Evelyn Vitali - Soccer - Arkansas Razorbacks

#28 Evelyn Vitali

29 | GK | R-Sr. | 5-9 | Overland Park, Kan. | Blue Valley Northwest HS/Utah | Sporting Blue Valley

As a Senior (2025)

Assumed goalkeeping duties on Sept. 5 at Creighton and played in 10 of Arkansas’ 16 regular season matches… Recorded 28 saves, including a season high six against Alabama on Oct. 16… Picked up two shutouts in SEC play: at Texas A&M on Sept. 21 and at Missouri on Oct. 19… Finished the regular season with a record of 6-1-3 and a save percentage of .718.

Before Arkansas

2024: Did not see action.

2023

  • Made six starts in goal, appearing in eight total matches
  • Contributed to Utah shutouts of College of Charleston and Colorado State
  • Scooped up 27 total saves
  • Reached season-high six saves twice, first on Sept. 17 at Colorado State on and again on Sept. 28 at Oregon State
  • Ended the year with a .750 save percentage
  • Accumulated 559 minutes in front of the net

2022

  • Appeared in goal in 14 matches, starting 13 times, playing a total of 1192 minutes
  • Piled up a team-high 48 saves to go with a .716 save percentage
  • In goal for all 90 minutes in Utah’s shutouts of Illinois State on Aug. 28 and Utah State on Sept. 11
  • Started and played 68 minutes during Utah’s clean sheet win over Colorado State on Aug. 21
  • Played the second half of the Utes’ 0-0 tie with California on Oct. 30
  • Picked up a season-high eight saves on Oct. 27 against BYU

Before Utah

  • Played her freshman season at Oklahoma State and started all 18 matches
  • Named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team
  • Earned Big 12 Goalie of the Week honors
  • Played every minute of every game (1699)
  • Tallied seven shutouts for the Cowgirls
  • Recorded a career-high 11 saves against Oklahoma on Oct. 21, 2021
  • Named as a Top 100 Freshman from Top Drawer Soccer

High School/Club

  • Four-year starter for Sporting Blue Valley Girls Academy at the club level
  • Helped the team to a 63-22-14 record over the four years as a starter on a team that qualified for nations in 2018, 2019 and 2021
  • Was the team captain for Blue Valley Girls Academy during the 2021 season
  • Ranked second among 2021 goalie recruits on the Academy and ECNL InStat Index
  • No. 10 ranked player in the Heartland Regional by TopDrawerSoccer.com
  • Two-year letter winner for the varsity basketball team at Blue Valley Northwest HS

Personal

  • Daughter of Terry and Bridget Vitali
  • Has three siblings
  • Father played college basketball at Saint Lawrence University