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2023 Soccer Roster

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1 Julia Cili

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Palmetto Bay, Fla.
  • High School Gulliver Prep
  • Instagram juliacili
  • Twitter juliacili

Biography

NIL Opportunities

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

  • Academic All-B1G (2021).
  • 2022 and 2023 Team MVP.

SENIOR 2023

  • 2023 Team MVP
  • Started 16 matches in goal...helped keep two clean sheets.
  • Led all Big Ten keepers with 85 saves during the regular season and also led conference keepers with 5.31 saves per match...led in both categories among Big Ten keepers for the second-straight year.
  • Posted a career-low 1.55 goals against average and a career-best .780 save percentage.
  • Made 85 saves on the season, tied for eighth-most in a single season in program history.
  • Her 230 career saves are fourth-most all-time in program history.
  • Recorded consecutive season-high nine-save performances on Sept. 10 vs. Pepperdine and Sept. 17 at Iowa.

JUNIOR 2022

  • Academic All-B1G
  • 2022 Team MVP
  • Starting goalkeeper for all 18 games.
  • Kept four clean sheets on the season.
  • Saved 5.50 shots per game, the highest mark among Big Ten keepers.
  • Recorded 99 saves on the season...fourth-most in a single season in program history...led Big Ten keepers.
  • Recorded 13 saves on Aug. 28 at Notre Dame...tied for third-most saves in a single game in program history.
  • Recorded 11 saves on Sept. 25 at Penn State.

SOPHOMORE 2021

  • Academic All-B1G.
  • Played in 11 games as a sophomore, starting five.
  • Recorded 46 saves on the season.
  • Made Illini debut in season opener at Missouri 8/19/21, recording four saves.

Freshman- 2020

  • Did not appear for the Illini.

High School

  • Four-year letter winner at Gulliver Preparatory School
  • Played for Coach Chi Chi Nwadike
  • Three-time All-Dade County honoree
  • 2018 and 2019 Florida State Cup Regional Finalist
  • National Honor Society member 
  • Competed for two years (2018-20) with Sunrise Prime club
  • Two-time ECNL Champions League qualifier
  • Coached by former Illini head coach Tricia Taliaferro 

Personal

  • Born June 24, 2002 in Miami, Florida
  • Daughter of Rhett and Melissa Cili
  • Has one sister, Allyssa (23) and two brothers, Rhett (22) and Jacob (16)
  • Enjoys cooking and reading in her spare time
  • Father, Rhett Cili, played football at Florida State in 1996. 
  • Credits her parents as having the biggest influence on her athletic career

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2020Freshman

    GK
    5'8"
    30
  • 1

    2021Sophomore

    GK
    5'8"
    1
  • 1

    2022Junior

    GK
    5'8"
    1
  • 1

    2023Senior

    GK
    5'8"
    1