Colorado University Athletics
Joss Orejel bio
Joss Orejel, Defender
6-0, Tustin, Calif. (Tustin)
Club: So Cal Blues
COACH SANCHEZ ON OREJEL: GÇ£Joss has great
international experience playing with Mexico. Her club coach Randy
Dodge is also a college coach and does a great job preparing his
players for the next level. Joss is another So Cal Blues SC product
(along with Jenna Reeves and Buffs Tori Cooper and Madi Krauser)
that can play as a left back or centrally in the back.GÇ¥
HIGH SCHOOL: OrejelGÇÖs focus on club play during
her prep career helped her gain major attention. Under coach Randy
Dodge, Orejel and the So Cal Blues were three-time league champions
and won back-to-back Surf College Cup Championships and the 2011
State Championship. Orejel was named to the state Olympic
Development Program team in 2011. As a member of the Under-17
Mexican WomenGÇÖs National Team, she played in the 2012 World Cup.
Orejel has a four-star rating on Top Drawer Soccer, coming in as
her regionGÇÖs 27th ranked player.
IN THE CLASSROOM: Orejel plans to take the
pre-medicine route at Colorado.
PERSONAL: Jocelyn Marie Orejel was born on
November 14, 1996 to parents Rudy and Rosie Orejel. She has two
younger siblings, Justin and Gisselle. Her nickname is Joss. SheGÇÖs
bilingual and traveled all around the world before the age of 16.
After graduation, Orejel wants to start her own business. She is
the first of her family to attend college and chose Colorado
because this is a place she could see herself being for the next
four years and beyond.