CHICAGO, Ill. - The Illinois Tech men's soccer team has announced its 2018 recuriting class. For the second year in a row, Marc Colwell's group features nine student-athletes that figure to enhance an already strong Scarlet Hawks roster.
The recruiting class includes four players from Illinois, and one player each from Indiana, Maryland, Wisconsin, North Dakota, and Florida. This year's group also features great versatility, with depth at defense, midfield, and forward.
"These nine student-athletes will be a great addition to the team and the university," said Colwell. "We have a strong returning group and I look forward to the competition that will be created."
Below is a profile on each incoming student-athlete.
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Matthew Gombar |
Position: Defense Year: Freshman Hometown: Elburn, Ill. High School: Illinois Math and Science Academy Club Team: Strikers Fox Valley Soccer Club Intended Major: Undeclared Engineering Accolades: All-Academic, All-Sectional, Chicago Fire All-State All-Academic, All-Conference four years, Conference MVP, Conference Champions, Two-Sport Varsity Captain (soccer and basketball), Soccer team MVP, Rookie of the Year |
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Colin Harris |
Position: Midfield Year: Freshman Hometown: Franklin, Wis. High School: Marquette University High School Club Team: Milwaukee Kickers Intended Major: Biomedical Engineering Accolades: Two-time Wisconsin Division 1 High School State Champion, Greater Metro Conference Academic Award, Two-time Greater Metro Conference Champions |
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Wyatt Markle |
Position: Midfield Year: Freshman Hometown: Minot, N.D. High School: Minot Club Team: Minot Magic Intended Major: Chemical Engineering Accolades: Highest Honors/Honor Roll; Captain of MMFC team |
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Jason Miller |
Position: Midfield/Forward Year: Freshman Hometown: West Lafayette, Ind. High School: West Lafayette Club Team: Boilers FC Intended Major: Business Administration Accolades: All-Conference Honorable Mention, All-Conference, Two-time Captain, Top Team Player, Club Vice Captain |
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Anthony Olmos |
Position: Defense/Midfield Year: Freshman Hometown: Cicero, Ill. High School: Morton East Club Team: North Berwyn Sports Academy Intended Major: Civil Engineering Accolades: West Suburban Conference Academic Achievement Award, Scholastic Achievement Award |
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Liam Palmatier |
Position: Defense Year: Freshman Hometown: Navarre, Fla. High School: Navarre Club Team: Gulf Coast Texans 00 Boys Intended Major: Aerospace Engineering Accolades: Team Captain Navarre HS Varsity Soccer, Navarre HS Varsity Soccer Defensive Player of the Year 2017-18, Navarre HS Boys Soccer Scholar Athlete of the Year 2017-18, 2018 Subway All-Star East Team Defender, Two-year Varsity Track runner, Two-year Varsity Cross-Country runner, Team Captain NUFC 99/00 Boys |
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Conner Shaw |
Position: Midfield/Forward Year: Freshman Hometown: Morris, Ill. High School: Morris Club Team: Gulf Chicago Rush Intended Major: Electrical Engineering Accolades: Three-time All-Conference, 2017 High School MVP, 2017 All-Sectional, MaxPreps Player of the Week |
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Jacob Westerhoff |
Position: Defense/Midfield Year: Freshman Hometown: Channahon, Ill. High School: Minooka Club Team: Gulf Chicago Rush Intended Major: Civil Engineering Accolades: All-Conference in the 3200m Run, Tri-Sport Athlete, Scholar Athlete |
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Nikhil Youssef |
Position: Midfield Year: Freshman Hometown: Rockville, Md. High School: Thomas Sprigg Wootton Club Team: Laurel Lions 00 Intended Major: Business and Technology Accolades: Captain of MD Region 1 Eastern Regional League Finalist and EDP Finalist, All-Conference, EDP MVP Honorable Mention, Player of the Month Region 1, Nat'l Honor Society, Wootton HS Honor Roll, Nat'l Society of High School Scholars, AP Scholar, CIC Wealth Financial Services Internship |
The Illinois Tech men's soccer team released its 2018 schedule on Monday. The team looks to build off of a strong season, finishing 14-5-1 overall with a .725 win percentage last Fall. All home matches this year are expected to have live audio, video, and statistics. All live audio will be powered by Illinois Media School.
The Scarlet Hawks will also play a five-match varsity reserve schedule, which can be found here. Live coverage will not be available for varsity reserve contests.