Kelli Van Treeck

College career

Penn State Nittany Lions Van Treeck enrolled early at Pennsylvania State University, graduating from high school halfway through her senior year in order to participate in the Nittany Lions' spring training and matches. although she would go on to score over 30 goals before finishing her college soccer career, it would prove to be Van Treeck's only collegiate assist. She played in 14 games, starting none of them, in her freshman season at Penn State. Despite also working one-on-one with Penn State head coach Erica Dambach over the offseason, After suffering an injury early in the 2021 fall season, Van Treeck was forced to watch from the sidelines as Lipscomb won its third ASUN championship title in four years.

Van Treeck played her first minutes back from injury in the summer of 2022, making one appearance in the pre-professional USL W League for Tennessee SC. She had an impactful return season for Lipscomb, scoring nearly one-third of her entire team's goals (12). She was named the 2022 ASUN Scholar-Athlete of the year, becoming the fifth in Bison history. She would go on to win the same award the following year. she ranked ninth in the nation for total goals (13) and fourth for game-winners. She departed from the program with three first-team All-ASUN honors, two all-region honors, and two ASUN Player of the Year awards. Van Treeck scored her first pro goals on September 13, 2025, recording a brace in a 4–1 victory over the Dallas Trinity. She was later named to the USL Super League September Team of the Month after ranking second in the league in duels won and tackles won. Heading into the league's winter break, Van Treeck had become one of Fort Lauderdale United's leading goalscorers throughout the first half of the season; she was named to the USL Super League Team of the Month once again at the end of December 2025. She continued her good form past the league's winter break and ended up earning a spot on the USL Super League All-League Second Team at the end of the season.

Honors and awards Penn State Nittany Lions

Big Ten regular season: 2018 Big Ten women's soccer tournament: 2019

Lipscomb Bison

ASUN women's soccer tournament: 2021

Individual USL Super League All-League Second Team: 2025–26 ASUN Player of the Year: 2022, 2023 First-team All-ASUN: 2020, 2022, 2023