Hokie Club2022: Did not make an appearance.
2021
Season Notes: Appeared in two games, recording one assist.
• Assisted Holly Weber in the 89th minute of the match against Miami, helping the Hokies win 5-0 (Oct. 21).
2020-21: Wore No. 5 for the Hokies ... Appeared in four games, totaling 63 minutes ... Assisted on Nicole Kozlova's goal at Liberty.
Club: Played for the Charlotte Soccer Academy DA under coach Philip Poole as a forward and the club has made several national tournament appearances ... Her final year for CSA, opted to play Region 3 and led her team in assists and was second in goals ... Also helped the team to a state cup championship with a goal in the title game.
High School: In her three seasons at Lake Norman Charter, has been a three-time all-conference, all-region and all-state selection and was the league's Offensive Player of the Year in 2018 ... Was also named the 2020 Gatorade North Carolina Girls Soccer Player of the Year and was a 2020 state East-West All-Star ... Playing for coach David Crutchfield, scored 138 goals for the Knights in three seasons, including a school record 48 in one season ... Also broke the school single-season assist record with 24 and had 60 in her three-year career ... Led the team to back-to-back state championship games, but unfortunately, came up on the losing end in both ... As a sophomore, the team went 22-1-1 and 14-0 in league play before dropping the title game ... As a junior, helped Lake Norman Charter to a 22-1 record with a 12-0 South Fork 2A Conference mark but lost in PKs in the championship game ... Scored a hat trick in the four games leading up to the final ... Concluded her prep soccer career with 144 goals and 68 assists, adding in the four games the team played in her senior year, which was cut short.
Personal: Ayden Marie Yates … Born March 5, 2002 in Charlotte, North Carolina … Daughter of Chris and Karen Yates … Has an older sister, Carsyn ... Majoring in food science and technology.