2024 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Awards: Picked up TopDrawerSoccer Honorable Mention National Team of the Week accolades in the organization’s release on November 18.
Season: Was a crucial part of Penn State’s success in her freshman season, with the rookie appearing in all 25 matches while logging 11 starts in the latter half of the campaign… Primarily played in a wing back role, amassing 947 minutes played… Finished her first season with seven total points split between one goal in the NCAA Tournament against Stony Brook and five total assists… Logged 12 total shots with five on-target attempts… Her tally against the Seawolves in the first round of the national postseason went in the scorebook as the match-winning score… Helped steer PSU to 11 shutouts as a contributor to the back line.
Texas Tech (8/15): Made her collegiate debut in the thrashing of the Red Raiders, totaling 13 minutes on the pitch… at Princeton (9/5): Attempted her first two collegiate shots in addition to her first attempt on-target in 36 minutes on the road against the Tigers… Michigan (9/12): Mustered her first point as a collegian, logging an assist with an additional shot attempt to her credit in the 6-0 B1G-opening victory… Columbia (9/15): Secured her first collegiate start while booking 41 minutes in the 2-1 win over the Lions… at Maryland (10/10): Contributed an assist to the scoresheet in her first Big Ten Conference start against the Terrapins… Minnesota (10/13): Had an assist in her second-straight match, helping the Nittany Lions to a 3-2 come-from-behind victory against the Golden Gophers… Stony Brook (11/16): Totaled the strongest statistical performance of her career to date in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, logging the match-winning goal with two additional assists later in the match to close the book on a four-point affair in PSU’s only home postseason match.
HIGH SCHOOL & CLUB
One of the premier defensive prospects in the 2024 signing class, Ayscue arrives in Happy Valley following a seven-year stint with the North Carolina Courage Academy, learning under the direction of coaches David Maddren, Willie Davis and Paul Forster… Before her tenure with NC Courage began, she was a part of the Wake Futbol Club from 2013 to 2018 under the leadership of coaches Ashley Riggs and Chris Perez… Ayscue was selected as a team captain with the Courage ahead of the 2021 season, picking up ECNL Mid-Atlantic First Team All-Conference accolades in every season since 2021… Additionally, Ayscue picked up a trio of invitations to the ECNL National Selection Game from 2021 to 2023… Ayscue picked up the No. 98 national ranking as a recruit according to TopDrawerSoccer, making her one of four Penn State signees to come out of the top 100 in the 2024 class.
PERSONAL
A native of Apex, North Carolina, Ayscue is the daughter of Kristen and Ryan Ayscue and was born in the summer of 2006… She has two siblings, an older brother named Jet and an older sister named Kaleigh… Both of her siblings attend East Carolina University, where her sister is currently an outfielder for the Pirates’ softball program… She attended Crossroads Flex High School and landed A-B Honor Roll distinction over the course of her high school academic career… Ayscue plans to study business at the Penn State Smeal College of Business, expecting to graduate from PSU in the spring of 2028… She hopes to begin a career in professional soccer at home or abroad in Europe, and eventually begin a career in the business field… In her spare time, she enjoys baking, gaming and watching sports.
WHY PENN STATE
“I chose Penn State because of the elite culture embodied by every player on the team. The coaching staff is easily the best in the country, and the pillars of their program, as well as the team’s blue-collar mentality is truly one of a kind. The academics at Penn State will challenge me as a student, and the high-level training environment will challenge me to become a better athlete as well.”