University of California, Santa Barbara

UCSB

2019
• Sydney Arrillaga entered 11 matches during her freshman season, making one start.
• Only start of the season came in a 1-0 win over Long Beach State.
• Had two shots on the season, one each against Minnesota and Cal State Bakersfield.
• Saw action in 11 of the first 15 contests but did not enter any of the final five.

CLUB/HIGH SCHOOL
Arrillaga came to UCSB from Los Altos, Calif., having played her club soccer for Mountain View Los Altos (MVLA) Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) Milan...While playing for her club team, she earned an invite to the ECNL Player Development Program in 2017...The 5'10" midfielder also played for Mountain View High School (MVHS) of the Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) in the CIF Central Coast Section (CCS) under Head Coach Ivan Bandov...While playing for MVHS, she earned All-League First Team, Scholar Athlete, San Jose Mercury News All-SCVAL First Team, and All-CCS Honorable Mention honors in both the 2017 and 2018 seasons...Arrillaga contributed to MVHS's SCVAL league championships and their runner-up finishes in the CCS Open Division.

PERSONAL
Sydney Arillaga was born July 9, 2001 in Mountain View, Calif....In the classroom, she achieved a 4.3 cumulative GPA and was a member of the California Scholarship Federation for three years...She also was recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in 2016-17 and as an Advanced Placement Scholar in 2018...Awarded Principal's Leadership Award in 2018 for leadership in and out of the classroom...Earned the President's Volunteer Service Gold Award for service hours from 2013-2018...AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Tutor in 2018-19, providing academic, social and emotional support to prepare her fellow students for college...A six-year member of the National Charity League...President of MVHS Buddies Club which matches special needs and mainstream students for meaningful relationships and fun experiences...In addition to soccer, Arillaga also competed in track and field as a high school athlete...The daughter of Susan and Jeff Arillaga...Favorite movie is Hot Rod...Hobbies include art, hiking, cooking and traveling...Fluent in American Sign Language...Hopes to major in Environmental Studies and would like to be a conservation scientist or a special needs teacher.