Marketing/Management-Professional Selling major … Goalkeeper who broke into starting lineup during the middle of his freshman season and enters the fall as the incumbent at goalkeeper … Controls the penalty box well … Possesses good size and his length gives him good range in the goal … 2016: Played in 17 games (17 starts), posting a 4-11-1 record and making 84 saves, allowing 25 goals in 1356:03 of playing time and posting a 1.66 goals-against average with a .771 save percentage … Also assisted on two goals … In Heartland Conference stats, ranked third in saves, third in saves per game (4.94) and fifth in save percentage … Named once as the Heartland Conference defensive player of the week, extending his streak of winning that award at least once to four seasons … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (spring semester) … Assisted on goal by Seth Brown in 12th minute of a 4-2 win over Southern Nazarene on Sept. 3 … Five days later, picked up assist No. 2 on goal by Ante Susic at the 70-minute mark of a 3-1 mark of a win over Southwest Baptist (Mo.) … Made eight saves in a 2-0 loss at Rogers State on Sept. 24 … Posted his two shutouts of the season in consecutive games, starting with a 0-0 tie against St. Mary’s (Texas) on Sept. 29 … Two days later, blanked Texas A&M International 1-0 … Made five saves in each of those games and was named as the Heartland Conference’s defensive player of the week … Recorded a season-high nine saves in 2-0 loss to Midwestern State (Texas) on Oct. 15 … Suffered what proved to be a season-ending injury against Dallas Baptist (Texas) on Oct. 20, but made brief appearances against St. Edward’s (Texas) on Oct. 22 and Rogers State on Oct. 27 before sitting out the season finale … 2015: Played in all 18 games (18 starts), posting a 7-9-1 record and making 108 saves, allowing 25 goals and posting a 1.41 goals-against average with a .812 save percentage … Played 1595:24 in game time, or all but about 62 minutes of the season for OC .. In Heartland Conference regular-season stats, ranked fourth in goals-against average, third in saves, second in shutouts (7), first in saves per game (6.00) … Named once as the Heartland Conference defensive player of the week … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List (fall semester) … Posted first of seven shutouts during the season in 3-0 win over Central Christian (Kan.) on Sept. 10, making four saves … Made nine saves – several with OC playing a man down in the second half – as the Eagles stunned highly regarded Northeastern State 1-0 on Sept. 19 … Posted second straight shutout on Sept. 21 in 4-0 win over Oklahoma Baptist, making six saves … Ran his shutout streak to three straight games in 1-0 overtime win over Texas A&M International on Sept. 25, making seven saves … Shutout streak ended at 310:35 early in a 3-1 win at Sterling (Kan.) on Sept. 26 … Helker still was named as the Heartland Conference defensive player of the week for the third time in his career after the wins over OBU, TAMIU and Sterling … Posted consecutive shutouts in wins over Texas-Permian Basin (2-0 on Oct. 8) and Lubbock Christian (Texas) (1-0 on Oct. 10), making eight and two saves, respectively … Recorded 11 saves in 2-1 loss to Southern Nazarene on Oct. 22 … Two days later, also had 11 saves as the Eagles tied Rogers State 0-0 … 2014: Played in all 14 games (14 starts), posting a 4-9-1 record and making 68 saves, allowing 24 goals and posting a 1.79 goals-against average with a .739 save percentage … In Heartland Conference regular-season stats, ranked third in saves, second in saves per game (4.86), third in save percentage and fourth in shutouts (two) … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List … Recorded shutout in 3-0 win over Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) on Sept. 12, making six saves … Made a season-high 10 saves in 2-1 loss at West Texas A&M on Sept. 25 … Second shutout of season was against Dallas Baptist (Texas) on Oct. 13, as he made seven saves in wet, soggy conditions in a 2-0 OC win … The performance against DBU earned him Heartland Conference defensive player-of-the-week honors for the second time in his career … Played the first 20 minutes of a game that eventually resulted in a team shutout for OC, a 3-0 win at Rogers State on Oct. 27 … Also shared the shutout with Korey Bartel in the season finale on Nov. 3, making six saves in 78:35 of playing time as OC beat Texas-Permian Basin 3-0 … 2013: Played in 13 games (nine starts), posting a 2-9-1 record and making 62 saves, allowing 33 goals and posting a 2.88 goals-against average with a .653 save percentage … In Heartland Conference stats, ranked fifth in overall saves and saves per game (4.77) … Named to the Heartland Conference academic Honor Roll’s Commissioner’s List … Picked up the win in the season opener against Southern Nazarene, coming off the bench at halftime as OC won 5-2 … Made seven saves in a 7-2 loss at No. 9 Northeastern State … Recorded six saves in 65 minutes during a 1-1 tie at Newman (Kan.) … Made first career start in 4-0 loss to St. Edward’s (Texas), making three saves … Against No. 23 West Texas A&M, made nine saves in a 1-0 loss, with only goal coming on an 84th-minute penalty kick … In next game, recorded a career-best 12 saves as OC outlasted Dallas Baptist (Texas) 4-3 in overtime, matching the single-game season-high for saves by a Heartland goalkeeper … Named as the Heartland’s defensive player of the week after his performances against West Texas A&M and Dallas Baptist … Recorded eight saves in a 3-0 loss to St. Mary’s (Texas) … Previous school:Played his senior year at Edmond Memorial High School, where he recorded nine shutouts and allowed only four goals during the regular season … Helped Bulldogs reach second round of Class 6A playoffs … As a junior at Edmond Santa Fe High School, recorded nine shutouts, allowed 10 goals and made 75 saves to lead the Bulldogs to the 6A quarterfinals … Led club team to an age-group state title … Received All-City first-team honors from The Oklahoman as a senior and honorable mention as a junior.
