West Virginia University Athletics

2021 (Fr.)

• Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team
• Appeared in seven matches, making her Mountaineer debut in WVU’s season-opening match against Buffalo on Aug. 19
• Logged 88 minutes on the year, including a season-best 28 against St. Francis (Pa.) on Sept. 12
• Took six shots throughout the campaign and placed one on goal
• Scored her first collegiate goal in her first collegiate match, finding the back of the net against Buffalo to push the margin to a 4-0 WVU win
• Credited with her first career assist on classmate Leah Sparacio’s first-half goal against SFU

High School

• Played for her father, coach Joe Kijowski, at Waynesburg Central High
• Also played for FC Alliance, helping the club to seven consecutive state championships
• Scored more than 100 career goals and added 60 assists during her high school career
• Led WCHS to a WPIAL championship and into the WPIAL playoffs
• Two-time member of the All-WPIAL team
• Three-time all-section honoree
• Led Waynesburg Central in goals and assists in three different seasons
• Named a finalist for the Western Pennsylvania Player of the Year award

Personal

• Daughter of Joe and Melanie Kijowski
• Father, Joe, was a national-qualifying wrestler at Pitt
• Mother, Melanie, is a WVU graduate
• Has two sisters
• Sister, Jillian, currently plays college soccer at Charlotte
• Birthday is Dec. 3
• Majoring in exercise physiology
• Enrolled at WVU in January 2021
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll