2026 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 4
Mia Gildea
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Junior
- Major:
- Kinesiology
- Hometown:
- Frisco, Texas
- High School:
- Centennial
SOPHOMORE - 2025
- Appeared in 12 games, starting in six of them.
- Recorded 415 minutes of action in her sophomore campaign...season-high 57 minutes on Oct. 12 vs. Purdue.
- Made her season debut in the 1-0 win at Bowling Green on August 17.
FRESHMAN - 2024
- Top Drawer Soccer Women's Freshman Midseason Top 100 (No. 80).
- Played in 12 matches, starting 10, in her debut season.
- Made Illini debut on Aug. 15 vs. Wright State...started the match, playing 74 minutes and tallying her first-career assist.
- Helped the Illini keep three clean sheets (Aug. 15 vs. Wright State, Aug. 25 vs. Illinois State, Sept. 29 vs. Maryland).
- Featured in the full 90 minutes of action three times on the season.
- Had campaign cut short by a season-ending knee injury.
HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB
- Two year letterwinner at Centennial.
- Earned the team's defensive MVP award as a freshman.
- Also ran track her junior year.
- Played club soccer for FC Dallas for eight years...was club captain during her tenure.
- ECNL 1st Team All Conference- 2022
- Top Drawer Best XI - ECNL National Playoffs 2022
- ECNL National Selection Game U16/U17- Texas Feb 2022
- USYNT Dallas ID Centers- 2016-2022
- ECNL 1st Team All TX Conference- 2021 and 2022
- USYNT U14 Central Mini Camp
PERSONAL
- Born on April 25, 2006.
- Daughter of Desiree and Jason Gildea...father played soccer for four years at Roanoke College.
- Has one brother, Aiden, and one sister, Abby.
- Chose Illinois because, "I wanted a place that would challenge me both academically and athletically as a student-athlete. I knew that this was the place for me as soon as I stepped foot on campus and got a feel for the competitive environment. I loved the coaching staff and culture that they have created through their players and I cannot wait to be an Illini."
- Intends on majoring in kinesiology.
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