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2016 Men's Soccer Roster

9 Christian Okeke

  • Position Forward
  • Ht./Wt. 6-0 / 170
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wichita Falls, Texas
  • Prev School Rider HS (Bradley)
  • Major Management Information Systems

Biography
The Okeke File
Parents: Oku and Melissa Okeke
Birthday: July 12, 1995
Major: Management Information Systems
Club Teams: FC Premier, Longhorns
Honors
NSCAA All-American
2016 (2nd)
NSCAA All-South Central Region
2016 (1st)
D2CCA All-South Central Region
2016 (1st)
Heartland Conference Offensive Player of the Year
2016
All-Heartland Conference
2016 (1st)
Mustang Scholar Award
2016-17
LSC Commissioner's Honor Roll
2015 (F), 2016 (S)
Heartland Conf. Offensive Player of the Week
9/19/16
Statistics
2015
2016
At Midwestern State

Senior (2016)
- earned National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Second Team All-America honors after leading the Mustangs with nine goals and 22 points from his forward position.
- a first team all-region selection by the NSCAA and D2CCA.
- claimed Heartland Conference Offensive Player of the Year honors after ranking second in the league in goals scored and points.
- recorded his first career hat trick in a 5-0 rout of conference rival West Texas A&M (9/15/16).
- named Heartland Conference Offensive Player of the Week after scoring four goals in wins over West Texas A&M and Eastern New Mexico (9/17/16). 
- netted a pair of goals including the game winner in a 4-1 victory at Lubbock Christian (10/6/16).
- propelled the Mustangs into the regional final with a strike in the 89th minute in a 1-0 win over No. 15 Colorado Mesa (11/13/16) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at MSU Soccer Field.
- lifted MSU in front 2-1 with a goal in the 66th minute in the NCAA South Central Regional final against No. 7 St. Edward's (Texas) (11/18/16) in La Jolla, Calif.
- also tallied four assists on the season.
- placed 17 of 41 shots on target.

Junior (2015)
- started in all 19 matches at the striker position.
- third on the squad with seven goals and 20 points and fourth with six assists.
- ranked 32nd in NCAA Division II with four game-winning goals and 77th in total assists.
- netted the lone goal in the 59th minute in a 1-0 win over Texas A&M International (Sept. 18).
- also had game winners against Ouachita Baptist (Sept. 13), Texas-Permian Basin (Nov. 2) and Eastern New Mexico (Nov. 8).
- recorded a pair of assists in a 3-2 comeback win over No. 6 St. Edward’s (Oct. 8).
- put together a couple of three-point outings on the season in wins over Ouachita Baptist and Eastern New Mexico.
- scored in the fourth minute in MSU’s NCAA Third Round loss to No. 8 Colorado Mines (Nov. 20).
- assisted on Leon Taylor’s golden goal in the 96th minute of a 1-0 win over rival West Texas A&M (Nov. 6).
- placed 15 of his 30 shots on frame (.500).
- recorded a season-high three shots on goal against Southern Nazarene (Sept. 10) and Texas-Permian Basin, scoring goals in each of those contests.

At Bradley

Sophomore (2014)
- earned NSCAA All-Midwest Region Third Team honors and was a second team All-Missouri Valley Conference pick.
- competed in 20 matches making 19 starts at the striker position.
- accounted for two goals while leading team with eight assists.
- ranked fourth on squad with a total of 12 points.
- placed 19 of his 42 shots on goal (.452).

Freshman (2013)
- garnered NSCAA All-Midwest Region Third Team honors.
- tabbed Missouri Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and was a second team all-league selection.
- accounted for six goals and dished out four assists during rookie season, ranking second on the squad with 16 points.
- appeared in 23 matches helping Braves to upset wins over No. 1 Connecticut and No. 3 Northwestern on the way to the second round of the NCAA Championships.
- tallied two goals including the golden goal in the 98th minute of a 3-2 win over No. 3 Northwestern (Oct. 2) in Evanston, Ill.
- netted two goals in a 3-2 win over Evansville in the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament quarterfinals.
- assisted Bradley's lone goal in the 2013 NCAA Tournament second round match against No. 6 California.

At Rider High School
- a two-year letterwinner for coach Josh Hill at Rider High School.
- amassed a school record 76 goals in two seasons with the Raiders including 38 tallies in each of his junior and senior campaigns.
- earned NSCAA High School All-America and was an NSCAA Scholar All American leading Rider High to the Class 4A State Finals as a junior in 2012.
- a two-time District 9-4A MVP.
- gained Texas Association of Soccer Coaches' Class 4A All-State First Team honors as a junior and was a second team pick as a senior when he guided the Raiders to the Region I-4A finals.
- competed on the club level for FC Premier helping his team to a third-place showing in the 2011 Region 3 Premiere League West  as well as a runner-up finish in the 2011 North Texas State Cup.
- invited to the ODP 2009 and 2010 regional camps.

At Christ Academy
- competed in football and basketball as a freshman and sophomore at Christ Academy in Wichita Falls.

Statistics

Season:
2016

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Historical Player Information

  • 9

    2015Junior

    Forward
    6'0" 165 lbs
    9
  • 9

    2016Senior

    Forward
    6'0" 170 lbs
    9