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Texas Lutheran University

2025 Women's Soccer Roster

4 Natalia Cortez

  • Height 5-3
  • Year Junior
  • Hometown Edinburg, Texas
  • High School Robert Vela
  • Position MF
  • Major Psychology & Theology (Double Major)

Biography

Career Accolades


  • All-SCAC Second Team (2024)
  • All-SCAC Tournament Team (2024)
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
  • SCAC Fall Academic Honor Roll (2024)
  • All-SCAC Freshman Team (2023)

2024 Highlights


  • Played in and started all 20 games during the 2024 season.
  • Scored her first goal of the season, a game-winner on the road at UT-Dallas during a Bulldogs 4-3 win (9/15).
  • Scored her second goal of the season in the SCAC Tournament semifinals during a Bulldogs 2-1 win over Concordia (TX) (11/8).

2023 Highlights


  • Played in all 18 games with five starts as a true freshman in 2023.
  • Made her first career start against Concordia (TX) (9/25).
  • Scored the first goal of her career against Southwestern in the 34th minute (9/29).

Prior to TLU


  • Played for Robert Vela High School under head coach Americo Cortez.
  • Played club soccer for Classic Elite 05 ECRL.
  • District MVP
  • All-Region Honorable Mention forward

Personal


  • Daughter of Norma Salazar Cortez and David Cortez...has two brothers, Alex and Diego, and a sister, Carolina.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2023Freshman

    MF
    5'3"
    23
  • 4

    2024Sophomore

    MF
    5'3"
    4
  • 4

    2025Junior

    MF
    5'3"
    4