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Truman State University Athletics

2019 Men's Soccer Roster

Kara Mackenzie
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Sonam Wangyal, TSU Athletics

10 Matt Yankowitz

  • Position Forward/Midfield
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
  • High School De Smet

Biography

Career Highs
Shots: 5 at Southwest Baptist (9/9/2018)
Shots on Goal: 3 (two times, most recently vs Quincy 9/15/2019)
Goals: 3 at Southwest Baptist (9/9/2018)
Assists: 1 (six times, most recently vs Indianapolis 10/12/2018)

Truman
2019: Started in all 16 games he played in…led the team in goals with six, points with 12, shots with 29, shots on goal with 17 and tied with Brennan with two game winning goals (penalty kick against Quincy and at William Jewell)…tied his career high with three shots on goal against Quincy (9/15)…played 1283 minutes over the course of the season for an average of 80.2 minutes per game

2018: Led the Bulldogs in scoring with six goals and four assists for 16 points…recorded a hat trick and added an assists (seven-point game) against Southwest Baptist on September 9…was named the GLVC Offensive Player of the Week, the first award earned by a Bulldog since joining the league…had a goal and assist in Truman’s upset win over Indianapolis on October 12th…added goals against Lindenwood and Drury...finished season with 17 shots and eight on goal…logged over 1100 minutes with a high of 95 in overtime opener against Lindenwood on August 31st…earned Academic All-GLVC honors.

2017: Turned in another potent offensive season for the Bulldogs in 2017 as he was one of nine Bulldog to appear in all 17 games with 15 starts and 909 minutes on the pitch ... after leading the team in goals as a freshman with four, he put up that same amount as a sophomore and was tied for the squad lead with Trevor Kaufmann ... those four goals all came at home as they were vs. SBU in the home opener on Sept. 5, Missouri-St. Louis on Oct. 1, Bellarmine on Oct. 13, and Indianapolis on Oct. 15 (back-to-back games) ... set a new career high in shots with four vs. both SBU and Indianapolis ... also found a new personal best in shots on goal with two against four squads including SBU, McKendree (Oct. 6), Bellarmine, and Indianapolis ... first assist was for Kauffmann in the 86th minute vs. Illinois Springfield and next was in the season finale at Lewis for Michael Ruzicka in the 20th minute.

2016: Was a standout freshman for the Bulldogs in the fall of 2016 as he was one of eight Bulldogs to play in all 17 of the team's matches while making seven starts ... tied with Craig McLaurine for first on the team in goals with four ... second to McLaurine in total points with eight and one of only three players on the team with more than five total points to his name ... five of his 13 shots were on goal ... struck a ball that reached the back of the net in two of the first four games ... his other two goals were tallied in the final six matches of the year ... had a season-high three shots vs. Wisconsin-Parkside on Oct. 14 and had one shot on goal in a game five times ... named Academic All-GLVC.

High School
Started three years and lettered for four as a member of the De Smet Jesuit Spartans ... sophomore: five goals and four assists ... junior: six goals and five assists ... senior: 11 goals and five assists ... Honorable Mention All-MCC as a junior ... really racked up the honors as a senior as he was First-Team All-MCC, First-Team All-District, All-Region, Second-Team All-Metro, First-Team All-State, and was picked for the Missouri High School All-Star Game ... that senior year, his team lost in the finals of the State Tournament ... was also named a Scholar Athlete for all four years.

Personal
Son of Mike and Denise Yankowitz ... is majoring in business administration.

Statistics

Season:
2019

Season Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2016Freshman

    Forward
    5'9"
    12
  • 9

    2017Sophomore

    Forward
    5'9"
    9
  • 10

    2018Junior

    Forward
    5'9"
    10
  • 10

    2019Senior

    Forward/Midfield
    5'9"
    10