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2020 (Sophomore): Voted second team All-OVC after leading the Colonels with nine points on the season (three goals, three assists) … all three of her goals were game-winners, which tied for the OVC lead … scored off a beautiful free kick in the 37^th minute to beat rival Morehead State on March 12 … scored in the eighth minute to lead the Colonels to a road victory at Eastern Illinois on March 23 … her PK goal in the 27^th minute helped lift Eastern to a 1-0 win over Belmont on March 30 … played in all 10 games on the year and started nine of them … ranked third on the team in shots (22) and second in shots on goal (12).

2019 (Redshirt freshman): Appeared in four games after coming off an injury from the year before … fired a season-high four shots, three of which were on goal, versus UT Martin on Oct. 13 … played a season-high 26 minutes against the Skyhawks … attempted six shots on the season.

2018 (Redshirt): Did not play.

Prior to EKU: A midfielder out of Cardinal Carter Catholic High School in Aurora, Ontario, a city located 45 minutes north of Toronto ... plays club soccer for Aurora Football Club (AFC) ... won the 2015 Club Player of the Year award and was the 2016 Ontario Youth Soccer League (OYSL) leading goal scorer ... helped lead AFC to an OYSL Eastern Division championship in 2016 and 2017.

Personal: Daughter of Laurel and Nick Iacono ... plans to major in communication disorders.


Get to know Michaela Iacono ...

If she could live anywhere, it would be: Greece

What is your proudest accomplishment: Getting a Division-I scholarship to EKU

What would she sing at Karaoke night: Bye Bye Bye, By NSYNC or It's going to be me

Her favorite social media forum: Snapchat

What would she do if she won the lottery: Travel, Donate to Charity

If she could have one meal for the rest of her life, it would be: Sushi

Where does she see herself in five years? Graduating from EKU and beginning to get my masters degree in speech pathology. 

If you could choose one decade to live/time period, which one would it be? Why? The 80's b/c of the music & clothing