University of Minnesota Athletics

2024 Soccer Roster

Ally Childers Celebration
Ally Childers
Jersey Number 13

Ally Childers

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Position:
    Defender/Midfielder
  • High School:
    Grand Blanc High School
  • Hometown:
    Fenton, Mich.
  • Prev School:
    Michigan State
PRONUNCIATION

2024 | GRADUATE
• Scored the game-winning goal against Maryland (Oct. 17)
• Tallied two shots against Maryland (Oct. 17)
• Has seen the field 14 times this season, totaling 384 minutes off the bench

2022 | SENIOR (at Michigan State)
Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 12 games, totaling three points with a goal and assist in 249 minutes on field
• Recorded her second career goal in 37 minutes of action during the home opener against Central Michigan (Aug. 25)
• Played 32 Senior Day minutes against Binghamton, notching her second-consecutive game with a point on an assist (Aug. 28)
• Saw 31 minutes of run time in the historic 4-2 upset of then-No. 19 Colorado at DeMartin Stadium (Sept. 11)
• Registered 24 minutes in a 3-0 shutout at Illinois (Sept. 18)
• Tallied 19 minutes in a 1-0 victory at home vs. Indiana (Oct. 13)

2021 | JUNIOR (at Michigan State)
Academic All-Big Ten
• Appeared in all but one match this season
• Made her first career start at Indiana (Sept. 19)
• Scored the first goal of her Spartan career against Dayton (Sept. 12)
• Totaled eight shot attempts over eight different matches

2020-21 | SOPHOMORE (at Michigan State)
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
Academic All-Big Ten

• Appeared in 10 games, totaling 332 minutes on the field
• Had three shot attempts including one shot on goal against Ohio State (April 3)

2019 | FRESHMAN (at Michigan State)
• Appeared in six games, getting her first collegiate action vs. Marshall (Aug. 25)
• Recorded two shots on goal vs. Detroit Mercy (Sept. 8)
• Played a season-high 21 minutes at No. 23 Penn State (Sept. 22).

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
• Three-year letter winner in soccer at Grand Blanc High School
• 2017 All-District Team and All-KLAA Team member
• 2017 District Champions, Regional Champions and MHSSA Division 1 State Finalist
• 2017 Academic All-KLAA and received MIHSSCA Team All-Academic Award
• 2018 All-District, All-Region and All-State Team
• Club player for Michigan Hawks from 2011 to 2018
• 2013-14 Michigan State Cup Champions, Midwest Regional Champions and National Finalists
• 2015-16 ECNL Midwest Conference Champions
• Olympic Development Program Regional Team from 2013-2016
• ODP Interregional Event 2015 … 2015 and 2016 All-Star Team/Best 11 … 2015 and 2016 US Soccer Training Center

PERSONAL
• Daughter of Cathy and Jeff Childers
• Kate Childers’ older sister
• Competed with older sister, Lexi, at Michigan State
• Father, Jeff, played baseball at Michigan State
Highlights: Gophers 1, Michigan State 2
Thursday, September 25
Highlights: Gophers 2, Rutgers 1
Thursday, September 18
Highlights: Gophers 2, Nebraska 2
Thursday, September 11
Highlights: Gophers 2, Brown 0
Monday, September 01