Information Systems major … Transfer from NCAA Division II West Virginia Wesleyan who quickly provided extra offensive punch in the midfield … Cousin of former OC tennis standout Josip Smoljan …Wore uniform No. 21 as a sophomore and junior before changing to No. 10 as a senior ...
2016: Played in all 18 games (18 starts), recording 39 shots (15 on goal), four goals and two assists … Led team in goals and points (10) … Named to the All-Heartland Conference second-team honor list for the third straight season … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (fall semester) … Assisted on OC’s first goal of the season, in the 12th minute by Anthony Buchanan in 4-2 loss at Oklahoma Baptist on Sept. 1 … Had his finest game as an Eagle a week later, scoring two goals and assisting on another by Cody Cook in 3-1 win over Southwest Baptist (Mo.) … Scored in the 68th minute on a penalty kick, assisted on Cook’s goal, then scored again at the 70-minute mark … All three scores came in a span of two minutes, 42 seconds … Next goal came on Oct. 13 in the 36th minute of a 3-2 overtime win over Newman (Kan.), off an assist by Taylor Vanderford … Scored OC’s only goal on a 25-yard blast in 50th minute of the season finale, a 4-1 loss to Midwestern State (Texas) on Oct. 29 … Finished his OC career with 14 goals …
2015: Played in 16 games (13 starts), recording 50 shots (26 on goal), six goals and three assists … Led team in shots, shots on goal, goals and points (15) … In Heartland Conference regular-season stats, finished second in shots and shots per game (3.13, was 10th in goals per game (.375) and tied for 10th in goals … Named to the All-Heartland Conference second-team list … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (spring semester) … Converted a penalty kick in the 40th minute for OC’s second goal in 3-0 win over Central Christian (Kan.) on Sept. 10 … His successful penalty kick in the 42nd minute proved decisive in 1-0 win over highly regarded Northeastern State on Sept. 19 … Had a goal and an assist in 4-0 win over Oklahoma Baptist on Sept. 21, assisting on the third goal of the game (by Sergio Flores in the 78th minute) and capping the win with a goal on a 10-yard shot in the 86th minute … Assisted on game-tying goal by Brandon Little Axe in the 29th minute in 3-1 win at Sterling (Kan.) on Sept. 26, then on the game-clinching goal by Nijee Cooper in the 88th minute … Scored with a shot into an upper corner of the goal in the 23rd minute to put OC up by two goals in 2-0 win at Texas-Permian Basin on Oct. 8 … Scored a goal off a fourth-minute throw-in by Stephen Tower to put OC ahead in a 2-1 loss at St. Mary’s (Texas) on Oct. 17 … Scored the Eagles’ only goal in a 2-1 loss to Southern Nazarene, off an assist from Troy Tippeconnic in the seventh minute …
2014: Played in all 14 games (six starts), recording 34 shots (14 on goal), four goals and one assist … Tied for team lead in goals … All-Heartland Conference second-team selection … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List … Scored goals in his first two games for OC, both off the bench … In the season opener, scored on a 15-yard shot in the 32nd minute in a 3-2 overtime loss to Southern Nazarene on Sept. 6 … Against Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) on Sept. 12, scored two goals, tallying in the 51st minute on a rebound shot to break a scoreless tie, then in the 61st minute on a 30-yard blast that put the Eagles up 3-0 … Fourth goal of season came in a 2-0 win over Dallas Baptist (Texas) on Oct. 13, a rebound shot in the 53rd minute … Made first start for the Eagles on Oct. 6 in a loss to No. 23-ranked St. Edward’s (Texas) … Assisted on the first of Cody Cook’s two goals in a 3-0 win at Rogers State on Oct. 27 …
Previous school: Played one season at West Virginia Wesleyan, playing in 10 games (five starts), recording 22 shots (11 on goal) and two goals … Scored a game-winner in overtime to beat Shepherd (W.Va.) 2-1 … Also scored in a 2-1 loss to Shippensburg (Pa.) … Helped team post 8-6-4 record … Before West Virginia Wesleyan, attended high school at
Gimnazija fra Dominika Mandica in Siroki Brijeg, Bosnia and Herzegovina … Played for teams that won two national championships and the Boznia and Herzegovina National Cup.
