanford College Cup team in 1993 ... later, as a member of the track & field and cross country coaching staff at Stanford (Assistant Cross Country / T&F Coach 1999-2003, Head Women’s Cross Country Coach/ Assistant T&F Coach 2003-05) she was named 2003 NCAA Women’s Cross Country Coach of the year as Stanford won the title, and was subsequently 2004 NCAA Assistant Coach of the Year for Women’s Distance
Great-grandfather, Ben Dey, is a member of the Stanford Hall of Fame and won the 1936 NCAA doubles title in tennis
Has one sister, Adrienne, who plays soccer at Penn
Student body president as a senior in high school after serving as class president as a freshman, sophomore and junior

2022

Defender

5-7 / -

2023

Defender

5-7 / -

Elise Evans Season 2024