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Makala Woods - Women's Soccer - University of Kentucky Athletics 25

MakalaWoods

  • position Forward
  • height 5-6
  • class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Monroe, Ohio
  • High school Monroe
  • Previous School Illinois
  • Major Grad Cert in Social Theory
BIO Stats

2024 (Grad-Student):

  • Started all 21 games
  • Logged a career-high 1467 minutes
  • Led the team in scoring with a career-high 11 goals
  • Notched one assist
  • Had a career-high 23 points
  • Ranked second in the team with 43 total shots
  • Had a career best 19 shots on goal
  • SEC Newcomer of the Year
  • All SEC First Team
  • SEC Offensive Player of the Week Oct. 31
  • CSC Academic All-District
  • United Soccer Coaches Southeast Region Fourth Team

Prior to UK:

2023 (Senior at Illinois):

  • CSC Academic All-District.
  • Started all 17 matches on the season.
  • Scored three goals on the season, matching her career high, and picked up three assists, a career-best mark.
  • Picked up her first-career assist on Aug. 31 at Louisville.
  • Tallied two assists on Sept. 10 vs. Pepperdine, the first multi-assist match of her career.
  • Scored the opening goal on Sept. 24 vs. No. 19 Michigan.
  • Scored the match-winner on Oct. 15 vs. Purdue.
  • Scored in the season final on Oct. 22 vs. No. 25 Nebraska.

2022 (Junior at Illinois):

  • Academic All-B1G
  • Appeared in all 18 games on the season, all coming off the bench.
  • Finished second on the team with three goals scored, a new career-best.
  • Scored the first goal of her collegiate career on Aug. 21 vs. Toledo.
  • Scored her second goal of the season on Oct. 13 at Nebraska, on a solo run from the halfway line.
  • Scored her third goal of the season, a game-tying effort, on Oct. 23 vs. Minnesota.

2021 (Sophomore at Illinois):

  • Academic All-B1G.
  • Appeared in two games for the Illini, firing one shot in each game.

2020 (Freshman at Illinois):

  • Made Illini debut in the season opener at Purdue, 2/18/21, recording 23 minutes of play.
  • Appeared in three games for the Illini, amassing 71 minutes played.

Prior to Illinois:

  • Lettered in her only season on the pitch for Monroe High School soccer
  • Led Monroe to a 20-1 record and an appearance in the OHSAA regional finals
  • First team All-Southwestern Buckeye League honoree
  • Three-time letter winner for the MHS Fighting Hornets track & field program
  • Played three years with the Cincinnati Development Academy
  • Eight-time state champion with Cincinnati United
  • 2017 Region 2 Finalist
  • Played for the Cincinnati Sirens WPSL team
  • Three-time Principal’s Scholar Award recipient
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