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MakalaWoods
- position Forward
- height 5-6
- class Senior
- Hometown Monroe, Ohio
- High school Monroe
- Previous School Illinois
- Major Grad Cert in Social Theory
Prior to UK:
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- Academic All-B1G (2021, 2022).
SENIOR 2023
- 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.
JUNIOR 2022
- 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.
SOPHOMORE 2021
- Academic All-B1G.
- Appeared in two games for the Illini, firing one shot in each game.
FRESHMAN 2020
- 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.
HIGH SCHOOL
- 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