NDSU Soccer Signs Seven to National Letters of Intent

FARGO, N.D. – The North Dakota State soccer program and head coach Mike Regan have announced the addition of seven student-athletes.

Avery Beer, Victoria Hernandez, Payton Killian, Elodie Kirchoffner, Evelyn Leitner, Anya Rhode and Isabel Squires all signed national letters of intent on Wednesday and Thursday, and are set to join the Bison ahead of the 2027 season.

Avery Beer | Highlands Ranch, Colorado | Mountain Vista High School
Beer has made multiple trips to the state finals as a forward and winger under head coach Theresa Echtermeyer at Mountain Vista. Beer has helped lead the program to a state title, a runner up finish and a trip to the quarterfinals in three seasons. In her junior season, she averaged over a goal per game to earn offensive myp and all-conference accolades following a state runners-up finish.

Victoria Hernandez | Goodyear, Arizona | Millennium High School
Hernandez has played primarily as a midfielder and forward for Millennium, scoring 20 goals and nine assists in her junior season to earn conference offensive player of the year honors. Hernandez, who was a team captain last season, has 38 career goals and 27 assists in three seasons, earning all-conference honors all three years.

Payton Killian | Hudson, Wisconsin | Hudson Senior High School
Killian has played just one season at the high school level, but helped lead Hudson to a conference title last year. Primarily playing as a center forward and attacking midfielder under coach Erin Gearing, Killian scored 26 goals and recorded 16 assists in 22 games in her junior year, earning all-league honors. Killian has also played for the Minnesota Thunder Academy.

Elodie Kirchoffner | Erie, Colorado | Erie High School
Kirchoffner has primarily played in the midfield and at forward for Laura Munnelly at Erie. Kirchoffner led Erie into the state playoffs in 2026, scoring 13 goals and earning all-state honors. Over her first three seasons, she has scored 19 goals for Erie and earned all-state honors twice, while also receiving all-conference and academic all-state accolades.

Evelyn Leitner | Phoenix, Arizona | Pinnacle High School
Leitner has helped lead Pinnacle to back-to-back state runners-up finishes as a defender and winger for head coach Jennifer White. Leitner scored 11 goals and added six assists in 1500 minutes last season, with 15 goals and nine assists totaled in her career. She has earned all-league and all-region honors in each of the last two seasons.

Anya Rhode | Beaverton, Oregon | Mountainside High School
Rhode helped lead Mountainside to the state playoffs all four years and to the quarterfinals twice under head coach Travis Schoonover. Primarily playing as a defensive midfielder and center back, Rhode scored two goals and had three assists last season. Over her career, she had 14 goals and 16 assists, earning all-metro league honors three years.

Isabel Squires | Ankeny, Iowa | Ankeny High School
Squires has played as a midfielder, winger, and forward for head coach Gavin Mason at Ankeny. Squires scored 13 goals with six assists as a junior last season in 18 games, earning all-state honors. Over three seasons, Squires has scored 19 career goals with eight assists as she has earned all-league honors all three seasons.

The Bison will return to action today, November 12, in the semifinals of the Summit League Championships. NDSU takes on South Dakota at 2 p.m. in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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