AT SJSU: Completed her first season in 2015 as a junior college transfer from Fresno Community College.
2015: Third on the team with nine points in 21 matches played and seven starts … Dominated play at the forward position and scored SJSU’s only goal in the Mountain West Tournament semifinal versus New Mexico (11/5), where the Spartans advanced on penalty kicks … Put two of five shots on goal and one in the back of the net at Rice (8/23) … Registered three assists on the year … Nine of her 16 shots for the season went on goal.
FRESNO CITY COLLEGE: A National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) second team All-American in 2014 … The team’s MVP her sophomore year … An All-East Sierra League honoree when she scored 13 goals and tallied as many assists in 2014 … Put four game-winners in the back of the net.
HIGH SCHOOL: Scored a combined 71 goals in her junior and senior seasons at Orange Cove (Calif.) High School … Managed to dish out 42 assists her junior year … Scored the game-winning goal in the Central Section Division VI championship game.
MORE ON MARICRUZ: A sociology major … A native of Fresno, Calif.