Ava Carpentier

Photo by: Mark Coen

Class:
Freshman
Position:
M/D
Hometown:
Albuquerque, NM
Height:
5-3
High School:
Cibola
Squadron:
7 / Shadow Seven

Sophomore (2024): Did not appear in any matches…Served as a BCT Flight Cadre for Guts Delta Flight and completed OPS at Barksdale AFB in Barksdale, LA...

2023 (Freshman): Appeared in all 18 matches as a freshman, including 17 starts...Named to Mountain West Newcomer Team as the result of her work on the defensive end of the pitch...Her 1,432 minutes were third-most on the team, and the most by all first-year Falcons...Played all 90 minutes in eight of 18 matches...Attempted first career shot against Utah State on September 21...Provided defensive presence that helped Falcons to two shutouts in 2023...Helped Air Force to a 1.39 goals against average.

High School/Club: Played for Heath Weihe at Cibola HS...2022 First Team All-District...2022 First Team All-State...2022 1st Team All Metro...2021 Metro Champion, District Champion, and State Champion...2022-2023 Cibola High School Student Body Secretary...2021-2023 National Honors Society Member...2020-2023 Key Club Member...2023 High School Salutatorian.

Personal: Member of cadet squadron 38...Daughter of Matthew and Jessica Carpentier...Major is Behavioral Science...Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico...Hobbies are spikeball, snowboarding, hiking, and lifting...Started playing soccer at age three...Greatest individual sports moment was fully recovering and returning to the pitch following ACL reconstruction surgery...Favorite team moment was winning a state championship alongside her sister...Favorite school subject is math and science...Credits her parents for having the biggest impact on her athletic career...Chose the Academy "to have the opportunity to serve my country while also living out my dream of playing Division I soccer".