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2019 Men's Soccer Roster

6 Jaiden van der Heijden

  • POSITION Defender-Midfielder
  • HEIGHT 6-3
  • CLASS Senior
  • HOMETOWN Auckland, New Zealand
  • HIGHSCHOOL Onehunga HS

Biography

Sports Management major … Transfer from NAIA program who brings collegiate starting experience … Strong technical player who adds size and physicality to the OC midfield and strengthens spine of OC’s team … Reads game well, takes up good position and possesses good vision and passing range … 2019: Played in 14 games (14 starts), recording 8 shots (3 on goal) and 1 goal … Ranked third on the team in minutes played with 1,245 … Named to Lone Star Conference All-Academic team … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Named to the Lone Star Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll (both semesters) … Played a season-long 108 minutes in 2-1 overtime win over Oklahoma Baptist on Sept. 7 … Scored the tying goal on a penalty kick in the 79th minute as OC rallied from a 2-0 deficit to win 3-2 at Eastern New Mexico on Oct. 31 … 2018: Played in 16 games (16 starts), recording seven shots (four on goal) … Named to the Google Cloud Academic All-District list … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Had two shots (both on goal) during 2-0 win over Southwest Baptist (Mo.) on Aug. 30 … Went the distance in nine games, topped by a 110-minute outing in 1-1 tie with St. Mary’s (Texas) on Sept. 23 … 2017: Played in 17 games (17 starts), recording 28 shots (12 on goal), two goals and one assist … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s President’s List (fall and spring semesters) … Recipient of Division II Athletic Directors Association Academic Achievement Award … Scored in the 84th minute in a 3-0 win over Southern Nazarene in the season opener on Aug. 31, on an assist by Matheau Mantovani … Recorded OC’s lone goal in 2-1 loss to Oklahoma Baptist on Sept. 7, scoring off an assist from Sebastian Capkovic in the 19th minute to tie the game … Assisted on goal by Garrett Blume in 76th minute at Eastern New Mexico on Sept. 14, tying the game before OC eventually lost 3-2 … Previous school: Attended Bethany (Kan.) in 2016 … Played in 17 games (16 starts), scoring one goal and adding two assists for a team that finished 7-8-2 … Before Bethany, attended Onehunga High School in Auckland. 
 

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2017Sophomore

    Midfielder
    6'3"
    6
  • 6

    2018Junior

    Defender-Midfielder
    6'3"
    6
  • 6

    2019Senior

    Defender-Midfielder
    6'3"
    6