WENATCHEE, Wash. --- If someone was going to use just one word to encapsulate Chloe Diaz' time with Cashmere Girls Soccer, "impactful" would be a great fit. 

Diaz scored 56 goals and recorded 62 assists during her four year at Cashmere High School in Washington, earning Caribou Trail League Player of the Year recognition as a junior and senior while the Bulldogs earned back-to-back league titles and a district title in 2018. 

Diaz also earned First Team All-State recognition for her division each of the last two years and was named an Eastern Washington Elite Player four times. 

Even as a freshman at Cashmere, Diaz qualified for the state tournament with the Bulldogs in 2016 and contributed to their win total of 14, which was 11 more victories than CHS had the year before. Over the four years of her high school career, Cashmere High won 50 matches with Diaz on the roster after recording a total of 14 wins in the three years prior (according to MaxPreps.com).

But when it came time for Diaz to look into play her sport at the collegiate level, she really wanted to join a university that was committed to her development as a whole person in addition to her helping her reach her potential on the pitch. She had the strong indication that Biola would be a great place to grow in her faith and as a person: her aunt and uncle both graduated from Biola and her high school coach Dennis Tronson sent two women from Cashmere to Biola Women's Soccer to contribute to one of the most successful stretches in program history. 

Diaz will follow in the line of former Bulldogs Anya Belcher (nee Tronson) and Lacey Williams, who both joined the Biola Eagles in the early 2000's under Head Coach Mike Silzer. 

Belcher, specifically, has her name in a few places in the Biola Athletics record books. Before serving as an assistant coach at Biola from 2005 to 2009, Belcher helped the Eagles post a perfect 10-0-0 conference record and advance to the NAIA National Championship second round in 2004 when she was a senior. She also threw the javelin during her tenure as an Eagle and still holds Biola's Outdoor Track & Field javelin record throw of 38.81 meters. 

That exciting association with Biola Women's Soccer's history, combined with Head Coach Erin Brunelle's work to have her student-athletes experience the best Biola and the NCAA has to offer, made moving to Southern California the best option for Diaz: 

"I chose Biola University because I believe that this school will make me the best version of myself I can be," she said. "And I cannot wait for all the amazing people I'll meet and the experiences I'll have during my time as an Eagle."

Diaz plans to pursue her teaching credential at Biola in preparation for a career in elementary education. She would also love to be a professional photographer in some capacity and is currently building her photography portfolio on Instagram alongside her involvement in her church's youth group. Diaz is part of her youth ministry's leadership team and has gone on missions trips to places like Costa Rica. 

Chloe Diaz will join her new teammates at Biola in August 2020. More information on the incoming 2020-21 class that will join her at Biola can be found on the Committed Athletes page.