2026 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Connor Owen
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Weight:
- 150
- Hometown:
- Hillsborough, Calif.
- High School:
- ASU Prep Digital
- Previous Club:
- San Jose Earthquakes Academy
- College:
- Columbia College
2025:
Saw action in 10 matches, making one start during his rookie campaign ... Logged 257 total minutes on the pitch ... Registered three shots and one shot on goal ... Picked up his first collegiate assist in a 2–2 draw against Penn (Sept. 28) ... Made his first career start and played a season-high 56 minutes against Dartmouth (Oct. 11).
Prior to Columbia:
A defender from Hillsborough, California … Four-star recruit by Top Drawer Soccer, ranking as high as fourth in Northern California and 80th nationally … Played in U16 MLS Next Best of Game as a U15 … Called to a 36-player camp for the U15 US National Team at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista … Participated at youth professional trials at Spanish academy CF Damm … Played at the club level for Breakers FC and Woodside Crush (U12-U16) and San Jose Earthquakes Academy (U17-U18).
Personal:
Grandfather, Ken Sitzberger, won a gold medal for USA in diving at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and was inducted into the Indiana University Athletics Hall of Fame ... Grandmother, Jeanne Collier, won a silver medal for USA at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics … Great Grandfather, Robert Collier, ran track at Indiana University … Enjoys playing the guitar, skiing, golf, pickleball, hiking and cycling ... Invented the Bookie Cushion and the ScanBand sports wearable.
