2025 Women's Soccer Roster

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John Clingan | UCI Athletics
John Clingan | UCI Athletics
John Clingan | UCI Athletics
Matt Brown
Matt Brown
John Clingan | UCI Athletics
Matt Brown
Matt Brown

21 Mihaela Perez

  • Position Defender
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Tustin, Calif.
  • Highschool Santiago HS
  • Major Public Health Policy

Biography

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
2021
  • 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
Freshman
  • Dean's List Winter of 2021
Prep
  • 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
Personal
  • 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 katsu 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.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 21

    2021Freshman

    Defender
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2022Sophomore

    Defender
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2023Junior

    Defender
    5'7"
    21
  • 21

    2024Senior

    Defender
    5'6"
    21
  • 21

    2025Graduate Student

    Defender
    5'6"
    21