2024 Soccer Roster
Sapia, Gabriella
Jersey Number 20
Gabriella Sapia
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Livonia, Mich.
- High School:
- Stevenson
Bio
2024: Played all 18 matches, started all but one … immediate plug-in defender, playing 74 minutes or more in 13 matches including the full 90 in key shutout draw of Western Michigan (Sept. 29) … collected assist on Lauren Walker’s game winner at Bowling Green (Oct. 18) … played fourth-most minutes on the team (1,329)
2023 (Madonna): Transferred to Central Michigan from NAIA Madonna University of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) … started 18 of 19 games … scored first collegiate goal against Concordia (MI) on Oct. 11 in a 3-0 win … helped the Crusaders log eight shutouts … named to the WHAC all-academic team … played nearly 1,600 minutes in 19 games, including nine 90-minute appearances
2022 (Madonna): Started 21 of 22 games as a freshman … aided the Crusaders to 10 shutouts … collected her first career point with an assist in a 6-0 victory over Rochester in the WHAC Championship quarterfinal … powered the Crusaders to a 10-game unbeaten streak into the WHAC tournament … named to the WHAC All-Newcomer team … played 1,750 minutes in 22 games
High School: Graduated magna cum laude from Stevenson High School in Livonia, Mich. in 2022 … all-state honorable mention (2022), three-time all-district selection … earned her team’s Newcomer of the Year award as a freshman, Unsung Hero award as a junior and a senior
Club: Played for Michigan Hawks ECNL (2018-22)
Personal: Daughter of Antonio and Lisa ‘95 Sapia … has two sisters, Adriana and Isabella … her older sister, Adriana, played soccer at Schoolcraft College (2020-22), with Gabriella’s 2024 CMU teammate, Cece Mernatti … mother, Lisa, graduated from Central Michigan University in 1995
Why CMU?: “I chose Central because of the very competitive soccer program and its strong exercise and sports science program. I also love how it’s close to home!”
2023 (Madonna): Transferred to Central Michigan from NAIA Madonna University of the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) … started 18 of 19 games … scored first collegiate goal against Concordia (MI) on Oct. 11 in a 3-0 win … helped the Crusaders log eight shutouts … named to the WHAC all-academic team … played nearly 1,600 minutes in 19 games, including nine 90-minute appearances
2022 (Madonna): Started 21 of 22 games as a freshman … aided the Crusaders to 10 shutouts … collected her first career point with an assist in a 6-0 victory over Rochester in the WHAC Championship quarterfinal … powered the Crusaders to a 10-game unbeaten streak into the WHAC tournament … named to the WHAC All-Newcomer team … played 1,750 minutes in 22 games
High School: Graduated magna cum laude from Stevenson High School in Livonia, Mich. in 2022 … all-state honorable mention (2022), three-time all-district selection … earned her team’s Newcomer of the Year award as a freshman, Unsung Hero award as a junior and a senior
Club: Played for Michigan Hawks ECNL (2018-22)
Personal: Daughter of Antonio and Lisa ‘95 Sapia … has two sisters, Adriana and Isabella … her older sister, Adriana, played soccer at Schoolcraft College (2020-22), with Gabriella’s 2024 CMU teammate, Cece Mernatti … mother, Lisa, graduated from Central Michigan University in 1995
Why CMU?: “I chose Central because of the very competitive soccer program and its strong exercise and sports science program. I also love how it’s close to home!”
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