For his high school, Perales mainly played forward for the varsity soccer team and occasionally would step in between the posts as the goalkeeper when needed.
During his high school career, Perales also played club soccer for Lonestar SC as a goalkeeper in the USSF Development Academy.
Perales started as goalkeeper in 23 of 24 matches played, finishing the season with a record of 18–5–0 and a goals against average of 0.80 in 2,129 minutes between the posts and assisted CCU in winning the Big South Conference.
Perales started as goalkeeper in 17 of 23 matches played, finishing the season with a record of 12–5–1 and a goals against average of 0.94 in 1,725 minutes between the posts.
5 VCU (Sept. 21) and Gardner-Webb (Sept. 2) in consecutive fashion, then did so again against Liberty (Nov. 17), East Tennessee State (Nov. 21) and No.16 Charlotte (Nov. 24); (2013) recorded a season-high nine saves against California University at Berkeley in the third round of the NCAA Tournament; and (2014) named to the College Soccer News National Team of the Week and Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week following a four save effort in CCU's 1–0 win at No.
Perales played in 13 out of 14 matches and had a 0.846 Goals Against Average (GAA) with 3 shutouts on the season to help the Aztexs clinch another Mid-Southern Conference Championships.