SUNY Cortland Athletics

2025: Avery played in and started all 21 games during the season for the Red Dragons, logging 1,736 minutes of game action...Member of the Cortland defense that ranked 10th nationally in shutout percentage (.714) and helped Cortland register 15 shutouts in games that she played in...Provided two points on one goal for the Cortland offense...Scored the game-tying goal in the 12th minute of a 1-1 tie at WPI...Played the full 90 minutes in 15-of-21 games...Started all 14 games during Cortland's school-record 14 consecutive shutouts...Started and played all 90 minutes in a victory over Plattsburgh in the SUNYAC Finals...Played all 90 minutes against Amherst in the first round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs.

High School: 2025 graduate of Central Valley Academy...Member of the National Honor Society from 2022-2025...Served as class president in 2022-23...Member of the student council in 2024-25...Yearbook Club treasurer in 2024-25...Treasurer for Orchestra in 2024-25...Earned Scholar Athlete Award all four years of high school...Four-year starter on the soccer team...Team MVP and first team Tri-Valley League all-star in 2024...Two-year captain...Four-year starter on the basketball team...Two-year captain...First team Tri-Valley League all-star and team MVP in 2024...Two-year starter on the softball team as a first baseman...Earned Coaches Award...Served as team captain in 2025.

Other: Daughter of Kristen and Jeremy Rich...Has two siblings, Lucas and Reilly...Parents Kristen and Jeremy both graduated from Cortland in 1996...Relatives Anthony Rich and Alycia Rich-Spraker both graduated from Cortland...Sister Reilly is a member of the soccer team at Stony Brook University...Cousin Makenzie in a member of the lacrosse team at Syracuse University...Cousin Darren was a wrestler at Lycoming College from 2013-2017...Cousin Logan Postel is a member of the lacrosse team at SUNY Oswego...Cousin Connor Postel played lacrosse at SUNY Oswego...