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2024 Men's Soccer Roster

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Crissy Wright
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Crissy Wright
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Crissy Wright

10 Sam Bassett

  • Position Midfielder
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 160
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Littleton, Colorado
  • Highschool Chatfield H.S.
  • Club Colorado Rapids

Biography

HONORS AND AWARDS:
MAC Hermann Trophy Finalist (2024)...Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Year (2024)...NCAA College Cup All-Tournament Team (2024)…MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist (2024)…United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America (2024)…United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-America (2023)...United Soccer Coaches All-West Region First Team (2023, 2024)…United Soccer Coaches All-West Region Third Team (2022)...MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List (2024)…Summit League Midfielder of the Year (2023, 2024)…Summit League First Team (2023, 2024)…Summit League Second Team (2022)...College Sport Communicators Academic All-America Third Team (2024)…Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (8/27/24)…College Soccer News National Team of the Week (09/26/23)…Summit League Male Athlete of the Month (September, 2024, October, 2024)…No. 1 rated player in the country in 2024 Top Drawer Soccer’s Midseason Top-100 list…United Soccer Coaches Preseason Midfielders to Watch List (2024)…No. 12 rated player in 2024 Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Players to Watch List…Summit League Preseason Watch List (2023, 2024)…Summit League Peak Performer of the Week (09/06/22, 09/25/23)...University of Denver Male Athlete of the Year (2024-25). 

Pro:
Signed MLS Homegrown Contract with the Colorado Rapids...Made his club debut in the CONCACAF Champions Cup on February 18, 2025...Made his MLS regular season debut on April 5, 2025 against Vancouver...Made his first MLS start on May 24, 2025 vs. St. Louis City. MLS BIO

Career:

Played in 77 matches, starting 63 of them in his four-year career, seeing 4869 minutes of action…Produced 74 career points on 24 goals and 26 assists…77 appearances tied with Kenny Akamatsu for the 12th most in Denver’s DI history…74 points was good for second in DU history, only behind Andre Shinyashiki’s 117…24 goals was good for third in DU’s DI history…Broke Denver’s assist record, eclipsing Zach Bolden’s previous record by four assists…Scored six game-winning goals in his career…Converted all six penalties in his career in regulation, Denver’s DI program record...One of five players in Denver's Division I history to score at least twice in their NCAA Tournament career.
 
2024:
Played and started in all 23 matches in Denver’s attacking midfield…Led the team in all three offensive categories in his 2008 minutes of action; points (31), assists (13) and goals (co-led, 9)…Third in Denver’s DI single-season record book for points (31)…Set the program’s new single-season assist record with 13…Scored the opener in the NCAA Semifinal against Vermont...Assisted the game-winning goal vs. UMass in the NCAA Quarterfinal off a corner kick...Assisted on Denver’s second and third goals off restarts in the NCAA Second Round win over Gardner-Webb...Scored the opening goal in the Summit League Final vs. Kansas City on November 16...Broke DU’s career assist record on Ben Smith’s game-winner over KC on Oct. 30...Scored a goal and had an assist in Denver’s 2-0 win over Omaha...Scored a goal and had two assists in Denver’s 5-0 win over St. Thomas on Oct. 5...Game-winner in Denver’s 2-1 win over Seattle...Netted his third career brace in Denver’s 4-1 win over Yale on September 14...Opened the scoring and assisted on the game-winner in Denver’s 3-1 win at Creighton on September 6...Assisted on both goals in Denver’s two-goal comeback in a 2-2 draw at SMU...Scored his first of the season from outside the box at Washington on Aug. 29...Assisted on both goals in Denver’s season-opening win at Cal…NCAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS: 12th in the country and second in the Summit League in points (31), 45th in the country and third in the Summit League in goals (9), third in the country and Summit League leader in assists (13)…40th in the country in shooting accuracy (0.528).

2023:
Played and started in 18 of Denver’s 20 matches, seeing 1371 minutes of action…Scored a career-high eight goals and tallied a career-high seven assists for 23 points in his junior campaign…Scored a goal and had an assist in Denver’s 5-0 win over St. Thomas on August 27…Scored in Denver’s 2-2 draw with Creighton on September 4…Earned his first two career braces in Denver’s loss at Portland and in its 2-0 win over St. Thomas…Scored the game-winning goal from the penalty spot in Denver’s 1-0 win at Kansas City on October 7…Assisted the Tyler Schommer game-winner in Denver’s NCAA First Round victory over LIU…Scored from the penalty spot in Denver’s NCAA Second Round match at SMU...NCAA Statistical Rankings: 47th in the NCAA in points per game (1.28), 44th in total points (23), 49th in total assists (7), 68th in total goals (8).  

2022:
Played and started in all 22 matches, seeing 1264 minutes of action…Team leader in goals (7), assists (6), points (20), shots on goal (23), and game winners (2)…Scored in the first three games of the season against Gonzaga on August 25, Grand Canyon on August 28, and Maryland on September 2…Recorded a season-high two assists against Western Illinois on November 5.

2021:
Made 14 appearances in the Denver midfield, seeing 233 minutes of action…Played 14 minutes in Denver’s NCAA Tournament First Round win at Grand Canyon.

Before Denver:
Top goal scorer for the Colorado Rapids U15 DA in 2016…Led the Real Colorado U17s in assists in 2019-20…Ranked as the No. 159 recruit in the 2021 class by Top Drawer Soccer. 

Personal:
Chose the University of Denver because of the educational opportunities, phenomenal staff and the connections that he will make in his four years at DU…Career goal is to become a professional soccer player…Enjoys golf.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 18

    2021Freshman

    Midfielder
    6'0" 160 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2022Sophomore

    Midfielder
    6'0" 160 lbs
    18
  • 18

    2023Junior

    Midfielder
    6'0" 160 lbs
    18
  • 10

    2024Senior

    Midfielder
    6'0" 160 lbs
    10