2024 Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 3
Cece Mernatti
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- St.Clair Shores, Mich.
- High School:
- Lakeview
Bio
2024: Played in all 18 games, made 16 starts … recorded 10 shots on-goal in 14 attempts … season-high four SOG at Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 11) … played season-high 79 minutes twice (at Kentucky, Aug. 15; Green Bay, Sept. 8) … averaged 55 minutes per appearance … Academic All-MAC
2023: Played in all 16 games, started 11 in nine of 11 conference games … marked her first point as a Chippewa with an assist at Miami (OH) (Sept. 24), notched her other assist of the season four days later against Western Michigan (Sept. 28) … put six of her 14 shots on-frame … played 945 minutes, including the full 90 against Northern Illinois (Oct. 22)
2022, 2021 at Schoolcraft: Transferred to Central Michigan from Schoolcraft College (MI) of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) ahead of 2023 season … started all 20 games in 2022 season ... scored 18 goals ... made 14 assists ... totaled 50 points ... made 63 shots, 43 on goal for .683 shots on goal percentage ... honored as Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) 2021 Freshman of the Year ... named to first team All-MCCAA in 2021, 2022 ... honored as NJCAA All-American honorable mention in 2021, 2022 ... named to NJCAA first team Region XII in 2021 ... honored as Region XII Tournament MVP in 2022
High School: Graduated from Lakeview High School in 2021 … four-year soccer letterwinner for the Huskies ... served as team captain as a forward senior year ... named first team All-State by Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association (MIHSSCA) senior year
Club: Played for Nationals Soccer Club
Personal: Daughter of Joseph Wilden and Jennifer Mernatti … has one older sister, Joella … superstitious: “I have to eat a banana during warm-ups of every game, or I think I will play bad” … enjoys snowboarding
Why CMU?: “I chose Central because when I went on my visit I loved the atmosphere it had. I thought it would be a great place to continue my studies, and I truly think I can succeed here individually and as a team in soccer.”
2023: Played in all 16 games, started 11 in nine of 11 conference games … marked her first point as a Chippewa with an assist at Miami (OH) (Sept. 24), notched her other assist of the season four days later against Western Michigan (Sept. 28) … put six of her 14 shots on-frame … played 945 minutes, including the full 90 against Northern Illinois (Oct. 22)
2022, 2021 at Schoolcraft: Transferred to Central Michigan from Schoolcraft College (MI) of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) ahead of 2023 season … started all 20 games in 2022 season ... scored 18 goals ... made 14 assists ... totaled 50 points ... made 63 shots, 43 on goal for .683 shots on goal percentage ... honored as Michigan Community College Athletic Association (MCCAA) 2021 Freshman of the Year ... named to first team All-MCCAA in 2021, 2022 ... honored as NJCAA All-American honorable mention in 2021, 2022 ... named to NJCAA first team Region XII in 2021 ... honored as Region XII Tournament MVP in 2022
High School: Graduated from Lakeview High School in 2021 … four-year soccer letterwinner for the Huskies ... served as team captain as a forward senior year ... named first team All-State by Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association (MIHSSCA) senior year
Club: Played for Nationals Soccer Club
Personal: Daughter of Joseph Wilden and Jennifer Mernatti … has one older sister, Joella … superstitious: “I have to eat a banana during warm-ups of every game, or I think I will play bad” … enjoys snowboarding
Why CMU?: “I chose Central because when I went on my visit I loved the atmosphere it had. I thought it would be a great place to continue my studies, and I truly think I can succeed here individually and as a team in soccer.”
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