Career Highlights:
- Participated in 36 games with 17 starts
- Logged 4 career points (1 goal and 2 assists)
- First-career goal was as a sophomore at Air Force
Sophomore (2024): Ballek played in all 19 games, making 12 starts, for a total of 948 minutes played. All but one of her starts were in Mountain West Conference play. Ballek tallied two goals for four points on the season. Her first-career goal was the game-tying one at Air Force (9/29/24), while her second was netted in the very next match against Fresno State (10/3/24). Ballek fired 21 shots on the season, 10 of which were on frame. She had a season-high three shots on two different occasions, versus South Dakota (9/15/24) and at Air Force.
Freshman (2023): Ballek participated in 17 games, making five starts, for a total of 608 minutes played. She recorded two assists for two points. Ballek logged her first-career assist against Northern Colorado (9/3/23). She had seven shots on the season, two of which were on target.
High School: Ballek played as a midfielder during her high school and club career. She competed for Fossil Ridge High School and club ball for Real Colorado ECNL. Ballek was honored as a four-time All-State and All-Conference performer. She was named captain each of her last two seasons in high school. Ballek reeled in Most Valuable Midfielder and Most Valuable Player honors, as well. She also played basketball and was a member of the National Honor Society. In club, Ballek won a Colorado State Cup Championship once while advancing to the title game two other times.
Personal: Ballek is the daughter of Stacy and Justin Ballek. She has an older brother, Ethan, who plays collegiate soccer at South Carolina, and a younger sister, Abby, who plays soccer at Wisconsin. Ballek is majoring in pre-nursing.
