Ai Kitagawa

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Itami City, Hyogo, Japan

Honors

- 2025 American Conf. Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 25)
- 2025 TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Aug. 18)
- 2025 TopDrawerSoccer Top 100 Players (No. 93)
- 2024 AAC Freshman of the Year
- 2024 TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI Second Team
- 2024 All-AAC Second Team
- 4x 2024 AAC Freshman of the Week (Aug. 19, Aug. 26, Oct. 7, Oct. 14)
- 2024 AAC Honorable Mention (Nov. 1)

2024 (Freshman)

- Made 19 starts and totaled 1572 minutes
- Led the team with six assists and finished second with six goals
- Logged an assist in the quarterfinal and semifinal of the AAC Tournament
- Scored in back-to-back conference games, logging the game-winner over Charlotte (Oct. 3) and finding the back of the net at Temple (Oct. 10)
- Recorded her first brace, scoring twice in eight minutes at Ole Miss to become the fastest player to reach three goals in the Brooks Monaghan era (2000-present)
- Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory at Missouri, her first as a Tiger (Aug. 18)

Prior to Memphis/Personal

- Played at Osaka Gakugei Senior High School
- Led her team to third place in the 2023 All Japan High School Girls Soccer Championship
- Was named Osaka High School Soccer Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023
- Was selected to the U15 Japan National Team camp
- Daughter of Nobuyasu and Mirai Kitagawa