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Tiana Cello

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goodbye ‘25 !! 👋🏼🥳🤍✨

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the little things!

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Thank you San Jose for a degree and for my best friends!🥰🎓

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Take me back to SanJose🤩 Got to be there for my big sister’s @shaylasugai College Graduation Ceremony 🎓🎉 #sjsu 💙💛 Spent some time with my cousin Aly🥰 Had some good food #innout #sizzlinglunch #huckleberrys 😋 Had the best time at Great America with @shaylasugai @brexboyy1k @drew.04 @tianacello 🎢✨ #sanjose #funtimes #takemeback #greatamerica #goldstriker

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CONGRATS @tianacello! 🎓🎉

Tiana is graduating with her Bachelors Degree in Advertising Management with a minor in Business ✨

She now plans to go to grad school and keep soccer in her life through playing or coaching ⚔️

#AllSpartans

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such sweet moments recently 💌

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This body of work is a visual meditation on identity, loss, and transformation—an exploration of what remains when the structure of sport, which once defined so much, is suddenly gone. As a former collegiate swimmer, I understand the profound sense of self that comes from being an athlete, as well as the disorientation that can follow when that chapter ends.

Though these works center around soccer, they speak to a universal experience shared by many former athletes. Through collaboration, storytelling, and portraiture, I aim to illuminate the emotional complexity of life after sport—grappling with grief, nostalgia, resilience, and the rediscovery of purpose.

From the heartfelt letter in A Love Letter to Soccer to the quiet vulnerability captured in When the Game Is Over, each piece reflects a different moment in the emotional arc of retirement. The repeated themes of reflection, shifting perspective, and holding on suggest the push and pull of letting go while still longing for the comfort of competition, community, and routine.

This work honors the stories of those navigating athletic retirement and the questions that often follow: Who am I without the game? What do I carry with me? As an artist, I create to document these transitions—not just as an end, but as the beginning of something equally powerful.

— Katelyn Yule #𝟎 𝐀 𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐫. A personal and emotional reflection on a lifelong relationship with the game of soccer. This letter-turned-artwork captures the bittersweet transition from athlete to coach, offering gratitude, grief, and growth. It's an homage to the struggles, victories, and identity shaped through years of dedication to the sport.

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best birthday ever 🧡

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We are so proud of our players who were named to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District Teams for Fall 2024 ✨

To be recognized, student-athletes must have a 3.5 or higher cumulative grade-point average, be at least a sophomore academically, and participate in at least 50 percent of team competitions.

Great job Spartans 👏

#AllSpartans

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semester bts🥰

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