HIGHLIGHTS
» 2022 CCAA Regular Season Champion (Sonoma State)
AWARDS & ACCOLADES
» CCAA Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 4-10, 2023) (Sonoma State)
» 2022 D2 CCA All-West Region Second Team Midfielder (Sonoma State)
» 2022 CCAA Freshman of the Year (Sonoma State)
» 2022 All-CCAA Second Team Midfielder (Sonoma State)
» CCAA Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 31 - Sept. 6, 2022) (Sonoma State)
STUDENT IN STUDENT-ATHLETE
» 2024-25 Hawai‘i Hilo Student-Athlete Academic Honors
» 2023 Fall CCAA Academic Honor Roll (Sonoma State)
2024 (Junior): Played in 11 matches, totaling one assist as part of a 5-0 win vs Menlo (Oct. 15) ... Vulcans fell in double overtime of the inaugural PacWest Championship match (Nov. 16) and later had their season ended in the NCAA West Regional Second Round (Nov. 23) after claiming the program's first NCAA postseason win with a 3-1 victory over Concordia (Nov. 21). Hawai‘i Hilo finished the season ranked No. 24 in the final United Soccer Coaches Top 25 Poll.
2022-2023 (Sonoma State): Started in 26 matches over two seasons with the Seawolves (NCAA D-II). Totaled 11 goals (three game-winners) with three multi-goal performances. Helped claim third-consecutive CCAA Regular Season title in 2022. Selected to 2022 D2 CCA All-West Region Second Team, CCAA Freshman of the Year and All-CCAA Second Team.
BEFORE HAWAI‘I HILO
» Spent two seasons at Sonoma State University (California)
» 2022 graduate of Mission Hills High School (California)
» Played four seasons of varsity soccer for coach Jeremy Hixon
» Honors: All-League First Team
» Club/Travel Teams: San Marcos Revolution
» Other Sports: Track & Field
PERSONAL
» Born February 2004
» Parents: Elayana Sotelo
» Has a dog named Phoebe
» Career Aspirations: Fifth Grade Teacher
» Major: Communication
» Subject Certificate: Education Studies
WHY HAWAI‘I HILO
» "I was recruited by the soccer coach."
FAVORITES
» Hobbies: Cooking, Baking
» Sports Moment: "My high school team came from 0-4 during the first half and in the second half of our game we caught up and tied the game 4-4."
» Sports Teams: Chivas
» Athletes: Michael Phelps, Jacques Charles Goren, Ava Rain, Gene Okamura
» Movies: Superbad, Sandlot, Brave
» Shows: The Jersey Shore, Goodluck Charlie, Boy Meets World
» Musicians: Durand Jones & The Indications, Brenton Wood
» Game Day Song: Tootsee Roll by 69 Boyz
» Quote: "Don't let them change ya" -Bob Marley
» Video Games: Solitare, Flow Free
