Oje Ofunrein

Photo by: Crissy Wright

Photo by: © Tyler Schank/Clarkson Creative Photography

Photo by: Michael Ciaglo/Clarkson Creative Photography

Photo by: Justin Tafoya/Clarkson Creative Photography

Photo by: Crissy Wright

Photo by: Crissy Wright

16 SEP 2022: The Denver Pioneers menâ??s soccer team takes on the Portland Pilots at the University of Denver Soccer Stadium in Denver, CO. (C. Morgan Engel/Clarkson Creative Photography)

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Round Rock, Texas
High School:
Meridian World School
Club:
Lonestar SC

HONORS AND AWARDS:
United Soccer Coaches' All-West Region Second Team (2023)...Summit League First Team (2024)…NCAA Digital National Player of the Week (09/14/23)…College Soccer News National Team of the Week (09/05/23)…Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (09/03/24)…Summit League Offensive Peak Performer of the Week (09/26/22, 09/11/23, 10/04/23, 10/07/24)...No. 75 rated player in the country in Top Drawer Soccer’s Midseason Top-100 list…United Soccer Coaches Preseason Forwards to Watch List (2024)…No. 52 rated player in 2024 Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Players to Watch List...Summit League All-Newcomer Team (2021)

Career:
Made 67 career appearances for the Crimson and Gold, starting 44 matches for Jamie Franks’ side…Produced 47 career points on 22 goals and three assists…Career-best 11 goals in his junior season…Career point total was good for eighth in Denver’s DI record book, while his career goal total ranks fifth in Denver’s DI history…Eight game-winning goals in his career is good for a tie for third in Denver’s record book.

2024:
Played in 23 matches, starting 22 of them as Denver’s striker…Saw 1388 minutes of action, producing a co-team high nine goals and an assist for 19 total points…Scored in Denver’s 3-0 win over UMass in the NCAA Quarterfinal...Netted his first brace of the season in Denver’s 2-1 win at Omaha on November 9...Scored in Denver’s 4-0 win at St. Thomas on Oct. 26...Scored in Denver’s 5-0 win over St. Thomas on Oct. 5...Scored the game-winner against Oral Roberts in the league opener...Scored in Denver’s 4-1 win over Yale (9/14)...Scored a goal and had an assist in Denver’s 2-2 comeback at SMU...Scored his first goal of the season in the final 10 minutes of Denver’s 2-2 draw at Washington on Aug. 29…NCAA STATISTICAL RANKINGS: 40^th in the country and second in the Summit League in game-winning goals (3)…45^th in the country and third in the Summit League in goals (9)…80^th in the country and sixth in the Summit League in points (19).

2023:
Played in 19 of Denver’s 20 matches, starting in 18 of the contests…Saw 1121 minutes of action…Scored a team-high 11 goals and added two assists for 24 points…Earned his first career brace in Denver’s 3-1 win over SMU on September 1…Earned his first of two career hat tricks in the 2023 campaign in a 4-0 win over UC San Diego on September 8…Added another assist in Denver’s 3-3 draw with Kansas City on November 9…Also scored goals in matches against Grand Canyon, Central Arkansas and Seattle…Earned four game-winning goals in a five match stretch from August 27 to September 10...NCAA Statistical Rankings: 25th in the country in total goals (11), 36th in total points (24) and 22nd in game-winning goals (4).

2022:
Played in 10 matches for the Pioneers, starting in four…Scored in back-to-back games against Oregon State on September 20 and Oral Roberts on September 24.

2021:
Played in 15 of Denver’s 19 matches off the bench for the Pioneers, seeing 296 minutes of action on Denver’s forward line. Drew the penalty for the game-winning goal in Denver’s 2-0 win over Eastern Illinois on October 2.

Before Denver:
Cum Laude…2017-18 U.S. Soccer Development Academy Frontier Division Top Scorer…Also played basketball.

Personal:
Chose the University of Denver because of the culture, and his desire to grow as much as possible as a student, athlete and most importantly, a person…Hopes to become a physician, specifically in the areas of endocrinology and dermatology.