Alev Kelter

She won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games as a member of the United States women's national rugby sevens team. She also made the squad at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil. Kelter was named in the Eagles squad to the 2017 Women's Rugby World Cup in Ireland. In January 2022 the English rugby side Saracens Women announced that they had signed her for the rest of the 2021–22 Premier 15s season. She was named in the Eagles squad for the 2022 Pacific Four Series in New Zealand. She was selected in the Eagles squad for the 2021 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. She has also played for the Northern Loonies in Premier Rugby Sevens, and was part of the 2021 Inaugural Championship team and the 2023 Women's Championship. She won the Finals MVP in 2023. She signed with English club, Loughborough Lightning, for the 2024–25 Premiership Women's Rugby season. Kelter won a bronze medal in rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics. On February 18, 2025, it was announced that the Bay Breakers had signed her for the inaugural season of the Women's Elite Rugby competition. She scored a try in the closely contested test against Japan in Los Angeles on April 26, 2025, the Eagles lost the game 33–39. On May 17, 2025, in the United States' match against Australia in the 2025 Pacific Four Series, Kelter received a red card in the 79th minute for an illegal act on the field. Whilst being tackled by Australian player Georgina Friedrichs, Kelter stamped several times on her head. Kelter was…

Born to Mark Perusse and Leyla Kelter, she has two brothers, Erol and Aydin and a twin sister, Derya, who also played soccer and ice hockey. Before she was nine, her family had moved four times because her parents were in the military. Kelter was raised in Alaska and was the first woman to play boys' varsity high school ice hockey. She also played for the U23 USA soccer team and U18 USA ice hockey team. Kelter attended Chugiak High School in Chugiak, Alaska. She graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from University of Wisconsin in 2015. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Kelter got engaged to her partner, fellow rugby player Kathryn Treder.