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- Height:
- 5-5
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- Year:
- Fy.
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- Hometown:
- McLean, VA
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- High School:
- McLean
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- Position:
- MID
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- College:
- Claremont McKenna
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- pts
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Bio
At CMS
2021 season (First-Year)
First-Team All-Region (United Soccer Coaches) ... SCIAC Newcomer of the Year ... First-Team All-SCIAC ... Appeared in 16 games, making 15 starts as mostly a midfielder for the Athenas ... Led the team in scoring with seven goals and two assists on the season for 16 points ... Recorded three game-winners in league games this year, including an overtime golden goal against La Verne, a second half tiebreaking goal in a 2-1 win over Caltech, and the winner in a 4-3 road victory at Redlands ... She also assisted on the game-tying goal in the closing minutes of a 2-1 win over Redlands in the rematch and had the only goal in a 1-0 road win over UC Santa Cruz ... Was named the SCIAC Women's Soccer Newcomer of the Year ... Earned All-SCIAC first team ... Won the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week Award two-times.
At CMS
Entering her first season as a member of the CMS women's soccer team, where she can play either midfield or forward.
Prior to CMS
Attended McLean High School in Virginia, where she was a member of the soccer team ... Also played club soccer for Loudoun ECNL ... 2021 First-Team All-District and First-Team All Region selection, while serving as a team captain and earning team MVP honors ... Also a 2019 Second-Team All District selection ... Helped McLean to the 2021 Liberty District and Northern Region Championships, and to the Virginia State Semifinals ... An AP Scholar and an AP Capstone Diploma Honor Student ... Volunteered fostering dogs for Lucky Dogs Animal Hospital ... National Honor Society.
Personal
Attends Claremont McKenna ... Mother (Kristie) was a gymnast at George Washington and father (Dan) played soccer at Georgetown ... Chose CMS for the "ability to receive a world class education and play competitive soccer at the same time."
Player Profile
| Overall | Conf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 16 | 12 | ||
| Games started | 15 | 12 | ||
| Goals | 7 | 6 | ||
| Assists | 2 | 2 | ||
| Points | 16 | 14 | ||
| Shots | 40 | 32 | ||
| Shot Pct | .175 | .188 | ||
| Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Game-winning goals | 4 | 3 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | sh | pct | pk | gw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | College of the Desert | W, 8-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 3 | vs. Willamette | W, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 8 | Whittier | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 11 | at UC Santa Cruz | W, 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1.000 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Sep 15 | at Redlands | W, 4-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .500 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Sep 18 | La Verne | L, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 22 | Chapman | T, 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 25 | Occidental | T, 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | at Whittier | W, 3-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .250 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 2 | at Caltech | W, 2-1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | .333 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Oct 6 | Pomona-Pitzer | L, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | Cal Lutheran | T, 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 16 | at La Verne | W, 2-1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | .333 | 0-0 | 1 |
| Oct 20 | at Pomona-Pitzer | L, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 23 | UC Santa Cruz | W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 27 | Redlands | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 30 | at Chapman | L, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
Splits Stats - Game
| gp | gs | gpg | a/g | pts/g | sh/g | sh% | sog/g | sog% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 16 | 15 | .44 | .13 | 1.00 | 2.50 | .175 | 1.50 | .600 |
| Conference | 12 | 12 | .50 | .17 | 1.17 | 2.67 | .188 | 1.58 | .594 | |
| Exhibition | 1 | 1 | .00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 3.00 | .000 | 2.00 | .667 | |
| Location | Home | 8 | 8 | .00 | .13 | .13 | 2.13 | .000 | 1.25 | .588 |
| Away | 7 | 6 | 1.00 | .14 | 2.14 | 2.86 | .350 | 1.86 | .650 | |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 3.00 | .000 | 1.00 | .333 | |
| Result | Wins | 9 | 8 | .78 | .22 | 1.78 | 2.89 | .269 | 1.78 | .615 |
| Losses | 4 | 4 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 1.75 | .000 | 1.00 | .571 | |
| Month | September | 8 | 7 | .50 | .13 | 1.13 | 2.63 | .190 | 1.50 | .571 |
| October | 8 | 8 | .38 | .13 | .88 | 2.38 | .158 | 1.50 | .632 |
Splits Stats - Season
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | yc | rc | pk | gw | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 16 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 40 | .175 | 24 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Conference | 12 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 32 | .188 | 19 | .594 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 3 | |
| Exhibition | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 2 | .667 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Location | Home | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | .000 | 10 | .588 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Away | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 20 | .350 | 13 | .650 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 | |
| Neutral | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Result | Wins | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 26 | .269 | 16 | .615 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 4 |
| Losses | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .000 | 4 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Month | September | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | .190 | 12 | .571 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
| October | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 19 | .158 | 12 | .632 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 2 |
News Mentions
Helfrich Earns First-Team All-Region Honors for CMS Women's Soccer
CLAREMONT, Calif. - First-year midfielder Kaitlyn Helfrich earned a spot on the United Soccer Coaches Division III All- Region X team in a vote of...
