2023 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 24
Julia Eichenbaum
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- West Long Beach, N.J.
- High School:
- Shore Regional
Career Highlights
- Academic All-Big Ten (2021)
Senior 2023
- Did not play due to injury.
Junior 2022
- Appeared in all 18 games, making 17 starts.
- One of nine outfield players to record 1000+ minutes on the season.
- Tied for the team lead with 28 shots...also tied for team lead with 13 shots on goal.
- Tallied a career-best three points on the season (1 G, 1 A).
- Scored first-career goal, a game winner, on Aug. 25 at No. 17 Butler.
- Collected first-career assist on Sept. 4 vs. Indiana State.
Sophomore 2021
- Academic All-B1G.
- Appeared in eight games for the Illini.
Freshman- 2020
- Appeared in five games for the Illini, recording 67 minutes.
- Made her Illini debut in the season opener vs. Purdue, 2/18/21.
High School
- Four-time letter winner at Shore Regional High School
- Four-time All-Shore Conference and All-Group 1 honoree
- Two-time All-American watch list member
- Won back-to-back state championships in 2017 (freshman) and 2018 (sophomore)
- Led Shore Regional to a state championship finalist appearance in 2020 (senior)
- Scored 107 career goals, No. 2 all-time at Shore Regional
- Tallied 47 assists during her high school career
- Completed for six years (2014-20) for PSA Wildcasts club
- United States Youth Soccer (USYS) U19 Top Goal Scorer
- Named USYS National League EDP Conference Spring Showcase Best XI Standout Player
Personal
- Born July 11, 2002 in Long Branch, New Jersey
- Daughter of Edward and Jo Anne Eichenbaum
- Has two brothers, Max (14) and Jonah (10), and one sister, Jenna (12)
- Credits her parents as having the biggest influence on her athletic career
- Lists Michael Jordan as her favorite athlete
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