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University of Denver Athletics

2024 Men's Soccer Roster

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Crissy Wright
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Crissy Wright
Crissy Wright

6 Ben Smith

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 160
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Centennial, Colorado
  • Highschool Arapahoe H.S.
  • Club Real Colorado

Biography

Honors and Awards:
NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team (2024)…United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Second Team (2022)…Summit League Midfielder of the Year (2022)...Summit League First Team (2022, 2024)…Summit League Defensive Peak Performer of the Week (10/3/22, 09/16/24, 11/04/24)…Summit League All-Academic Team (2022, 2024)…No. 33 rated player in the country in 2024 Top Drawer Soccer’s Midseason Top-100 list…United Soccer Coaches Preseason Midfielders to Watch List (2023)…Summit League Preseason Players to Watch (2023).

Career:
Three-year captain for Jamie Franks’ side…Played in 74 matches, starting 71 for the Crimson and Gold…Tallied 19 points on six goals and seven assists, including a career-high seven points in his redshirt-senior campaign in 2024…Produced four career game-winning goals including two in the College Cup run…71 career starts is good for a tie for 11th in Denver’s DI career record book.
 
2024:
Captain…Played and started in 22 of Denver’s 23 matches, seeing 1907 minutes of action in Denver’s defensive midfield…Back-heeled the opener in Denver’s 3-0 win over Gardner-Webb in the second round of the NCAA Tournament...Missed the regular season finale due to yellow card accumulation...Assisted on Willoughby’s opener and scored the game-winner in Denver’s 2-1 win over Kansas City on Oct. 30...Assisted on Ofunrein’s goal on 9/14 for his first point of the season.

2023:
Played and started in Denver’s first six matches before suffering a season-ending injury in Denver’s 2-0 win over Central Arkansas on September 10…Scored a goal and had an assist in Denver’s 4-0 win over UC San Diego…Assisted on a goal in Denver’s 2-0 win over Central Arkansas…Intends to use medical redshirt. 

2022:
Played and started in 21 games as captain…Recorded 3rd most minutes played for the Pioneers with 1817…Scored the game winner against Omaha on October 1…Scored against Pitt on October 10.

2021:
Played and started in all 18 matches, seeing 1546 minutes of action…Scored the game-winner in Denver’s 3-1 win over St. Thomas on October 9…Assisted the opener in Denver’s 2-1 win at Western Illinois on September 25.

2020 (delayed to Spring, 2021 due to COVID):
Played in seven of eight matches, and made four starts, seeing 418 minutes of action in the Denver midfield…Assisted Denver’s game-winning goal at Eastern Illinois to clinch the regular season title for the Pioneers.

Before Denver:
Three-year captain for Real Colorado…Won two state championships at the U13 and U14 levels with Real Colorado…Has been called into two U.S. National Team Camps….Finished as a national quarterfinalist with the Real Colorado U17 Development Academy.

Personal:
Chose DU because he believes in what Jamie is building at DU, and knows he’ll develop him into not only the player that he wants to be, but the person as well.

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Historical Player Information

  • 6

    2020Freshman

    Midfielder
    5'10" 160 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2021Sophomore

    Midfielder
    5'10" 160 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2022Junior

    Midfielder
    5'10" 160 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2023Senior

    Midfielder
    5'10" 160 lbs
    6
  • 6

    2024Redshirt Senior

    Midfielder
    5'10" 160 lbs
    6