Claremont High School soccer standout Elisabeth Chua has committed to UC Riverside.
The junior forward managed seven goals and eight assists in helping the Wolfpack (25-4-2) to the Division 3 Southern Section championship game as well as the Southern California Regional final of the state playoffs.
She was a first-team All-Palomares League selection.
“I have a friend from club that is going there and it’s close to home so my friends and family can see me play,:” Chua said. “So I’m happy.”
Chua was also considering Pepperdine and NCAA Division II Azusa Pacific. She plans to major in sports medicine.
UCR is coming off a 5-10-4 season which included a 2-5-1 in the Big West.
“I am really hoping to be able to go in there and play right away,” she said. “I am going to work hard to make that happen.”