2017 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
MacKenzie Cerda
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Edison
- Hometown:
- Huntington Beach, Calif.
2017
Earned third-team All-Pac-12 honors and Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention acclaim โฆ Selected to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week twice in the postseason (Nov. 13 and 28) โฆ Established new career highs in goals (four) and points (11) โฆ Scored the game-winning goal at Virginia โฆ Played a role in every Bruin goal in the NCAA first round win over San Diego State, drawing the foul that gave UCLA a free kick in which it scored the gameโs first goal, assisting on the game-winning goal and then scoring the insurance goal in a 3-1 win.
2016
Moved to the backline after playing as a forward the previous two seasons โฆ Started in 18 of 20 games played โฆ Ranked second on the team and fourth in the Pac-12 in assists with a career-high six โฆ Assisted on the game-winning goals against Texas A&M, Penn State, Oregon State and Oregon โฆ Selected the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Week Sept. 6 after assisting on the game-winner in overtime and contributing to a shutout against No. 13 Penn State.
2015
Played in 17 games and made 14 starts โฆ Scored the game-winner against Oregon Sept. 25 โฆ Recorded two assists on the season, one each against Arizona and Arizona State.
2014
Played in 17 games, seeing double-digit minutes in 14 contests โฆ Scored her first career goal in the NCAA second round win over Harvard.
U.S. National Team
Participated in U.S. U-18 national team camp in December 2013.
High School/Club
Ranked as the No. 13 recruit in her class by Top Drawer Soccer โฆ NSCAA High School All-American in 2013 โฆ Named 2014 CIF Player of the Year and a Gatorade Player of the Year nominee โฆ Totaled 68 goals and 23 assists in her prep career โฆ Member of 2012 ODP National Championship team โฆ Won 2012 ECNL Championships and 2011 National Cup with Slammers FC โฆ 2012 ECNL San Diego All-Event Team โฆ 2013 August ECNL/id2 National Camp participant.
Personal
Full name is MacKenzie S. Cerda โฆ Born in Long Beach, Calif. โฆ Hobbies and interests are surfing and being outdoors โฆ Parents are Shannon and Louie Cerda โฆ Has an older sister, Allyson, and two older brothers, Joshua and Jacob โฆ Sociology major.
