2025 Soccer Roster
Betzold, Ella
Jersey Number 10
Ella Betzold
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Essexville, Mich.
- High School:
- Garber
Bio
2024: Played in all 18 matches, two starts … started in collegiate debut at Kentucky (Aug. 15) … scored first collegiate goal at Eastern Michigan (Sept. 19) … first true freshman to score for CMU since 2021 (Lauren Walker) … recorded first SOG at Texas (Sept. 1) … season-high 56 minutes against Green Bay (Sept. 8) … played 30-plus minutes in 12 of 16 reserve appearances
High School: Graduated eighth in her class from Garber High School in 2024 … three-time all-state selection (second team: 2024; third team: 2023, 2022) … three-year all-region honoree, four-year all-district and all-conference … won a pair of district championships … earned eight varsity letters in total (four in soccer, three in basketball, one in cross country) … was a member of the student council
Club: Lifelong member of the Bay Area Soccer Association, almost entirely in the organization’s Premier League … won four Premier Championships
Personal: Daughter of Brent ’97, M’00 and Heather ’99 Betzold … has two siblings: older sister, Teagan; younger brother Seth … sister, Teagan, joined CMU Soccer as a transfer ahead of the 2023 season … father, Brent, competed for CMU Cross Country and Track & Field (1993-95) and is a two-time graduate of CMU … mother, Heather, also graduated from Central Michigan University in 1999 … has to “wear the same hairstyle, outfit, etc. for every game.” … plans to pursue a career in radiology
Why CMU?: “I chose to go to CMU because of the athletic program as well as the academic programs. I was already considering CMU because we grew up knowing the university and it was the perfect-sized campus and distance from home. Being able to get an athletic scholarship was the final push I needed because CMU has what I wanted academically, as well as everything else.”
High School: Graduated eighth in her class from Garber High School in 2024 … three-time all-state selection (second team: 2024; third team: 2023, 2022) … three-year all-region honoree, four-year all-district and all-conference … won a pair of district championships … earned eight varsity letters in total (four in soccer, three in basketball, one in cross country) … was a member of the student council
Club: Lifelong member of the Bay Area Soccer Association, almost entirely in the organization’s Premier League … won four Premier Championships
Personal: Daughter of Brent ’97, M’00 and Heather ’99 Betzold … has two siblings: older sister, Teagan; younger brother Seth … sister, Teagan, joined CMU Soccer as a transfer ahead of the 2023 season … father, Brent, competed for CMU Cross Country and Track & Field (1993-95) and is a two-time graduate of CMU … mother, Heather, also graduated from Central Michigan University in 1999 … has to “wear the same hairstyle, outfit, etc. for every game.” … plans to pursue a career in radiology
Why CMU?: “I chose to go to CMU because of the athletic program as well as the academic programs. I was already considering CMU because we grew up knowing the university and it was the perfect-sized campus and distance from home. Being able to get an athletic scholarship was the final push I needed because CMU has what I wanted academically, as well as everything else.”
Soccer vs Ohio
Sunday, September 14
Soccer vs Wright State
Thursday, September 11
Soccer vs Loyola Chicago
Sunday, August 17
Soccer vs Butler
Thursday, August 14
