Hall of Fame
Rachel Tejada is one of the most decorated MVC women’s soccer players in league history. The four-year letterwinner for the Redbirds is the only player in Missouri Valley Conference history to be named Conference Player of the Year four times.
The four-time first-team All-MVC selection also earned MVC All-Tournament honors in each of her four seasons.
Tejada, who was inducted into the Illinois State Percy Family Hall of Fame in 2021, still holds MVC and ISU career records for goals (74), assists (42) and points (190). She also owns MVC single-season records for goals (21 in 2011) and points (54 in 2014). Tejada holds ISU single-season records in points, assists, shots, and shots on goal.
When Tejada completed her career in 2014 with Illinois State, she ranked No. 25 on all-time NCAA Division I career points list.
As a Redbird, Illinois State earned three MVC regular-season championships and won the MVC Tournament four consecutive years. Tejada led the team to four NCAA Tournament appearances, helping team to wins in 2013 at Louisville and 2014 at South Florida.
A 2014 NSCAA Academic All-American Third Team selection, Tejada was a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District V First-Team selection.
In her first year at ISU in 2011, Tejada became the first player in program history to earn All-America honors when she was named to the Soccer America All-Freshman First Team. As a sophomore in 2012, she was a 2012 Soccer News Net College Boot Award finalist.
The two-time NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region Second Team (2012-13) selection became only the second player in program history to earn NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region First Team honors.
She was drafted by the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in 2015.