Chantelle Sanchez

Photo by: Derek Blalock

Photo by: Derek Blalock

Photo by: Robert Huskey

Photo by: Big West Conference

Photo by: Big West Conference

Photo by: Matt Brown

Photo by: Robert Huskey

Photo by: Matt Brown

Photo by: John Fajardo

UC Irvine Soccer did not compete in 2020

Freshman

Prep

Played soccer, field hockey, and competed in track and field while attending Fountain Valley High School
Two-time team MVP
Three-time all-league
Four-time Sunset Conference All-Academic Team
Team MVP as a senior in field hockey
Coronet Award Finalist
Principal's Award all four years and four-year scholar-athlete
Earned the Seal of Bi-literacy
Played seven years club soccer under coach Ivan Sanchez for NHBFC
State Cup title
Member of ODP West Region u17 championship squad

Personal

Name is pronounced "shawn-TELL"
Parents are Ivan and Daniella
Dad, Ivan, played soccer at Santa Ana Community College
Eldest of six siblings who are Ivan, plays soccer and baseball, Ariana, plays soccer, Aliyah, Mark, plays soccer and taekwondo, Julian, and Jaiden
Majoring in mechanical engineering and hopes to pursue a career in the field of engineering after being introduced to the space unit in science in middle school
Also speaks spanish
Worked with disabled children under 14 helping them learn and play soccer
Chose UC Irvine as a first-generation college student because it best reflected what I wanted out of my college experience - a good combination of a great learning institution and amazing soccer program while also being close to home
Enjoys drawing, painting, and hiking
Fan of Messi, Neymar Jr., Pele, and FC Barcelona
Enjoys the musical stylings of Cuco, Brent Faiyaz, and J. Cole
Some of her other favorite things are waterfalls, seafood, mangoes, wolves, drawing and painting, and her favorite movie, Ant Man and the Wasp