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4 Makala Woods

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Monroe, Ohio
  • High School Monroe
  • Instagram mak.woods_

Biography

NIL Opportunities

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

Personal

  • Born September 4, 2002 in Monroe, Ohio
  • Daughter of Kelvin and Pamela Woods
  • Has one brother, Marlon (30) and two sisters, Amber (27) and Christiana (13)
  • Enjoys reading and writing in her spare time
  • Brother, Marlon, played football for four years at Bucknell University
  • Credits her mom, Pamela, as the biggest cheerleader and influence on her athletic career
  • Lists fellow Cincinnatian Rose Lavelle as her favorite athlete after training with Lavelle before she played collegiately

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 4

    2020Freshman

    F
    5'7"
    4
  • 4

    2021Sophomore

    F
    5'7"
    4
  • 4

    2022Junior

    F
    5'7"
    4
  • 4

    2023Senior

    F
    5'7"
    4