Quincy University Hawks

Career (2022-25): Vela spent four seasons with the Hawks, appearing in 65 matches with 59 starts. A key midfielder for Quincy throughout her career, she totaled four points on one goal and two assists while recording 22 shots and placing 13 on goal.

Vela logged 4,459 minutes during her time with the program and played the full 90 minutes in 24 matches, providing consistency, experience, and stability in the midfield for the Hawks.
-    4x GLVC Academic All-Conference (2022, 23, 24, 25)
-    Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award (2025)
-    CSC Academic All-District (2025)

2025 (Senior): In her senior season, Vela was a key piece of the Hawks’ success in the midfield. She appeared and started all 18 matches, totaling 1,549 minutes, second most on the team. Vela played the full 90 minutes in all but four matches and spent just 71 total minutes on the bench throughout the season.
-    GLVC Academic All-Conference
-    Council of Presidents' Academic Excellence Award
-    CSC Academic All-District

2024 (Junior): Vela appeared in all 17 games for the Hawks, starting in 16 of them, where she was third on the team, totaling 1388 minutes of action. She took three shots and assisted a goal in a 3-1 victory over Rockhurst (10/13/24). At the midfield position, Alayna played the full 90 minutes ten different times.
-    GLVC Academic All-Conference
-    CSC Academic All-District

2023 (Sophomore): Started 10 of 14 games played accumulating 736 minutes with one goal on five shots and scored her first career goal in a 4-0 victory over the Peacocks of Upper Iowa (9/24/23)
-    GLVC Academic All-Conference

2022 (Freshman): Started 15 of 16 games in the season putting in 786 minutes as a freshman. Tallied one assist and four shots on goal in the midfield. Her first career point came in a 3-0 victory against William Jewell (10/14/22), when she assisted Abbey Haas.
-    GLVC Academic All-Conference

Player Bio: Alayna Vela is a Xenia, Ohio, native, and attended Xenia High School. With the Buccaneers, Alayna was a first team All-Miami Valley League player and was in the National Honors Society. She was also named valedictorian. Her parents are Brandy Claybaugh and Robert Vela and she has two sisters, Amiya and Alexis.