California Irvine Athletics

2023

• Did not see any action her sophomore year
• Dean's List Fall 2023

2022

• Played in one match for five minutes in her freshman year
• Earned Winter Dean's List status

• CIF Division I champion at Torrey Pines High School
• Reached State playoffs in 2021-22
• Played club soccer for nine years with Rebels SC under coaches Abel Martinez, Gabe Arredondo, and Ryan Marquez

• Born on a Leap Day
• Mom played tennis at Mercer before attending UCF for grad school; dad attended UCF
• Younger sibling also plays soccer
• Travels every year to visit family in Serbia and Ecuador
• Speaks Serbian and Spanish
• Great grandfather, Edmundo Valdez Murillo, is known in Ecuador for building schools, sport centers for the youth, and hospitals
• Chose UCI because of the amazing coaches, beautiful campus, and great combination of competitive academics and athletics
• Took part in robotics program
• Fan of Andres Iniesta, Luka Modric, and FC Barcelona
• Enjoys watching her favorite movie, Napoleon Dynamite, favorite TV show, Stranger Things, and listening to Green Day
• Hobbies include going to the beach, snowboarding, learning to surf, biking, and reading
• Has seven grandparents
• Favorite food is shrimp and pasta
• Also has to warm up her cereal when eating it