2019 Soccer Roster
Yela Ziswiler
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Gymnasium, Wirtschafts- und Fachmittelschule Thun
- Hometown:
- Spiez, Switzerland
2019 (Senior)
Appeared in 14 matches and made 12 starts before a season-ending injury … named to the Academic All-MAC Team … assisted on three goals for the year … assisted on the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory at Marquette … attempted three shots on the season and placed one on goal … played all 90 minutes in eight of her 12 starts … notched a season high 99 minutes in a double-overtime victory at Buffalo.
2018 (Junior)
Appeared in 16 matches and made 10 starts ... named to the MAC All-Academic squad with a 4.0 GPA ... played a season-high 106 minutes in a 1-0 overtime victory against Akron ... played 17 minutes in the MAC Championship match at Bowling Green ... finished the season with a shot on goal percentage of 1.000.
2017 (Sophomore)
Started all twenty-one games she appeared in ... scored the winning goal against Buffalo ... played 1970 minuets during the season ... had a 0.429 shots on goal percentage ... assisted the game winning goal against Kent State.
2016 (Freshman)
Named to the MAC All-Freshman Team … started all 20 games … part of a defensive unit that led the MAC and ranked 25th nationally in goals against average (0.72) … BSU tied the school record with 10 shutouts … scored a goal in BSU’s Oct. 27 win over Miami … the victory clinched the MAC regular season championship … also recorded two assists on the season … named MAC Defensive Player of the Week for the final week of the regular season.
Pre-Ball State
Member of the U17 and U19 Swiss National Teams … played club soccer for BSC Young Boys, coached by Rolf Kirchhofer … helped her team win the 2015 Swiss Indoor Soccer championship … finished third at the U19 National Championships.
Full name is Yela-Maria Ziswiler ... born Sept. 2, 1997 in Bern, Switzerland ... daughter of Marco and Gabriela Ziswiler ... has one brother, Nino ... majoring in economics.
