Jazmyne Avant | |
Full Name: | Jazmyne Rey Avant[1] |
Birth Date: | 30 January 1990[2] |
Birth Place: | Dallas, Texas, United States |
Position: | Defender |
College1: | Florida Gators |
Collegeyears1: | 2008–2011 |
Clubs1: | New York Fury |
Years1: | 2012 |
Caps1: | 10 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Clubs2: | Portland Thorns |
Years2: | 2013 |
Caps2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 0 |
Clubs3: | Boston Breakers |
Years3: | 2013–2014 |
Caps3: | 23 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Clubs4: | Houston Dash |
Years4: | 2015 |
Caps4: | 2 |
Goals4: | 0 |
Nationalyears1: | 2006 |
Nationalteam1: | United States U16 |
Nationalyears2: | 2009 |
Nationalteam2: | United States U20 |
Jazmyne Rey Avant (born January 30, 1990) is an American soccer defender who last played for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).[3]
Avant accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, where she played for coach Becky Burleigh's Florida Gators women's soccer team from 2008 to 2011. She was a standout defender for the Gators, playing a total of 97 matches and adding 12 assists.[4] She was also part of the United States U20 player pool in 2009 as well as the U16's in 2006.
Avant spent time with Sky Blue FC on a tour of Japan in early 2012 before signing with the New York Fury in the WPSL Elite for the 2012 season.[5]
On February 20, 2013, Avant was signed as a discovery player for the Portland Thorns in the NWSL.[6] She was waived in June 2013 and picked up by the Boston Breakers later that month.[7] [8] On July 24, 2014, Boston Breakers announced that Avant has been waived.