2025 Women's Soccer Roster

Matt Brown
Jake Hamlin
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Robert Huskey
Dillon Galloway
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21 Mihaela Perez

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

Biography

2025

  • 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