University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

Career Highlights:

• 4x Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• 3x MAC Honor Roll (2022, 2023, 2024)
• MAC President Award (2024)
• 3x MAC All-Academic Team (2022, 2023, 2024)

2024:

• Played in 16 games, making four starts, and tallied four points on four assists, 10 draw controls, five ground balls and a caused turnover
• Handed out a career-high two assists with three ground balls, a draw control and a caused turnover at Duquesne
• Had two draws at Pittsburgh
• Posted a career-high five draw controls versus Kent State
• Hand another two-assist game at Butler
• Finished her career playing in 49 games and registered nine points on four goals and five assists, 32 draw controls, 18 ground balls and eight caused turnovers

2023:

• Played in 12 games with one start and had five draw controls, three caused turnovers and a ground ball
• Attempted two shots on the year
• Had a draw control in the season opener against Canisius
• Pulled down s season-high two draws at Marquette
• Posted a caused turnover against Butler and a caused turnover and ground ball against Lindenwood
• Also had a GB at Youngstown State

2022:

• Played in 15 games with two starts on the year
• Posted five points on four goals and an assist
• Seven of her eight shots were on net for an 87.5 shots-on-goal percentage
• Tallied 13 draw controls, 11 ground balls and three caused turnovers 
• Scored her first collegiate goal on her first shot of the season against Michigan, where she also picked up two ground balls
• Came up with two draw controls at Robert Morris, Central Michigan and at Butler
• Had a goal, two GB's and a draw control versus St. Bonaventure
• Recorded a goal, a ground ball and caused turnover against Robert Morris and a goal, a ground ball, two draw controls and a caused turnover at Akron

• Played in seven games for the Titans in her first season
• Tallied four draw controls, one ground ball and one caused turnover
• Made collegiate debut in season opener at Central Michigan (3/7), tallying one draw control
• Posted one caused turnover and one draw control against Akron (4/24)

• A 2020 graduate of West Brunswick High School
• A four-year varsity letter-winner in lacrosse for the Trojans and coach Dan Rozen
• A three-time varsity captain and Team MVP as a junior
• Earned First Team All-Area honors as a junior, leading her conference in points (91) on 55 goals and 36 assists
• Received All-Area Second Team as a sophomore in 2018
• A two-time All-Conference honoree overall
• Broke the school record for goals in a game (10) during her junior season and reached 100 career goals midway through her junior year
• Competed in club lacrosse with Carolina Flight (two years)
• Part of National Honors Society, member of Student Government and an Athletic-Academic Ambassador

• Full name is Cecelia Vergara
• Daughter of Kelly Sexton
• Has one younger sibling, Josie
• Born in Wilmington, North Carolina
• Enrolled in 5-year MBA program