Ava Rightmire

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-6
Class:
Redshirt Junior
High School:
Downingtown West HS
Hometown:
Downingtown, Pa.
Prev School:
Penn State

Accolades
2025 CSC Academic All-District

2025: Appeared in 20 matches with 18 starts … logged a season-high 110 minutes vs. Rice on Nov. 6 … recorded one shot and one shot on goal at Rice on Oct. 12.

2024: Appeared in 19 matches, with 17 starts … tallied three assists … produced an assist in back-to-back matches against Southern and FGCU … assisted on the match-winning goal against North Texas on November 4 … helped the USF defense record 12 clean sheets … recorded 1,462 minutes as a defender.

2023 (Penn State): Did not see game action during her freshman campaign, utilizing her redshirt.

High School: Attended Downingtown West High School in Downingtown, Pa. … four-time All-Ches-Mont and All-Area Selections ... 2021 and 2022 Team Defensive MVP ... United Soccer Coaches High School All-American in 2022 ... played for FC Delco for 11 years ... 2021 ECNL All-Conference second team...2022 ECNL All-Conference first team ... U.S. Training Center Player Pool ('04 birth year).

Personal: Daughter of Taylor and Lauren Rightmire … has two sisters, Regan and Drew ... Regan played lacrosse at Gettysburg and attends NYU, while Drew attends James Madison.