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2019 Men's Soccer Roster

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10 John Denis

  • Position Midfield/Forward
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Weight 155
  • Hometown Yorktown Heights, N.Y.
  • Previous School Lakeland
  • College Columbia College
  • Major Political Science

Biography

Honors & Awards: 
- Ivy League Champion (2016)
- Two-time First Team All-Ivy League (2017, 2019)

- Three-time Ivy League Player of the Week
- 19 career goals, 9 career assists

2019: First Team All-Ivy League ... Led Columbia with team-highs of seven goals, four assists and 18 points ... Ranked No. 2 in the Ivy League in goals scored ... Ranked No. 3 in the Ivy League in points ... Ranked No. 3 in the league in shots (41) and No. 4 in shots on goal (18) ... Scored four of his goals and tallied two of his assists against Ivy League competition ... Named Ivy League Player of the Week twice ... Scored two goals, including the game-winner in the 74th minute, in a 3-2 win over Brown (Oct. 5) ... Netted two goals in a span of 3:11, also adding an assist, in a dominant 6-1 win over Harvard (Nov. 10).

2018: Played 13 games in midfield this season and started eight … Earned Ivy League Player of the Week Honors (Sept. 10) … Finished the season with a pair of goals and two assists … His goal against Butler (Sept. 3) began the Lions comeback and eventual win … Assisted Vana Markarian’s equalizer against at Army (Sept. 7).

2017: Earned First Team All-Ivy League accolades after capping the season with six goals and three assists ... Closed the regular season with a point in five of the final six games ... Scored the first goal of the season for Columbia, when the Lions drew at UMass (Sept. 1), 1-1 ... Knocked in the third goal of the game for the Lions in a 3-0 defeat of Penn (Oct. 8) ... Found the net during a 2-1 loss at Dartmouth (Oct. 21) ... Nailed a free kick goal to put Columbia on the board in a 2-0 victory over Rutgers (Oct. 25) ... Assisted Beto Carrillo on the game-winner over Yale (Oct. 29) during a rain-soaked afternoon ... Put in a second half score during the 3-0 defeat of Sacred Heart (Nov. 1) ... Added one goal and two assists during Columbia’s 6-0 win over Harvard (Nov. 5).


2016: Played in all 17 games, picking up the start in 10 of those matches ... Finished the season with four goals and one game-winner ... Tallied his first career collegiate score at Fordham (Sept. 23) on a free-kick effort ... Stepped up to score a penalty kick goal in overtime at Penn (Oct. 8) to give Columbia a 2-1 road victory ... Netted a goal in Columbia’s 2-1 overtime win over Princeton (Oct. 15) ... Added a goal in Columbia’s Ivy League clinching 4-0 victory over Cornell (Nov. 13).


Personal: U.S. National Team player … A two-time all-state and all-region honoree … Broke single game school record by netting five goals in a game, while breaking the single season record with 31 scores … Played locally for the New York Soccer Club as well as for the Beachside Soccer Club of the United States Soccer Federations Development Academy ...Graduate of Lakeland High School in Florida ... Intends on studying Finance … The son of John and Arleen Denis.

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2016First Year

    Midfield/Forward
    5'8" 155 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2017Sophomore

    Midfield/Forward
    5'8" 155 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2018Junior

    Midfield/Forward
    5'8" 155 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2019Senior

    Midfield/Forward
    5'8" 155 lbs
    10