2020-21 Women's Soccer Roster
Mia Fishel
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Patrick Henry
- Hometown:
- San Diego, Calif.
Earned her second consecutive United Soccer Coaches All-America honor, being selected to the third team โฆ Selected a second-team All-American by College Soccer Newsย and third-team by Top Drawer Soccer โฆ First-team All-Pacific Region and All-Pac-12 for the second-straight year โฆ UCLAโs leading scorer with 12 goals and 29 points and ranked third in the Pac-12 in goals scored โฆ Third on the team with five assists โฆ Moved into UCLAโs all-time Top 10 for career goals with 32 โฆ Ranks fifth all-time at UCLA with 16 career game-winning goals โฆ Led the Pac-12 with six game-winning goals, including the golden goal in second overtime against Cal that kept UCLAโs Pac-12 title hopes alive โฆ Scored two goals in her first hometown game at San Diego โฆ Scored two goals and assisted on the other in a 3-1 win at Washington โฆ Assisted on the late game-winner against Stanford โฆ Recorded an assist on the game-winner against USC that gave UCLA the Pac-12 title โฆ Earned Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week honors three times (Sept. 20, Oct. 4 and Oct. 25) โฆ Named College Soccer Newsโ Player of the Week Sept. 20 after scoring four goals in three games that week โฆ Earned UCLA Student-Athlete of the Week honors after scoring a pair of goals on opening weekend โฆ Named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List.
2020
Second-team All-American and first-team All-Pacific Region by the United Soccer Coaches โฆ First-team All-Pac-12 selection โฆ Tied for the team lead with six assists โฆ Ranked second on the UCLA squad in goals scored (six) and points (18) โฆ Tied for the Pac-12 lead with four game-winning goals โฆ Her 15 points in conference games ranked second in the Pac-12 โฆ Named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week, as well as the National Player of the Week by both Top Drawer Soccer and College Soccer News, on Mar. 8 after having a hand in four of five UCLA goals in wins over Oregon and Oregon State โฆ Twice selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Feb. 15, Mar. 8) โฆ Named UCLAโs Bruin of the Match after the BYU win.
2019
UCLAโs leading scorer with 14 goals, six game-winning goals and 31 points โฆ Led all Bruins in scoring in the postseason as well, posting five goals and 11 points โฆ Ranked third among all freshmen in the nation in goals scored โฆ Selected to Top Drawer Soccer's Freshman Best XI โฆ Earned third-team All-Pac-12 and Pac-12 All-Freshman honors โฆ Had four multiple goal games, scoring twice against Hawaii, Utah, Clemson and Florida State โฆ Twice named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week.
U.S. National Team
Earned her first call-up with the USWNT for an Oct. 2020 national team camp โฆ Finalist for the 2020 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year award โฆ Won the Golden Ball at the 2020 CONCACAF U-20 Championships after scoring a new all-ages record for the USWNT in a qualifying tournament with 13 goals in the tournament โฆ Scored two goals in the championship game, including the game-winner โฆ Scored the opening goal for the U.S. at the 2018 U-17 World Cup โฆ Scored the go-ahead goal against Haiti at the 2018 CONCACAF U-17 semifinals to send the U.S. to the U-17 World Cup โฆ Helped the U.S. win the 2016 CONCACAF U-15 Championship, winning the Golden Ball โฆ Recorded a hat trick and added three assists in the 2016 CONCACAF U-15 quarterfinals.
High School/Club
Played club soccer with San Diego Surf โฆ Named to the U.S. Soccer Development Academyโs Best XI for the West Conference in 2019 โฆ Played two years of high school soccer and basketball at Patrick Henry HS โฆ First-team All-CIF in soccer as a sophomore โฆ Averaged 8.6 points, 8.0 rebounds and 7.6 steals in basketball as a senior and was named to the San Diego Union-Tribune All-Academic Team.
Personal
Full name is Mia Renee Fishel โฆ Born in San Diego, Calif. โฆ Parents are Contay Watson and Patrick Fishel โฆ Has an older brother, Alante, and younger sister, Sage โฆ Lists her greatest athletic thrill as scoring the opening goal for the U.S. at the 2018 U-17 World Cup โฆ Admires Lionel Messi โฆ Relatives David and Andrew Bascome played on Bermudaโs national team โฆ Hobbies include fishing, listening to a variety of music and reading interesting books โฆ Psychology major.
