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 fifth in program history with 87 career points and 37 goals...Tied for third with nine game-winning goals and ranked fourth with nine multi-goal games...Also fourth in program history with 117 shots on target and fifth with 209 shots (2.8 per game)...One of three Bobcats all-time to score four goals in a match...2021 All-Cal Pac Second Team selection...Is responsible with the quickest goal in program history, coming just 35 seconds into the game against Sierra Nevada University on October 29, 2021...2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection...2020-21 Chancellor's List honoree.
2022: Got off four shots in the season opener at Cal State East Bay (8/25)...Held game-high with six shots, four on goal, in the home opener against Menlo College (8/28)...Scored a goal and recorded an assist against Providence Christian College (10/13)...Added another assist on Senior Night against Simpson University (10/20)...Scored two goals, one in each half including the game-winning goal, at Pacific Union College (10/27)...Scored another goal while also being credited with an assist in the regular season finale at Cal Maritime (10/29)...Also got off a career-high eleven shots at Cal Maritime...Scored a goal in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round match against University of Mobile (11/17), becoming just the third Bobcat to ever score a national tournament goal.
2021: All-California Pacific Conference Second Team...Led the Bobcats and ranked fourth in the Cal Pac with eleven goals...A Cal Pac best four of his goals were game-winning goals, including three in a row from October 17-October 29...Finished second on the team with 54 shots overall...Had either a goal or an assist in eight of eleven Cal Pac matches and closed out the regular season with back-to-back five-point matches...Scored first goal of the season against Hope International University (9/16)...Also scored in the California Pacific Conference opener at Sierra Nevada University (9/26)...Got off six shots against University of Antelope Valley (10/1)...Netted his first game-winning goal and assist of the season against Simpson University (10/8)...Held match-high with eight shots and was responsible for the game-winning goal at Benedictine University Mesa (10/17)...Notched his first multi-goal game of the season, scoring twice including the game-winning goal against Cal Maritime (10/22) on Ring Ceremony Night...Netted the game-winning goal and set the record for the quickest goal in program history with his goal just 35 seconds in against Sierra Nevada University (10/29)...Scored twice in the regular season home finale against Pacific Union College (11/5)...Scored twice and delivered an assist in the regular season finale at Cal Maritime (11/7)...Assisted the golden goal in the 101st minute against Marymount California University to allow the Bobcats to win their second consecutive California Pacific Conference Tournament Championship (11/13).
2020: 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...
