Bella Callender played in 46 games during her career at Rutgers-Camden, starting nine and taking 19 shots. She added one career assist.
Callender also has earned numerous academic accomplishments, including a pair of New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention honors.
Academics: New Jersey Athletic Conference Academic Honorable Mention for the 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 scholastic years…Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and Dean’s List student for the 2018 Fall, 2019 Spring, 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, 2021 Spring, 2021 Fall and 2022 Spring semesters…One of only 26 athletes on the 119-member 2022 Spring AD Honor Roll to earn a perfect 4.0 GPA.
Soccer 2021: Played in 14 games, starting seven…Took 15 shots, playing 10 on goal…Notched her first career point with an assist on Maggie Horn’s goal during a 2-1 loss to Adrian College (Sept. 4)…Started five of her first six games…Contributed to four of the Raptors’ five shutouts…Took her high of four shots against both North Carolina Wesleyan (Sept. 12) and Kean University (Sept. 25), putting three shots on goal both times…Played her season high of 62 minutes in the North Carolina Wesleyan game and had a 61-minute game against Kean.
Soccer 2020: Played in four games during the pandemic-shortened season, which was held in the 2021 spring semester…The Scarlet Raptors collected two shutouts in her games…Played a high of 23 minutes in the New Jersey Athletic Conference title game, a 1-0 loss against Montclair State (April 14).
Soccer 2019: Appeared in 13 games, starting two…Took three shots, one on goal…Contributed to both Rutgers-Camden shutouts…Made her first appearance of the season in the Raptors’ opener against Elizabethtown (Aug. 30)…Made her first career start against Washington College (Sept. 7), playing her season high of 44 minutes…Also started and played 39 minutes at Moravian (Sept. 14).
Soccer 2018: Played in 15 games…Took one shot, on goal, coming in a 4-1 win over Neumann University (Sept. 10)…Made her collegiate debut in the season opener, playing 31 minutes in a 4-2 loss at Elizabethtown College (Aug. 31)…Competed in five of the Scarlet Raptors’ six shutouts…Played her season high of 45 minutes in a 2-0 loss at Washington College (Sept. 8).
High School: Graduated Egg Harbor Township High School in 2018.
Club Team: Hamilton Elite FC
Personal: Born February 26, 2000…Isabella “Bella” Callender…Last name pronounced “calendar”…Loves playing soccer and going to the gym and the beach…Social Work major at Rutgers-Camden…Plans to become a social worker with a specialization in corrections…Bella is the daughter of Carolyn and Gordon Callender of Egg Harbor Township.
