Lexi Pelafas

Photo by: Allissa Rusco

Photo by: Allissa Rusco

Photo by: Mary Lewandowski

Photo by: Allissa Rusco

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-9
Class:
Senior
High School:
Wheaton North HS
Hometown:
Wheaton, Ill.

2018: Named Second Team All-MAC … selected MAC Offensive Player of the Week two times (8/21 and 9/12) … led the Chippewas in goals (9) and points (23) … finished second on the team with a career-high five assists … completed her career as the program’s all-time leader in goals with 42 and points with 94 … played in all 19 games, starting 18 … topped CMU in shots (72) and shots on goal (36) … notched her third career hat trick in 4-1 win over Southern Utah (8/19) … scored CMU’s lone goal at Michigan (9/7) … totaled six points against Oakland (9/9), collecting two goals and two assists .. netted goals in three straight MAC games – at Western Michigan (10/12), at NIU (10/14) and vs. Ball State (10/18) … recorded assists against Kent State (9/23), Bowling Green (10/4) and Miami (10/21).

2017: Received First Team All-MAC recognition ... selected MAC Offensive Player of the Week twice (9/19 and 10/10) ... named to the preseason Hermann Trophy Watch List ... became Central Michigan's all-time leader in goals scored (33) and points (71) in 2017 ... started all 18 games in which she appeared ... led the MAC in scoring with 13 goals ... also paced the league in shots (94), shots per game (5.22), points (28) and points per game (1.56) ... became the first player in program history to notch two hat tricks in one season (vs. Mount St. Mary's [9/16] and Toledo [10/5]) ... became CMU's all-time leading goal scorer versus Kent State (9/22) and all-time leader in points with a goal in the season finale at Eastern Michigan (10/26) ... scored two goals against Robert Morris (8/25) ... also netted single goals versus Detroit Mercy (9/10), Akron (9/29) and Bowling Green (10/8) ... recorded assists against Loyola (9/3) and Miami (Ohio) (10/13).

2016: Named NSCAA First Team All-Great Lakes Region ... became the first Chippewa forward to earn First Team All-MAC honors since 2012 ... broke the Central Michigan single season records for goals (16) and points (35) ... moved into a tie for sixth place in career goals (20) and ninth in career points (43) in the CMU record book ... ranked No. 1 in the MAC in goals (16), goals per game (0.84), game-winning goals (8), shots (100) and shots per game (5.26) and No. 2 in points (35) and points per game (1.84) ... finished the season No. 2 in the NCAA shots per game (5.26), No. 3 in game-winning goals (8), No. 4 in shots on goal per game (2.63), No. 6 in goals per game (0.84) and total shots (100), No. 9 in total goals (16), No. 15 in points per game (1.84) and No. 21 in total points (35) ... scored at least one goal in the first six games of the season ... opened the season with two-goal performances in wins over Duquesne (8/19) and Robert Morris (8/21) ... also had multiple goals in wins over UMass (9/11) and Ohio (10/16) ... had a goal and an assist in 2-0 blanking of Kansas State (8/28) and 2-1 win vs. Bowling Green (10/9) ... scored the overtime game-winner in a 1-0 victory over Miami (9/30) ... netted the game-winning goal in road upset of Michigan State (9/4) ... third-minute goal was the difference in 1-0 win over Buffalo in the MAC Tournament quarterfinals ... assisted on Eliza Van de Kerkhove's equalizer with 55 seconds remaining in regulation in 1-1 tie at Buffalo (10/23).

2015: Named to MAC All-Freshman Team ... led CMU with four goals ... tied for team lead in points with eight ... started 13 games in the midfield ... second on team in shots with 36 ... third on team in shots on goal with 12 ... scored goal against Buffalo (11/1) ... scored goal against Kent State (10/23) ... scored goal against Ball State (10/4) ... scored goal against Oakland (8/23).

High School/Club: Earned all-state first team honors (2014) ... received all-conference and all-sectional honorable mention recognition (2013) ... 2012 All-DuPage Valley Conference and all-sectional member ... served as a team captain.