Career Notes: 2019 NAIA honorable mention All-American...2019 California Pacific Conference Player of the Year & All-Conference First Team selection...2019-20 UC Merced Male Intercollegiate Athlete of the Year...Currently ranked third in program history with six career multi-goal games...Is seventh all-time with 21 career goals and is eighth with 47 points...Also sixth in program history 2.38 shots per game and is eighth with 57 shots on goal...One of three Bobcats all-time to score four goals in a match...2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection...2020-21 Chancellor's List honoree.
2021: Battled through injuries to appear and start in three games...Recorded six shots.
2019: Was named the California Pacific Conference Player of the Year and a NAIA honorable mention All-American while leading the team with 16 goals (3rd in the Cal Pac, 23rd in the NAIA)...Also led the team and ranked sixth in the California Pacific Conference with 35 total points...The 16 goals was good for third on the program's single-season record list, while the 35 points was good for fifth...Totaled 70 shots, 39 on goal...Had three assists...Earned 21 starts and was one of six Bobcats to appear in all 22 games...Earned first assist of the season in the 2019 home opener against Oregon Tech (8/29)...First goal of the campaign came at 22nd-ranked Hope International University (9/21)...Scored a golden goal in the 103rd minute against Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (9/29) to give the Bobcats their first double overtime win since November 1, 2014...Tied the program's single-game record with four goals at Providence Christian College (10/3), had his first career hat-trick by halftime...All three of his first half goals were assisted by brother Ivan Ceballos...Took a career-high nine shots overall at PCC, seven of which were on goal to tie the 2019 Cal Pac single-game high...Combined for four goals in the span of four days in mid-October, scoring two each at Pacific Union College (10/10) and at home vs. Sierra Nevada College (10/13)...Scored a goal in four straight games (at Pacific Union, 10/10; vs. Sierra Nevada, 10/13; vs. La Sierra, 10/18; vs. Soka, 10/20)...Tallied two goals in a 6-0 win at Cal Maritime (11/9) to help the Bobcats capture their second straight California Pacific Conference title.
2018: Played in all 20 games as a freshman...Earned ten starts...Finished campaign with five goals and two assists, including a game-winning goal against Cal Maritime on September 27...Netted first career goal and assist against Providence Christian College on September 22...Notched first multi-goal game against Cal Maritime (9/27)...Also scored a goal against Cal Pac opponents Sierra Nevada and Pacific Union.
High School: 2017 Fresno Bee Small Schools Player of the Year…Two-time East Sequoia League Player of the Year…Two-time Orange Belt Player of the Year…Two-time Central Section All-Star…Scored 37 goals as a junior, making him the highest single-season goal scorer in program history…California Elite All-Star…Earned East Sequoia League Championships all four years…Helped Lindsay win the 2017 Central Section Championship.
Personal: Nicknamed Marquitos…Majoring in Management and Business Economics…Favorite team is Barcelona and favorite athlete is Lionel Messi… Enjoys playing ping-pong… Favorite movie is The Dark Knight and favorite food is Panda Express…Loves to be in the gym...Lists his brother as his biggest influence because he would always play soccer with him...
