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2026 MIT Women's Soccer Roster

Chris Aduama
Gil Talbot

23 Madelyn Popilek

  • Position D
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • High School The Benjamin School
  • Hometown Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

Career Highs
  • Goals - 1 (Twice) Most Recently vs. WPI (October 26, 2024)
  • Assists - 1 (Twice) Most Recently vs. Salve Regina (October 19, 2024)
  • Points - 2 (Twice) - Most Recently vs. WPI (October 26, 2024)
  • Shots - 4 vs. Coast Guard (November 5, 2024)

Accolades:
  • 2x NEWMAC Academic All Conference (2024, 2025)
2025:
  • Did not play
2024:
  • Scored first collegiate goal against Middlebury
  • Tallied first assist as an Engineer at Smith
  • Appeared in 23 matches
2023:
  • Appeared in 22 games making 1 start 
  • Made collegiate debut on September 9 against IIT  
  • Helped lead the MIT defense to allow only 19 goals and post 13 shutouts
Before MIT:
  •  2020-2021: Impact Player of the Year (Varsity Soccer)
  •  2021-2022: Coach’s Award (Varsity Soccer)
  •  2022-2023: MVP (Varsity Soccer), Varsity Soccer Captain 2022-2023
  •  2021, 2022, and 2023: Varsity Soccer District Champs
  •  2022 and 2023 Regional Champions (Varsity Soccer)
  •  2022 State Runner Up(Varsity Soccer)
  •  2023 State Semi-finalist (Varsity Soccer)
  •  National Honor Society
  •  Mu Alpha Theta
  •  Treasurer for St. Jude Club
  •  Treasurer for National Honor Society
  •  High Honor Roll all Four Years
  •  Bronze Congressional Medalist
  •  Buccaneer Award
  • Club: Space Coast United ECNL-RL
    •  2021 and 2023 Southeast ECNL Regional Champions
    •  2021 National Youth Soccer Champions
Personal:
  • SharkNinja Mechanical Engineering Internship
  • Research in the MIT Biomechatronics Lab, Bristol Robotics Lab, and MIT Sports Lab
  • Vice President of Operations for Kappa Alpha Theta

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 23

    2023First Year

    D
    5'7"
    23
  • 23

    2024Sophomore

    D
    5'9"
    23
  • 23

    2025Junior

    D
    5'9"
    23
  • 23

    2026Senior

    D
    5'9"
    23