Perez at Colombian Pre-Olympics Training Camp

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Catalina Perez of the University of Miami soccer team flew to Colombia this week for training camp with the Colombian Women’s National Team.

Perez, who played for Colombia in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup, left Wednesday to train with the team in advance of the 2016 Olympic Games. This is the second round of monthly camps before the team leaves for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August.

The two-week camp in Bogota, Colombia features 23 players and Perez is one of just two goalkeepers among the group. The official release, which features Perez in the main picture, on the training camp can be found HERE, in Spanish, on the Colombian National Team website.

A native of Colombia who attended St. Andrew’s in Boca Raton, Fla., for her high school years, Perez has been a recent constant at Colombian training camps. The World Cup was her most recent international match competition for Colombia and she earned the start in the team’s round of 16 match against the United States.

The 5-foot-8-inch Perez was named the ESPN Deportes West Palm 760 AM 2015 Palm Beach County Hispanic Female Athlete of the Year.

Perez led the Hurricanes this past season with 10 appearances in net, earning eight starts. She ranked third in the ACC in saves per match (4.60) and posted a 106-minute clean sheet in Miami’s double overtime victory over No. 14/4 Notre Dame on Oct. 2, 2015.

Her play against the Fighting Irish led to Perez winning College Soccer 360 National Primetime Player of the Week, Top Drawer Soccer Goalkeeper of the Week and ACC Defensive Player of the Week.

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