Biography
Career Highs:
Goals: 2 (3 times) at Juniata (9/9/17), vs DeSales (10/21/17), and at Penn State Altoona (9/6/19)
Assists: N/A
Points: 4 (3 times) at Juniata (9/9/17), vs DeSales (10/21/17), and at Penn State Altoona (9/6/19)
Awards:
United Soccer Coaches All-Region Team (Second Team in 2017, Second Team in 2018, First Team in 2019)
MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Year (2019)
All-MAC Freedom Team (Honorable Mention in 2016, First Team in 2017, First Team in 2018, First Team in 2019)
Academic All-America® Team (Second Team in 2019)
Academic All-District® Team (2018, 2019)
United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Team (Second Team in 2018)
Academic All-MAC Team (2017, 2018, 2019)
MAC Academic Honor Roll (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week (9/10/18, 10/1/18, 10/22/18, 10/14/19, 10/28/19, 11/4/19)
MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week (9/9/19)
2019: Started 20 games and appeared in all 21 games as a senior defender … Recorded 18 points on nine goals, including three game-winning goals, while taking 32 shots including 22 shots on goal … Scored four penalty kick goals on five attempts … Recorded a season high four points on a season high two goals including the game-winning goal while taking a season high six shots including a season high four shots on goal and scored a season high one penalty kick goal on a season high one attempt in King’s 5-2 victory at Penn State Altoona (9/6) … Scored the game-winning goal on a penalty kick in King’s 2-0 victory over Misericordia (10/26) … Scored the game-winning goal in King’s 1-0 overtime victory at FDU-Florham (11/2) … Scored a season high one penalty kick goal in King’s season-opening 2-1 overtime loss to Scranton and in King’s 2-0 victory over Rutgers-Camden … named to United Soccer Coaches All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team as a first team selection … named MAC Freedom Co-Defensive Player of the Year … named to All-MAC Freedom Team as a first team selection … named to CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team as a second team selection … named to CoSIDA Academic All-District® 4 Team ... named to Academic All-MAC Team … named to MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... named MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week on October 14, October 28, and November 4 … named MAC Freedom Offensive Player of the Week on September 9 … King's had a 15-5-1 overall record and 4-2-1 mark in conference play falling 3-1 at second-seeded Eastern in the MAC Freedom Championship
2018: Started and appeared in all 19 games as a junior defender ... Recorded 14 points on seven goals, including three game-winning goals while taking 17 shots including 12 shots on goal ... Scored six penalty kick goals on six attempts ... Recorded a season-high two points on a season-high one goal, including the game-winning goal on a penalty kick in King's 2-0 victory over Berkeley (NJ) (9/9) and in King's 2-0 victory at DeSales (10/17) ... Recorded a season-high two points on a season-high one goal, including the game-winning goal while taking a season-high two shots in King's 1-0 victory over Cabrini (9/19) ... Recorded a season-high two points on a season-high one goal on a penalty kick while taking a season-high two shots in King's 3-0 victory at Centenary (9/26) and in King's 4-0 victory over FDU-Florham (9/29) ... Recorded a season-high two points on a season-high one goal on a penalty kick in King's 4-2 victory at Manhattanville (10/13) and in King's 7-0 victory over Delaware Valley (10/20) ... named to United Soccer Coaches All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team as a second team selection ... named to All-MAC Freedom Team as a first team selection ... named to Google Cloud Academic All-District® 4 Team ... named to United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-East Region Team as a second team selection ... named to Academic All-MAC Team ... named to MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... named MAC Freedom Defensive Player of the Week on September 10th, October 1st, and October 22nd ... King's had a 11-6-2 overall record and 5-2 mark in conference play falling 3-0 at top-seeded Eastern in the MAC Freedom Championship
2017: Started and appeared in all 19 games as a sophomore defender ... Recorded 16 points on eight goals, including three game-winning goals, while taking 15 shots including 10 shots on goal ... Scored four penalty kick goals on five attempts ... Recorded a season-high four points on a season-high two goals, including the game-winning goal, while taking a season-high two shots and scored a season-high one penalty kick goal on a season-high one attempt in King's 6-0 victory at Juniata (9/9) ... Recorded a season-high four points on a season-high two goals while taking a season-high two shots and scored a season-high one penalty kick goal on a season-high one attempt in King's 3-2 overtime loss to DeSales (10/21) ... Scored the game-winning goal on a season-high one penalty kick goal on a season-high one attempt while taking a season-high two shots in King's 1-0 double overtime victory over Misericordia (9/30) ... Scored the game-winning goal in King's 1-0 victory at Wilkes (10/11) ... Scored a season-high one penalty kick goal on a season-high one attempt while recording a season-high two shots in King's 4-0 victory at Delaware Valley (10/14) ... Recorded a season-high two shots in King's 3-1 loss at SUNY New Paltz (9/16) and in King's 4-0 victory over Penn College (10/3) ... named to United Soccer Coaches All-Mid-Atlantic Regional Team as a second team selection ... named to All-MAC Freedom Team as a first team selection ... named to Academic All-MAC Team ... named to MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... King's had an 11-6-2 overall record and 5-2-0 mark in conference play and was eliminated 4-3 in penalty kicks to third-seeded DeSales after playing to a 0-0 double overtime draw in the MAC Freedom Semifinal
2016: Started 10 games and appeared in 15 of 19 games as a freshman defender ... Recorded 12 shots including five shots on goal ... Recorded a season-high four shots in King's 1-1 double overtime draw at Elmira (10/26) ... named to All-MAC Freedom Team as a honorable mention selection ... named to MAC Fall Academic Honor Roll ... King's had a 9-8-2 overall record and 4-3-0 mark in conference play and was eliminated 4-1 in penalty kicks at second-seeded Eastern after playing to a 0-0 double overtime draw in the MAC Freedom Semifinal
PRIOR TO KING'S: Two-sport student-athlete for the Rams of Central Dauphin High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ... graduated from CDHS in 2016 ... played two years of varsity soccer as a forward and defender ... played three years of varsity lacrosse as a long stick midfielder and a defender ... named a captain of the soccer and lacrosse teams as a senior ... earned All-State honors in soccer and was named an Academic All-American in lacrosse as a senior ... member of Rams team that won the Mid-Penn Conference Soccer Championship in 2016 ... also played club soccer for the CAPA Titans and PA East 98' ODP
PERSONAL: Son of Sarah and Greg Axtman ... has two younger brothers, John and Eric ... a business management, international business, and finance major with a minor in economics ... favorite King's athletic memory is "simply having the privilege to meet and play with all the guys" ... chose King's because of "the AACSB accredited business school, the great men's soccer coaches, and all my teammates."