November 29, 2021
Helfrich Named SCIAC Newcomer of the Year; Buenconsejo, Schmitt Earn All-SCIAC Honors
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Kaitlyn Helfrich was named the SCIAC Women's Soccer Newcomer of the Year and was joined on the All-SCIAC first team by Gracyn...
November 3, 2021
Chapman Late Comeback Denies CMS Women's Soccer SCIAC Bid
ORANGE, Calif. – Ava Sherry put the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps womens's soccer team ahead in the 57th minute but the Chapman Panthers...
October 31, 2021
Two Late Goals 27 Seconds Apart Keep CMS Women's Soccer in SCIAC Hunt
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s soccer team had its postseason hopes slipping away, trailing Redlands 1-0 with five...
October 28, 2021
Dearman-So Scores Goal as CMS Women's Soccer Defeats UC Santa Cruz 1-0
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Hannah Dearman-So tallied the only goal of the game 9:36 into the second half in a scramble off a free kick, enabling the...
October 23, 2021
CMS Women's Soccer Falls on the Road to Pomona-Pitzer
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Hannah Mandell scored two goals in the first 30 minutes as the Pomona-Pitzer women's soccer team took a 4-0 home win over...
October 20, 2021
Kaitlyn Helfrich Wins Second SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week Award for CMS Women's Soccer
CLAREMONT, Calif. - For the second time in three weeks, first-year midfielder Kaitlyn Helfrich captured the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week...
October 18, 2021
Helfrich Scores Golden Goal in 2-1 Victory Over La Verne
LA VERNE, Calif. - Kaitlyn Helfrich scored on a one-timer from the top of the 18-yard box just over three minutes into the first overtime session,...
October 16, 2021
Schmitt's Late Score gives CMS Women's Soccer 1-1 Tie with Cal Lutheran
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Ava Schmitt found the back of the net for the game tying goal in the 85th minute of the second half, allowing the Claremont...
October 10, 2021
CMS Women's Soccer Falls 1-0 in First Sixth Street Rivalry Game
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Athena Manthouli had eight saves, but the Pomona-Pitzer women's soccer team was able to get one through which proved to be the...
October 7, 2021
Kaitlyn Helfrich Captures SCIAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week Accolades
CLAREMONT, Calif. - First-year midfielder Kaitlyn Helfrich was named the SCIAC Women's Soccer Offensive Player of the Week for games through...
October 4, 2021
CMS Women's Soccer Defeats Caltech 2-1; Helfrich Scores Two Goals in Victory
PASADENA, Calif. - Kaitlyn Helfrich scored both goals for the Claremont Mudd-Scripps women's soccer team as the Athenas were able to pick up a 2-1...
October 3, 2021
CMS Women's Soccer Takes 3-0 Road Win Over Whittier
WHITTIER, Calif. - Ava Sherry and Ava Schmitt scored first half goals two minutes apart, and Kaitlyn Helfrich added a goal in the second half as...
September 30, 2021
CMS Women's Soccer Builds Big Lead, Holds On for SCIAC-Opening Win over Redlands
REDLANDS, Calif. - Kaitlyn Helfrich had two goals and an assist as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's soccer team built a 3-0 lead and held on for...
September 16, 2021
Sherry, Manthouli Sweep SCIAC Weekly Awards for CMS Women's Soccer
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Senior forward Ava Sherry and junior goalie Athena Manthouli earned the SCIAC Offensive Player of the Week and Defensive...
September 13, 2021
Helfrich's Goal Gives CMS Women's Soccer 1-0 Win at UC Santa Cruz
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Kaitlyn Helfrich scored just 2:34 into the second half for the game's only goal as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's soccer...
September 11, 2021
CMS Women's Soccer Rolls to 8-2 Win Over College of the Desert
CLAREMONT, Calif. - Ava Schmitt scored a pair of goals to stake CMS to a 3-0 halftime lead, and Nicole Oberlag scored twice in the second half to...
September 2, 2021
CMS Women's Soccer Debuts at Pritzlaff Field Wednesday Night
CLAREMONT, Calif. - The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's soccer team will be in action at Pritzlaff Field on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. when it takes...
August 30, 2021