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Annest's Cal Career Game Highs
Goals: 1 (vs. San Diego State, 2019)
Assists: 1 (at Winthrop, 2020)
Points: 1 (twice, last at Winthrop, 2020)
Shots: 1 (vs. San Diego State, 2019)
Shot Percentage: 1.000 (16 times, last vs. USC, 4/26/2019)
Shots On Goal: 1 (vs. San Diego State, 2019)
Shots On Goal Percentage: 1.000 (one time, last vs. San Diego State, 2019)
Ground Balls: 4 (at Colorado, 2018)
Caused Turnovers: 2 (six times, last at USC, 2020)
Draw Controls: 2 (at Colorado, 2018)
Cal Career (2017 – Present)
• Has played in 58 of 62 games possible with 48 starts during her four seasons at Cal and is expected to return for a fifth season after all members of the 2020 team were granted an additional season of collegiate eligibility due to the COVID-19 pandemic that cut the 2020 campaign to seven games
• Has accumulated totals of two points on one goal and one assist, while registering one shot, a 1.000 shot percentage, one shot on goal, a 1.000 shots on goal percentage, 52 ground balls, 31 caused turnovers and 10 draw controls
• Started 39 consecutive games spanning her entire 2018 sophomore and 2019 junior seasons, as well as the final game of her 2016 freshman campaign and first contest of her 2020 senior year
• Played in 53 straight contests spanning her entire sophomore and junior seasons, as well as the final 12 games of her freshman campaign and first four of her senior year
Senior (2020)
• Played in six games and started five in a season that was abbreviated to seven games due to the COVID-19 pandemic and contributed one point, one assist, seven ground balls, three caused turnovers and one draw control
• Notched her first career assist and also had a ground ball at Winthrop
• Lone draw control of the season came vs. Virginia while she also had one ground ball
• Had a pair of ground balls at Mercer and USC while adding all three of her caused turnovers in those two contests with two at Mercer and one at USC
• Also had one ground ball at Arizona State
• Had strings of 39 straight starts and 53 consecutive games played that both dated back to her 2017 freshman season snapped when she did not start the second game of the campaign vs. Virginia and did not play in the fifth contest of the season at San Diego State
Junior (2019)
• Earned Pac-12 All-Academic honors for the second straight season and was an Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association Zag Sports Division I Academic Honor Roll selection
• Started all 19 games and scored her lone career goal on her only career shot while adding one ground ball at San Diego State
• Also finished with 19 ground balls, 16 caused turnovers and one draw control
• Registered a pair of ground balls on four occasions vs. Michigan and at UC Davis, as well as both home and away against Arizona State, adding two caused turnovers against the Aggies and one against the Wolverines and in the road contest against the Sun Devils
• Had a single ground ball 11 times vs. Fresno State, vs. San Diego State, at George Washington, vs. Oregon, vs. Stanford, at Oregon, in the regular-season home game vs. USC, at Colorado, at Stanford, and in the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Pac-12 Tournament against Arizona State and USC
• Also added two caused turnovers vs. Oregon and at Colorado, as well as one vs. Denver, at George Washington, at Mount St. Mary's, vs. Colorado, vs. Stanford, in the regular-season home game vs. USC, at Oregon and in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals against Arizona State
Sophomore (2018)
• Earned second-team Pac-12 All-Academic honors for the first of two consecutive seasons
• Started all 18 games and contributed 17 ground balls, eight caused turnovers and three draw controls
• Had career highs of four ground balls and two draw controls, as well as one caused turnover in a return to her home state at Colorado
• Registered three ground balls in the season opener at UC Davis
• Had two ground balls vs. San Diego State
• Added a single ground ball on eight occasions in road games at Connecticut, Oregon, Stanford, USC and Arizona State, as well as home contests vs. Oregon and Colorado as well as against the Ducks in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals
• Also had a pair of caused turnovers in the Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinals vs. Oregon as well as vs. USC, while registering one each at Connecticut, Colorado and Stanford, as well as vs. Oregon
• Had a single draw control at Arizona State
Freshman (2017)
• Played in 15 of 18 possible games with five starts and contributed nine ground balls, four caused turnovers and five draw controls
• Had a pair of ground balls on three occasions in her first collegiate start vs. Marquette, at San Diego State and vs. Saint Mary's, adding one caused turnover and one draw control against the Golden Eagles as well as one caused turnover vs. the Aztecs
• Had a single ground ball vs. William & Mary, at Fresno State and vs. Colorado, adding one caused turnover against the Buffaloes and one draw control against the Bulldogs
• Also had one caused turnover vs. Stanford, as well as one draw control at Oregon, vs. Brown and at USC
Colorado Academy (Class Of 2016)
• A four-year varsity starter and letterwinner who played in 68 of 72 possible games and contributed 44 points on 28 goals and 16 assists with 74 shots on goal, a .378 shot percentage, 126 ground balls, 34 caused turnovers and 78 draw controls for teams that combined for a 59-13 overall record, as well as state and Metro League titles during both her 2015 junior and 2016 senior, and state playoff appearances in all four seasons
• Earned All-Metro League honors during both her junior and senior campaigns, adding an Unsung Hero Award in her final prep campaign
• Played in 16 of 18 possible games and contributed eight points on six goals and two assists with 18 shots on goal, a .333 shot percentage, 28 ground balls, 12 caused turnovers and 22 draw controls for a senior squad that finished 18-0 overall after back-to-back 9-8 victories over Kent Denver and Cherry Creek in the state semifinals and finals, and ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 14 nationally according to MaxPreps
• Participated in all 19 games and contributed 18 points on 12 goals and six assists with 22 shots on goal, a .500 shot percentage, 34 ground balls, nine caused turnovers and 23 draw controls for a junior squad that finished 16-3 overall, and ranked No. 1 in the state and No. 20 nationally according to MaxPreps
• Played in 17 of 18 possible games and contributed 17 points on 10 goals and one assist with 27 shots on goal, a .370 shot percentage, 38 ground balls, 13 caused turnovers and 33 draw controls for a 2014 sophomore team that was 15-3 overall, reached the state quarterfinals and finished ranked No. 8 in the state according to MaxPreps
• Played in 16 of 17 possible games and contributed one point on one assist with seven shots on goal, 26 ground balls and 17 caused turnovers for a 2013 freshman team that was 10-7 overall, reached the second round of the state playoffs and finished ranked No. 15 in the state according to MaxPreps
• National Merit Commended Scholar and made the Honor Roll
• Wore No. 11 in lacrosse
• Also a four-year letterwinner and three-time team captain in cross country, adding an All-Metro League selection
Club Lacrosse
• Played for Team 180
Other
• Born February 19, 1998
• Daughter of Steve and Nicole Annest
• Director of Student H.O.P.E., an event that serves low-income Denver residents
• President of Athletes In Action at Cal
• Interned at TransUnion in Healthcare IT and volunteered at a children's hospital
• Has worked as a research fellow on the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus
• Lists CrossFit, hiking and being with her dogs as hobbies
• Has done mission work in Central America and East Africa
• Major is molecular biology
Last Updated
May 28, 2020
