Nick Najera

Height:
6-1
Weight:
165
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Laguna Hills, Calif.
High School:
Mater Dei

2017: Appeared in 14 contests with 12 starts...logged 1,192 minutes in central defense...totaled four points via a goal and two assists...assisted on the game-tying goal in an eventual overtime win at Princeton (Sept. 7)...scored at Marquette (Sept. 23)...notched an assist in a win over Villanova (Nov. 1).

2016: Made 15 appearances and 12 starts... played at least 90 minutes in every start... season-high two shots on goal in 90 minutes played vs Delaware (9/14).

2015: Made 10 appearances, all starts at center back…scored a goal in his first collegiate contest at College of Charleston (8/28)…finished the season with four shots, including three on goal…played the full 90 or more in seven outings.

2014: Did not see varsity action.

High School/Personal: Played three years of varsity soccer, serving as a team captain for his junior and senior seasons, at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif... Named First-Team All-Trinity League in 2014 when he scored a pair of goals with seven assists... Finished his career with seven goals and nine assists at Mater Dei... Member of the Pateadores Soccer Club BU18 Academy Development Team in 2013 & 2014... Helped lead the Pateadores to the Cal South National Cup Elite 8 in 2014... Finished first in the Cal South Developmental Soccer League U19 Flight in 2014... Southern California High School Soccer All-Star Selection; starting defender on the team... Named an Orange County Boys Soccer Player to Watch for 2012-13... National Honor Society... Born Nov. 6, 1995... Majoring in economics and finance.