Seattle Pacific University Athletics

Personal: Makena Alexis Rietz. ... Sociology major, women's studies minor.

Reason she chose SPU: Location, faculty-to-student ratio, soccer, major options, and connections.

Walla Walla High School: All Mid-Columbia League 1st team as a senior in 2017. ... Team MVP in 2017. ... Won district 800-meter championships as a sophomore in 2016, and was 2nd in the 800 as a junior. ... Three-time All-League 1st team for track. ... Part of the 4th-place team in the Washington Class 4A (large school) state basketball tournament in 2015.

Fun facts: Has played soccer for 16 years prior to arriving at SPU. ... Helped Eastside FC win back-to-back Washington state championships in 2017 and 2018, and win the Super Black Surf Cup championship in 2016. ... If not for soccer, would focus on basketball or track. ... Favorite sport to watch is gymnastics. ... Dumbest movie she has ever seen is "The Spectacular Now." ... Favorite junk food is french fries. ... Favorite healthy food is spinach. ... Favorite TV program is Game of Thrones. ... Favorite team is the U.S. Women's National Team. ... Favorite athletes are women's soccer stars Marta of Brazil and Sam Kerr of Australia. ... Her dream car is a Subaru Cross Trek. ... Loves to shop for friends' and family's birthdays. ... Easiest subject in school is writing. ... Toughest subject is math. ... If she could invite anyone to dinner, it would be author Virginia Woolf, and would serve "some sort of pie." ... If she could be any action hero, would be The Flash. ... Her friends call her Kenna or Rietz. ... In 10 years, plans to be "helping people of all backgrounds find the truest, best version of themselves and hopefully making the people around me better." ... During her sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school, would drive round-trip from Walla Walla to Seattle one to three days a week to practice with her club team, leaving at 2:00 p.m., arriving back home around 1:00 a.m., and heading to school at 7:00 a.m.