Juliana Vazquez

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Alex Mowrey/Pitt Athletics

Photo by: Matt Hawley/Pitt Athletics

Position:
M
Class:
Sophomore
Height:
5-6
Hometown:
Youngstown, OH
High School:
Cardinal Mooney

CAREER: Has played in 53 games during her first three seasons…has notched two goals and three assists, including a game-winning free kick tally against Liberty as a freshman

2019: Selected to All-ACC Academic Team ... played in every game, earning a start in all but one contest … served as team captain … totaled 1,445 minutes … scored two goals on the season with four assists.

2018: Started in 13 games, playing a total of 1,139 minutes, before having her season cut short due to injury... recorded two assists, with helpers against Jacksonville (Aug. 26) and Duquesne (Sept. 6)... registered seven shots.

2017: Saw her junior season cut short due to injury … played in five contests, starting three on the season … helped the Panther defense stifle Hofstra (Aug. 18) and Duquesne (Aug. 20) in back-to-back shutouts to open the season … played in a season-high 67 minutes in the double overtime victory at Duquesne.

2016: Appeared in all 18 games on the season, starting 17 contests… Logged the fifth-most minutes on the team with 1,348… Attempted 10 total shots, six of which were on goal… Recorded two shots on goal in a 1-0 win over Miami (Oct. 9)…Logged a season-high 101 minutes and added a shot on frame against Kent State (Sept. 11).

2015: Appeared in 17 of 18 games on the season...Took one shot in the matchup against No. 7 Virginia Tech (Oct. 25)...Recorded season-high 100 minutes against Wake Forest (Sept. 24)...Delivered game-winning free kick goal against Liberty (Sept. 10)...Recorded her first career goal against La Salle (Sept. 6)...Notched an assist against Robert Morris (Aug. 23).

HIGH SCHOOL: A June, 2015 graduate of Cardinal Mooney High School in Youngstown, Ohio, where she competed in varsity soccer for four years for head coach Frank Sikich…Scored 137 career goals during her four-year varsity career…Led her team in scoring all four seasons, led the state of Ohio in scoring (boys or girls) with 60 goals and guided her team to a 16-4-1 record as a senior…Three-time OSSCA First Team All-State honoree, two-time OSSCA District Player of the Year, three-time OSSCA First Team All-District selection and two-time NSCAA All-Region IV Team and Youngstown Vindicator Girls High School Player of the Year as a senior…Also named to the High School Soccer All-American Game 2014 Player Watch List as a senior…Over her final two seasons (senior and junior), led Cardinal Mooney to two consecutive Division III District Championships, two Division III Regional finalist finishes and a combined 28-11-2 two-year record…Led the Cardinals with 29 goals and guided her squad to a 12-7-1 record as a junior…Scored 20 goals as a sophomore…Totaled 28 goals and earned OSCAA Second Team All-District honors as a freshman…Competed in the Olympic Development Program in two states: Pennsylvania (PA West State Team in 2013) and Ohio (Ohio North State Team in 2010, 2011 and 2012)…Named to the Region I ODP Under-17 team for 2013-14…Competed in both the Thanksgiving Inter-Regional Tournament in Boca Raton, Fla. in 2013 and the Kuban Spring Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey and Sochi, Russia in March, 2014…Played five seasons with the Beadling Gunners for coaches Erik Duffy, Weston Hawley and Yon Struble…Helped guide the Gunners to five PA-West State Cup championships, two USYS Region I Finalists finishes (2009 and 2010), a Jefferson Cup Superio Division title (2009) and finalist finish (2012)…Competed as a guest player with the Under-18 Beadling Thunder team at the USYS National Tournament coached by Eric Duffy and Arne Thomas…Earned OSSCA All-Academic Award…Four-time CMHS Alumni Association Academic Scholarship award winner…Ranked in the top-25 of her class.

PERSONAL: Born Juliana Mary Vazquez on December 31, 1996…Daughter of Benjamin and Maryellen Vazquez of Youngstown, Ohio…Has an older brother Nick (Boo) Vazquez…Brother Nick Vazquez plays baseball at Pitt and was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in 2010…Undeclared major and enrolled in the Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences.