Claudia Muessig

Photo by: Lauren Verellen '26 - @laurenverellen_photography

Photo by: Harrison LaLone

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-4
Class:
Graduate Student
High School:
Paw Paw
Hometown:
Paw Paw, Mich.

2024: All-MAC Second Team midfielder … started all 18 matches … led CMU with five goals, two assists, 12 points … tallied 21 shots on goal in 34 strikes … played second-most minutes of any field player (career-high 1,398), recorded fewer than 70 minutes in just two outings … three-point performance in 6-1 rout of Purdue Fort Wayne (Sept. 11) … six matches with multiple shots on-goal … marked 50^th career start at Toledo (Oct. 6), 75^th career appearance against Miami (OH) (Oct. 24) … CSC Academic All-District … Academic All-MAC

2023: Started all 16 games in the midfield … tallied nine points (second on the team), with career-high two of her three goals on the season in season-opening 3-3 draw at Detroit Mercy (Aug. 17), both in the final 11 minutes of the match … scored in 2-2 draw against Buffalo (Oct. 5), marking 10^th career goal … tallied three assists in league play … marked 25^th career point with final assist of the season at Bowling Green (Oct. 19) … put 21 of 45 shots on-goal, both team-highs … eclipsed 3,000 career minutes at Ball State (Oct. 26) … played full 90 minutes in eight games, played more than 76 minutes in all 16 games … posted four games with multiple shots on-goal with six at Detroit Mercy and five at Bowling Green

2022 at Northern Illinois: Transferred to Central Michigan from Mid-American Conference foe Northern Illinois University, after graduating in three years … appeared in all 18 matches, starting 16 ... scored four goals ... made two assists ... marked first collegiate assist against CMU (Oct. 2) … tallied 25 shots, 12 on goal ... totaled 972 minutes ... scored game-tying goal against Southern Indiana (Aug. 28) ... named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District … earned Academic All-MAC honors … fall Dean’s List before transferring to CMU

2021 at NIU: Appeared in 17 matches, starting five ... scored three goals ... scored first collegiate goal with game winner against Chicago State (Aug. 26) ... recorded eight shots, six on goal ... logged 450 minutes of playing time, averaged 26 minutes per appearance ... earned Academic All-MAC honors … two-time Dean’s List

Spring 2021 at NIU: Appeared in eight matches, starting one ... made first collegiate start at Toledo (March 7) … posted a shot on-goal in each of her first two collegiate appearances … recorded five shots ... logged 211 minutes ... made season-high two shots at Toledo (March 7) … two-time Dean’s List

High School: Graduated top ten in her class from Paw Paw High School in 2020 ... served as a captain sophomore, junior and senior years ... high school team named district champions in 2017, 2018 ... holds school records for most goals in a game and most points by a freshman, sophomore and junior ... named to first team All-Wolverine Conference sophomore, junior and senior year ... named All-State Honorable Mention by Michigan High School Soccer Coaches Association (MIHSSCA) senior year ... named to first team All-State by MIHSSCA senior year ... holds school records for most goals in a game (5) and most points scored by a freshman, sophomore and junior … was the Red Wolves’ varsity kicker in football her senior year, named to the All-Area Dream Team making 53 of 54 extra-point attempts … four-year honor roll mainstay

Club: Played for 2018 Michigan Olympic Development Program (ODP) and Region II ODP ... played for Midwest United, helped team win 2017 Super Y National Championship ... attended United Soccer League (USL) Experience in 2017, 2018 ... played midfield for Phoenix Rising (2018)

Personal: Daughter of Patrick and Carrie Muessig, has one younger brother … grandmother, Patricia, graduated from CMU in 1964 … grandfather, Richard, competed for Michigan State Track & Field (1954-58) … says if she could play any other sport for the Chippewas, it would be volleyball