2025: Capped her collegiate resume with career-highs in points (15), goals (5) and assists (5) ... team captain ... played in all 21 games on the season, making a career-best 18 starts ... recorded 33 total shots overall, 14 of which were on goal ... finished tied for ninth in the Horizon Leage with her assist total (5) and just outside of the Top 10 in scoring ... made her 2025 debut as a member of the starting XI against Wisconsin in the season opener, playing a season-high 80 minutes ... followed that up with a pair of goals against Northern Iowa in the next game Aug. 17, with the first of her brace standing up as the game-winner ... registered a career-high seven shots that day against UNI ... named Horizon League Player of the Week for her efforts ... assisted the lone goal in Milwaukee's impressive 1-0 victory over Minnesota on the road Sept. 5 ... recorded a pair of assists in the big 7-0 win over SIUE Sept. 14 ... added the insurance goal in the 2-0 defeat of Robert Morris Sept. 18 ... scored in the 3-2 win over Northern Kentucky Sept. 28, one of three shots on the day ... recorded an assist against IU Indy Oct. 16 ... scored in the 10th minute of the Horizon League Tournament Championship against Green Bay Nov. 8, standing up as the game-winner in the 4-0 victory which came against her former team ... also had an assist in 57 minutes of action in the NCAA Tournament contest at No. 9 Michigan State Nov. 14 ... selected for for the College Sports Communicators 2025 Academic All-District Soccer Team for her work in the classroom ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
• 2025 game-by-game in PDF Format
2024: Played in all 21 games in her first season in Milwaukee, earning a spot in the starting XI on three occasions ... finished the season with six points, recording one goal and four assists ... her 25 shots finished fifth on the team overall ... started the season opener at Xavier Aug. 15, playing 57 minutes ... in the starting lineup for three of the first four contests, including at No. 18 Ohio State Aug. 22 ... recorded her first point of the campaign with an assist against Harvard Sept. 12 ... season-high 62 minutes on the field in the 1-1 draw at Marquette Sept. 15 ... tied her NCAA career-high with a season-best six shot attempts at Wright State Sept. 22, including a personal-best five of them on goal ... recorded a pair of assists in the 5-0 victory over Cleveland State Oct. 26, including one on the eventual game-winner ... came up big in the season finale at Green Bay, scoring a goal and adding an assist against her former team Oct. 30 ... played 34 minutes and recorded a shot attempt in the NCAA Tournament first-round game at No. 12 Notre Dame Nov. 15 ... named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
• 2024 game-by-game in PDF Format
Prior to MKE: A transfer into the program after playing two seasons at Green Bay … was the leading scorer for the Phoenix each year, tallying nine points on four goals and one assist in 2023 … started all 16 games and led GB with 1,414 minutes played (out of 1,440 total minutes) and in both total shots (40) and shots on goal (20) … also started all 16 games as a freshman, scoring three times including game-winners against
Western Illinois in August and Cleveland State in October … named to the Horizon League All-Freshman Team … Dean’s List member … named to the Horizon League Academic Honor Roll.
High School: The Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association Player of the Year and WSCA First Team All-State honoree as a senior after leading Oregon High School to an undefeated 23-0-1 season and the WIAA Division 2 State Championship … Panthers ended the season as the top-ranked team in the country and Pagels recorded 25 goals and 20 assists on the season … United Soccer Coaches High School All-American …
Wisconsin State Journal State Player of the Year … Team MVP ... First Team All-Conference ... Second Team All-State as a junior … 2021 Conference Champion and state qualifier ... Honor Roll every semester ... National Honor Society Member … played club soccer for the Madison 56ers.
Personal: Daughter of Corey Pagels and Sara Kempker … dad swam collegiately at Stevens Point … a nutrition major … chose Milwaukee because of the great environment surrounding the team, the coaches, and the academics … career goal is to win a Horizon League championship ... most memorable sports experience was winning the 2022 state championship in high school … lists hiking, sports, and the outdoors as her hobbies … born November 23, 2003.
