Sacred Heart University

2014 Stats | 2015 Stats | 2016 Stats

2016: Played in 15 games, making one start at Saint Peter's (Sept. 9). Registered two shots on goal, at Saint Peter's and at Mount St. Mary's (Oct. 28).

2015: Appeared in 16 games, making three starts.

2014: Played in 13 games … Scored first career goal on August 22 against Delaware State. 

Before SHU: Earned varsity letters in soccer, basketball and track and field at Hasbrouck Heights High School. Led the soccer team to four straight league titles, and to the semi finals in the North 1 Group 1 State Tournament two times. Helped the basketball team to the league title in 2014, and the track and field squad to four undefeated champion seasons. Member of the three-time Bergen Country Relay champion and the two-time Bergen County Group champs. Named 2014 Most Outstanding Female Athlete for Soccer. Garnered All-League First Team honors three years in a row. HasbrouckHeightsPatch.com's Athelte of the Week. Received NJGSCA Recognition Award. Named All-State in basketball in 2012 and All-League Second Team in 2014. Named Defensive Player of the Year in track and field, and All-League. Qualified for the Penn relays three years for the 4x1. Third in the state sectional and seventh at the state groups for Pole Vault. Came in seventh for the Javelin at the Bergen Meet of Champions. Named team captain of all three squads.

Personal: Parents: Leta and Igli Filja. Siblings: Endrit. Major: Chemistry. Favorite Professional Sports Team: Chelsea. Favorite Professional Athlete: Mia Hamm. Favorite Movie: Mean Girls. Favorite Food: Penna a la Vodka. Mia Hamm is her role model for encouraging girls to play sports and earn everything she got through hard work and determination. If she could have dinner with three people it would be Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein and Cristiano Ronaldo.