Missouri State

Honors & Awards
• All-MVC Honorable Mention (2017)
• MVC All-Freshman Team (2017)
• MVC Newcomer of the Week (10/9/17, 10/23/17)
• MVC Honor Roll (2017-18, 2020-21)
• MSU Athletics Director's Honor Roll (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021)
• Commissioner's Academic Excellence Award (2020-21)

2020-21 Season (Senior)
Appeared in two matches while totaling 95 minutes… Made seven saves while allowing two goals…Was a MSU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll Selection… Appeared in 16 matches while making 12 starts throughout her Bears career… Was named to the MVC All-Freshman team and was an MVC honorable mention honoree in 2017… Palacio was the starting goalkeeper for the 2017 MVC tournament championship run and NCAA appearance… Selected to the MVC honor roll three times and is a four-time MSU Athletics Director Honor Roll nominee.

2019 Season (Junior)
Member of the Bears' women's soccer team.

2018 Season (Sophomore)
Member of the Bears' women's soccer team.

2017 Season (Freshman)
Named to the All-MVC Honorable Mention and All-Freshman Team ... Made 10 starts in 13 appearances as a true freshman ... Was the only goalkeeper in the league to hold the regular-season champion Drake Bulldogs scoreless during MVC play ... Racked up a career-high 11 saves against Drake (10/17) in a tremendous shutout performance ... Recorded three consecutive shutouts in the Bears' wins over Illinois State (10/27), Loyola Chicago (11/3) and UNI (11/5) ... Limited No. 16 Oklahoma State to just one goal on Nov. 11 in the opening round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament ... Led the MSU keepers with 59 saves, 0.98 GAA and .831 save percentage ... Finished her freshman campaign with 1,102 minutes in goal for the Bears.

Background
Helped lead Blue Valley (Kan.) High to the 2017 Kansas state championship after surrendering just 0.50 goals per game ... The two-time conference goalkeeper of the year was a first-team all-conference selection two seasons and posted a career GAA of 0.79 ... Set a school record as a sophomore with 116 saves to earn all-conference honorable mention and an all-state nod ... Posted a 0.72 GAA her junior year ...Earned Kansas 6A second-team All-State honors as a senior ... Member of Futura Academy Forte Elite and helped club squad to a Region II Champion in 2015 and third place showing in the national championships.

Personal
Born 1/29/99 in Dallas, Texas ... Daughter of Matthew and Shelli Palacio of Leadwood, Kan. ... Has two sisters, Alysha and Amanda ... Her father played football at Northern Arizona ... Sister, Alysha, played soccer at Oklahoma Christian University ... Majoring in Cell and Molecular Biology.