Julia Arbelaez

Position:
Midfield
Height:
5-3
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Somers
Hometown:
Yorktown Heights, N.Y.

Freshman Season: She enrolled at Syracuse prior to the 2025 Spring Semester ... Arbelaez was named to the Spring 2025 Athletic Director's Honor Roll (3.0-or-better g.p.a.) ... Arbelaez tallied two assists in her first collegiate game, a 5-2 victory against CHARLESTON SOUTHERN ... She played a season-high 68 minutes against NIAGARA ... Her first collegiate goal came in a victory against CANISIUS.

Somers High School: Arbelaez helped Somers to a 14-4-2 record and a spot in the 2024 New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Class A Section 1 title game for the second straight year ... She was named Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL) East Region Metropolitan Conference Offensive Player of the Year and Best XI ... She scored 18 goals and 13 assists. Her 95 career goals and 51 career assists rank second in the Lower Hudson Valley ... The Tuskers were 23-1, claimed the NYSPHSAA Class AA Section 1 crown, and reached the 2023 NYSPHSAA Class AA semifinals before losing ... Arbelaez accumulated 31 goals and 14 assists as a junior ... She earned second team all-state from the New York State Sportswriters and Coaches Organization (NYSSCOGS) and was a first-team selection on the Westchester/Putnam Girls Soccer All-Star Team ... Somers was 17-1 during Arbelaez’s sophomore campaign ... She had 28 goals and 20 assists and was a NYSSCOGS Fifth-Team All-State pick ... Arbelaez tallied 13 goals and four assists in 2021, her freshman season ... The Tuskers were 11-4 ... Arbelaez also played for New York Soccer Club.

Personal: Julia Marie Arbelaez is the daughter of Manuel and Lisa Arbelaez ... She was born in April 2007 ... Her father was on the soccer team at Oneonta ... She has an older sister, Anna, and an older brother, Lucas, who is playing soccer at Plattsburgh ... Arbelaez is enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences ... She has not declared a major.