#20 Ava Galligan Season 2023

2023 All-SEC Second Team
2023 All-SEC Freshman Team
2023 Midseason Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 Freshman List

FRESHMAN SEASON (2023)
Had a breakout season in her first year as a Tiger, playing in all 20 games as a freshman and earning the start in 17 of those … tied as the squad’s second highest leading scorer with four goals on the year and and also tied with teammate Mollie Baker on a team-high five assists … her five assists rank her inside the top 10 in the SEC … took 39 shots with 13 being on goal … scored her first collegiate goal in a 2-2 tie with Pepperdine … her second and third career goals came against Tennessee, one being a game winner … scored in a 1-1 tie with No. 9 Arkansas … named to the All-SEC Second Team and the All-SEC Freshman Team … named to the 2023 Midseason Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 Freshman List … totaled 1,324 minutes on the season.

PRIOR TO LSU
A forward out of Ashburn, Virginia, Galligan played club ball for The Saint James (TSJ) FC Virginia … Four star recruit by Top Drawer Soccer … In her time playing club, she played for the girls academy, which includes some of the top females and teams in the country … As part of the Girls Academy League, she earned placement in the league’s top talent identification invitation only multiple times … U.S. Youth National Team soccer ID camp member since 2019 … Selected as the United Soccer Coaches Award Nominee in 2022 … Attended Independence High School.