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Jersey Number 23
Bella Najera
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Junior
- High School:
- St. Charles North
- Hometown:
- St. Charles, Ill.
Bio
2024 (Sophomore): Third Team All-Big Ten ... CSC Academic All-District ... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Academic All-Big Ten ... One of two Spartans to play and start in all 22 matches ... Totaled 19 points from a team-leading eight goals and added three assists ... Recorded 1,546 minutes of action in 2024 ... Played 24 minutes in a season-opening, 2-1 win at No. 15 Notre Dame (8/15) ... Scored her first goal of the season in a 2-2 draw with No. 9 Arkansas (8/22) ... Notched her first assist of the season in a 3-0 win over Ohio (8/25) ... Tallied a season-high five shot attempts in a 1-0 win against Ole Miss (8/29) ... Scored a goal in a 2-2 draw with No. 15 Xavier (9/1) ... Scored a goal in a 6-0 win over Queens (N.C.) (9/5) ... Played 84 minutes in a 1-0 win against Loyola Chicago (9/8) ... Had a three-point day in a 5-0 win at Maryland, scoring a goal and registering an assist (9/12) ... Played 61 minutes in a 4-1 win against Nebraska (9/19) ... Scored a goal in a 2-0 win against Wisconsin (10/17) ... Scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over Northwestern (10/20) ... Played 85 minutes in a 3-1 win over Purdue to close the regular season (10/27) ... Played 70 minutes in MSU's Big Ten quarterfinal match against Rutgers (11/2) ... Scored a goal in MSU's 3-1 win over Western Michigan in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (11/16) ... Helped MSU defeat Texas, 3-2, in overtime in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, scoring a goal and tallying an assist (11/22) ... Played 78 minutes against Duke in the NCAA Sweet 16 (11/24) ... Named an honorable mention on the TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week on Nov. 26.
2023 (Freshman): Big Ten Freshman of the Year ...Third Team All-Big Ten and earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman team ... Appeared in all 22 games, making 17 starts ... Totaled a team-leading 24 points in 1,547 minutes, including a team-high nine goals while adding six assists ... Played 39 minutes in her collegiate debut in a 1-0 win over Cincinnati (8/17) ... Tallied her first collegiate point with an assist in the 7-0 rout at Northern Colorado (8/24) ... Registered a pair of shots in 59 minutes of action at Colorado (8/27) ... Scored her first collegiate goal in the 6-0 win vs. Eastern Michigan (8/31) ... Made her first start for the Green and White against Notre Dame (9/3), playing 72 minutes ... Scored goals in three-straight games, including a win at NC State (9/7) and draws with Dayton (9/10) and Ohio State (9/17) ... Scored the game-winning goal in MSU's 1-0 win at Wisconsin (9/24), helping the Spartans to their first win in Madison since 1999 ... Scored a goal in the 2-0 win at Rutgers (10/15) ... Added an assist in the 2-1 vs. Illinois (10/19) ... Scored a goal in MSU's 3-0 win over Iowa to clinch MSU's second-straight B1G title (10/22) ... Added a pair of goals and an assist for a five-point night in the Spartans' 3-0 NCAA First Round victory vs. Ohio (11/10) ... Played 70 minutes against Harvard (11/16) in the NCAA Second Round to help MSU advance to the program's first Sweet 16 ... Totaled 88 minutes against BYU in the NCAA Third Round (11/18).
Prior to MSU: Played club soccer for coaches Mike Nesci, Marc McElligott and Dave Lovercheck with Eclipse Select Soccer Club ... Part of the International Champions Cup Futures Midwest All-Star Team that took home first place in the silver bracket at IMG Academy in 2019 ... Led the ECNL U15 division as the nation’s top goal scorer with 31 goals in the 2020 season ... Named to the ECNL Midwest All-Conference First Team in 2022 ... Has experience with the ODP Illinois State Team, attended the 2018 ODP Midwest Region Camp in Saginaw, Michigan, and appeared at the id2 Training Camp in Chula Vista, California, in 2019 ... Garnered All-Conference, All-Section and All-State honors from IHSSCA in 2021 and 2022 at St. Charles North High School ... Named to the United Soccer Coaches Spring All-North Region and garnered both the Player of the Year Award and Golden Boot from the Dukane Conference.
With Team USA: Earned her first callup in May 2025, participating in the U20 Women's National Team training camp in Fayetteville, Ga
Personal: Daughter of Abe and Tricia Najera ... Has two siblings, Claudia and Alex ... Claudia was a four-year soccer letterwinner at Iowa State, while Alex played baseball at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, winning a national championship in 2025 ... Marketing major.
2023 (Freshman): Big Ten Freshman of the Year ...Third Team All-Big Ten and earned a spot on the Big Ten All-Freshman team ... Appeared in all 22 games, making 17 starts ... Totaled a team-leading 24 points in 1,547 minutes, including a team-high nine goals while adding six assists ... Played 39 minutes in her collegiate debut in a 1-0 win over Cincinnati (8/17) ... Tallied her first collegiate point with an assist in the 7-0 rout at Northern Colorado (8/24) ... Registered a pair of shots in 59 minutes of action at Colorado (8/27) ... Scored her first collegiate goal in the 6-0 win vs. Eastern Michigan (8/31) ... Made her first start for the Green and White against Notre Dame (9/3), playing 72 minutes ... Scored goals in three-straight games, including a win at NC State (9/7) and draws with Dayton (9/10) and Ohio State (9/17) ... Scored the game-winning goal in MSU's 1-0 win at Wisconsin (9/24), helping the Spartans to their first win in Madison since 1999 ... Scored a goal in the 2-0 win at Rutgers (10/15) ... Added an assist in the 2-1 vs. Illinois (10/19) ... Scored a goal in MSU's 3-0 win over Iowa to clinch MSU's second-straight B1G title (10/22) ... Added a pair of goals and an assist for a five-point night in the Spartans' 3-0 NCAA First Round victory vs. Ohio (11/10) ... Played 70 minutes against Harvard (11/16) in the NCAA Second Round to help MSU advance to the program's first Sweet 16 ... Totaled 88 minutes against BYU in the NCAA Third Round (11/18).
Prior to MSU: Played club soccer for coaches Mike Nesci, Marc McElligott and Dave Lovercheck with Eclipse Select Soccer Club ... Part of the International Champions Cup Futures Midwest All-Star Team that took home first place in the silver bracket at IMG Academy in 2019 ... Led the ECNL U15 division as the nation’s top goal scorer with 31 goals in the 2020 season ... Named to the ECNL Midwest All-Conference First Team in 2022 ... Has experience with the ODP Illinois State Team, attended the 2018 ODP Midwest Region Camp in Saginaw, Michigan, and appeared at the id2 Training Camp in Chula Vista, California, in 2019 ... Garnered All-Conference, All-Section and All-State honors from IHSSCA in 2021 and 2022 at St. Charles North High School ... Named to the United Soccer Coaches Spring All-North Region and garnered both the Player of the Year Award and Golden Boot from the Dukane Conference.
With Team USA: Earned her first callup in May 2025, participating in the U20 Women's National Team training camp in Fayetteville, Ga
Personal: Daughter of Abe and Tricia Najera ... Has two siblings, Claudia and Alex ... Claudia was a four-year soccer letterwinner at Iowa State, while Alex played baseball at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, winning a national championship in 2025 ... Marketing major.
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