Georgia Southern University Athletics

HONORS AND AWARDS
2021-22 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2021 Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team
All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (2021)
Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week (8/31/21)
Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference (2021)
2020-21 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
All-Sun Belt Conference First Team (2020)
2019-20 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List
2018-19 Sun Belt Conference Academic Commissioner's List 
2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll

AS A GRADUATE STUDENT (2021)
Played in all 22 matches, starting 21, for the Eagles as a graduate student ... Scored a team-high nine goals to go with three assists for 21 points ... Took 35 shots, with 19 on goal, in 1,186 minutes of action ... Notched five game-winning goals, second-most in the Sun Belt ... Also ranked fourth in the Sun Belt in points and fifth in goals ... Earned First Team All-Sun Belt Conference honors as a forward ... Named the Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Week on August 31 for her hat trick in Georgia Southern's 5-1 win at Charleston Southern, the first hat trick for an Eagle player since 2015 ... Delivered the match-winner just 22 seconds into the second half in the Eagles' 1-0 Sun Belt Conference tournament quarterfinal win over Coastal Carolina on November 3 ... Converted on a penalty kick in the 83rd minute to lead the Eagles past Mercer, 1-0, on September 12 ... Notched a pair of assists in the Eagles' 4-1 win over Appalachian State on September 16 ... Also notched game-winning goals over Jacksonville (August 26) and Troy (Sept. 30) ... Earned Sun Belt Conference All-Tournament Team honors.

AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR (2020-21)
Played in 15 matches, starting 14, for the Eagles as a redshirt senior ... Earned first-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors as a forward ... Scored a team-best five goals to go with two assists for 12 points ... Notched a pair of game-winning goals ... Logged 998 minutes of action ... Took 17 shots, 13 on goal ... Scored the match's lone goal in the fifth minute to help Georgia Southern defeat App State, 1-0, on Oct. 11 in Boone ... Tallied a pair of goals in the Eagles' 3-1 win over Troy on Oct. 25 ... Also collected goals at Troy (10/4) and against Georgia State (10/18).

AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR (2019)
Played in four matches, making two starts, as a senior for the Eagles before having her season ended prematurely by injury ... Collected two goals and two assists in 283 minutes of action ... Scored two goals and tallied an assist in the Eagles' 4-3 overtime win at Gardner-Webb on August 30 ... Also notched an assist in the Eagles' 4-0 win over The Citadel on August 25.

AS A REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE (2018)
Played in 15 matches, making nine starts, for the Eagles as a redshirt sophomore ... Scored one goal and tallied two assists on 14 shots, five on goal ... Logged 872 minutes of action ... Scored her first collegiate goal in the Eagles' 2-0 Sun Belt win over Louisiana on Oct. 10 ... Tallied assists against ULM (9/28) and Arkansas State (10/19).

AS A SOPHOMORE (2017)
Received a medical redshirt after suffering an injury during the summer. 

AS A FRESHMAN (2016)
Played in 16 matches as a freshman for the Eagles, making five starts ... Logged 691 minutes of action and took eight shots, five on goal ... Played a season-high 89 minutes against North Florida on August 26 ... Took a season-high two shots vs. North Florida and against Coastal Carolina (9/16) ...  Named to 2016-17 Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played for Coach Chris Vianest at Ida S. Baker in Cape Coral, Florida … Lettered all four years with the Bulldogs … Tallied 14 goals and six assists in her 18 games as a senior … Was the leading scorer and named Attacking Player of the Year during the 2013-14 season … Helped the Bulldogs collect three District Runner Up honors and win a District Championship in 2013-14 … Three-time All-Conference First Team honoree … Played in the All-County and All-State games in 2015-16 … She also lettered in Track and Field in 2015-16 … Graduated Summa Cum Lade … Secretary for the National Honor Society … Played under Coach Yoyo Zavala for the West Florida Flames club team … Invited to the ECNL Player Development Program in 2015-16 … Also played club one year for the Florida Fire, finishing as State Cup runners up … Played for the ODP Florida Team from 2012-15, traveling to England to play friendlies against Women’s Super League teams in 2015 … Also gained experience on the U20 Colombian National Team and played in the Under 20 World Cup Qualifiers in Santos, Brazil, finishing third.
 
PERSONAL
Born Marcela Montoya on February 11, 1998, in Medellin, Colombia ... Hometown is Cape Coral, Fla. ... Daughter of Sergio and Alba Montoya … Has an older brother, Pedro, and a twin brother, David … Cousin, Juan Carlos Parra, played midfield for the New York/New Jersey Metro Stars and the New England Revolution ... Graduated from Georgia Southern with her bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2020 and is currently pursuing her master's degree in the same field.
 
MAJOR
Mechanical Engineering [MS]