2025 Women's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 21
Mihaela Perez
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-6
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Tustin, Calif.
- High School:
- Santiago HS
- Major:
- Public Health Policy
Career Highlights
- Three-time Big West Champion
- 2021 Big West Regular Season Champion
- Three-time NCAA Tournament participant
- Record of 4-3-1 with three clean sheets
- Wins 1-seed UCLA, 2-seed UCLA, and 4-seed USC
- Member of first program in NCAA history to defeated No. 1-seed in NCAA First Round and reach the Sweet 16 in same tournament
- 2025 All-Big West Honorable Mention
- 2023 National Team of the Week (Nov. 13)
- Played 79 career matches, 13th in UC Irvine history
- 66 career starts played 6,191 career minutes
- High of 2,068 minutes played in 2023
- Contributed to 32 career shutouts
- Two career goals, both on free kicks from near center line
- One game-winning goal as a fifth-year senior vs. UC Santa Barbara
- Eight career assists, high of three in 2024
- 12 career points, high of five in 2024
- 2021 Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll
2025
- All-Big West Honorable Mention
- Started and played all 20 matches
- Registered 1,700 minutes, third season of 1,700+ minutes
- Scored one goal, first career game-winning goal vs. UC Santa Barbara
- Added two assists for four points
- Two-assist match in 2-0 win vs. Washington State
- Contributed 10 clean sheets
- Named a team captain for the 2025 season
- Played for Guam National Team in 2025 Asian Women's Cup qualifiers
2024
- Started and played in all 19 matches
- Played 1,702 minutes out of a possible 1,710 on the season
- Contributed toward five clean sheets on the backline
- Recorded her first collegiate goal in a 3-1 win over Cal State Fullerton on October 17
- Added three assists against Washington State, Cal Poly, and CSUN for five points on the season
- Team Defensive Player of the Year
2023
- Named to National Team of the Week, Nov. 13
- Played and started all 24 matches with 2,068 minutes
- Recorded two assists for two points
2022
- Did not see any playing time recovering from injury in her sophomore year
- Played in 16 matches including the season opener at UCLA for her collegiate debut off the bench
- Made three starts putting in 721 minutes on the season
- Recorded her first career assist and point vs. Cal State Fullerton, Sept. 5
- Named to Big West Commissioner's Honor Roll
- Dean's List Winter of 2021
- Attended Santiago High School playing three years of soccer
- CIF Division I champion in 2020
- Named to honor roll all four years
- Played club soccer for three years at SoCal Blues, one year at Arsenal FC, and six years for Legends FC
- Part of leadership for Crossroads Christian Church
- Parents attended UC Riverside
- Has three siblings
- Has a twin sister whom she was born one hour after, and was her teammate on the UCI soccer team as a freshman and sophomore before she transferred to Cal State Fullerton
- Currently interning with Kaiser Permanente Non-Profit Legal Institute
- Aspires to be a project manager or a pilot
- Wears #21 because her dad also wore it
- Fan of Neymar, Kobe Bryant, the USWNT and the Los Angeles Lakers, and would love to meet Will Smith
- Enjoys watching Rocky movies, Stepbrothers, Lilo and Stitch, and Ford vs. Ferrari
- Enjoys the musical stylings of Taylor Swift
- Is a crazy good spikeball player
- Also enjoys reading, surfing, paddleboarding, free diving, hiking, working out, worship, listening to music, and chicken katsuΒ with fried rice
- UC Irvine is very strong academically, which caught my eye. Additionally, I grew up watching college sports such as baseball, soccer, volleyball, and soccer. Though, one thing always stood out to me and that was the culture of the students and athletes. I sensed a true, welcoming environment right off the bat.
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