Dallas Baptist University Athletics

CAREER HONORS
2025:
First Team All-South Central Region (United Soccer Coaches)
Second Team All-South Central Region (D2CCA)
First Team All-Lone Star Conference
Lone Star Conference Tournament MVP
Lone Star Conference Offensive Player of the Week (Week of Nov. 3)
Fall Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
Spring Lone Star Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll
2024:
Second Team All-South Central Region (D2CCA)
Second Team All-Lone Star Conference
Lone Star Conference All-Tournament Team
Fall Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Spring Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
2023:
Lone Star Conference All-Freshman Team
Spring Lone Star Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll

2025 (JUNIOR)
Earned First Team All-South Central Region honors from the United Soccer Coaches ... Also received Second Team All-South Central Region honors from the D2CCA for the second straight season … Garnered First Team All-LSC honors … Started all 22 matches … Logged 1,470 minutes of action ... Netted 14 goals and registered 10 assists on the season … Her 14 goals led the team and the LSC ... Her 14 goals are also the seventh most scored in a single season in program history ... Her ten assists were tied for second most on the team and in the LSC ... Her 38 points also led the LSC and were tied for the seventh most in the nation ... Her four game-winning goals were also tied for the most in the LSC ... Recorded her first assist of the season in the season opener versus Mississippi College (9/4) ... Played a season-high 86 minutes in a 2-1 win versus No. 24 UCCS (9/10) ... Scored her first goal of the season and delivered two assists versus Central Oklahoma (9/13) ... Netted her first two goal match of the season in a 12-0 win versus Eastern New Mexico (9/27) ... Registered the game-winning goal in the 8th minute in a 2-0 win at UT Permian Basin (10/4) ... Netted two goals, including the game-winning goal in the 10th minute, in a 4-0 win at Texas Woman’s (10/15) ... Scored her third game-winning goal of the season and provided an assist in a 3-0 win at Oklahoma Christian (10/26) ... Netted three goals and also registered three assists in an 11-0 win at Sul Ross State (10/29) ... Recorded a goal in a 4-0 win versus UT Tyler in the LSC Semifinals (11/13) ... Registered her fourth two goal match of the season and also recorded an assist in a 3-2 win versus Texas Woman’s in the LSC Championship (11/16) to earn LSC Tournament MVP honors ... Assisted on Parker Coe’s game-winning goal in the 57th minute of a 1-0 win versus Texas Woman’s in the Second Round of the South Central Regional (11/23) ... Netted the game-winning goal in the 91st minute and provided an assist in DBU’s 3-2 win versus No. 14 UCCS in the South Central Regional Finals (11/30).

2024 (SOPHOMORE)
Garnered Second Team All-South Central Region honors from the D2CCA … Also tabbed a Second Team All-LSC selection … Led the LSC and ranked sixth in the nation in assists (11) … Her 11 assists were the second-most in a single-season in program history … Finished the year with third-most points (23) in the LSC … Played in 16 matches, making 13 starts … Totaled six goals on the season … Recorded her first career multi-goal game with a pair of goals, including the game-winner at Sul Ross State (10/16) … Tallied two assists in a 6-0 win over West Texas A&M (10/19) … Registered a point in her third straight match with an assist against Texas Woman’s (10/23) … Her assist on Haley Roberson’s goal in the ninth minute led to DBU’s first goal versus Midwestern State (11/1) … Posted both of DBU’s goals in a 2-0 victory at St. Mary’s (11/4) … Tacked on a pair of assists against Eastern New Mexico (11/7) … Scored a point in her fourth straight contest with a goal and an assist in a 3-0 win over Oklahoma Christian in the LSC Quarterfinals (11/12) … Delivered a goal in the 29th minute to give the Patriots a 1-0 advantage over Angelo State in the LSC Championship (11/17) … Assisted on both of DBU’s goals in a 2-1 victory over MSU Denver in the First Round of the South Central Regional (11/22).
 
2023 (FRESHMAN)
Named to the LSC All-Freshman Team ... Played in 15 matches, making four starts … Emerged as a starter late in the season, starting DBU’s last four matches … Scored two goals and tallied three assists …  Made her Patriot debut in 17 minutes of action off the bench in the season opener at Southwestern Oklahoma State (9/2) … Recorded her first career point with an assist in the 82nd-minute in a 4-0 win at MSU Denver (9/7) … Delivered her first goal at Eastern New Mexico (10/28) as part of a 2-0 victory … Made her first career start and netted a goal against Texas A&M International (11/3) … Assisted on the game-winning goal in the 72nd-minute in a 1-0 victory over Midwestern State in the LSC Semifinals (11/10) … Notched her third assist of the year on Kaleigh Naizer’s equalizer goal in the 47th-minute versus UC Colorado Springs in the Second Round of the NCAA South Central Regional (11/18).
 
HIGH SCHOOL 
Lettered three years at Aledo High School ... Coached by Trini Borunda ... Led the area in goals (18) and was an All-Region selection in 2022 … Played club soccer for the Dallas Texans.

PERSONAL
Born on September 18, 2004 ... Parents are Tim and Erica Vela ... Majoring in Finance … Favorite Bible verse is Psalm 23:6.