University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2018 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Genevieve Cruz
- Position:
- Forward/Midfielder
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- High School:
- REAL School/Horlick HS
- Hometown:
- Racine, WI
2020: Did not play
2019: Saw action in 10 games with 3 starts... finished with 5 shots on goal.
2018: Saw action in 12 games for the Panthers this season, with 1 start….Had one goal and one assist this season…Totaled seven shots on goal with 3 shots on goal
2017 (Nebraska): Redshirted
High School: Attended The REAL School academically, played soccer at Horlick High School in Racine, Wis., under Coach Peter Laboda....Scored 126 career goals and had 38 career assists...As a senior, Cruz scored 43 goals to go with 13 assists.....Earned first-team All-Southeast Conference and first-team Racine County honors....Named Racine County Player of the Year, and claimed all-state honorable mention from the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association....The team captured the WIAA Regional Championship in 2017....Made the sectional finals in 2015, while making the semifinals in 2014 and 2016....Earned second-team all-state and first-team all-conference in 2016....Was county player of the year, Southeast Conference Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year for her team.....Earned second-team all-county honors (2015)....Made first-team all-conference and first-team all-county (2014).
Personal Information: Daughter of Luis and Ashly Cruz, and was born on April 1, 1999......She has one sister, Leylanna, and one brother, Luis Jr......majoring in pre-physical therapy and earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall of 2017......She was a member of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team in 2018
