2025 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 6
Jake Smith
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Wake Forest, North Carolina
- High School:
- Wake Forest H.S.
- Club:
- NCFC Academy
HONORS AND AWARDS:
Summit League Honorable Mention (2023, 2025)...Summit League All-Newcomer Team (2022)...Summit League Academic All-League (2023, 2024, 2025)...CSC Academic All-District (2025).
Career:
Played in 78 career matches, starting 72 in the defensive midfield…Tallied five career assists, with multiple assists in each of his final two years…Played at least 19 matches in all four seasons…72 starts were good for 12th in Denver’s Division I history…78 matches played were tied for 13th in Denver’s Di history.
2025:
Missed Denver’s first couple of matches before playing in the final 19, starting 18 in the center of Denver’s defensive midfield…Saw 1574 minutes of action, playing every minute in the final eight matches of the season…Recorded assists in Denver’s Senior Day and Summit League Semifinal wins over Oral Roberts...Converted his penalty kick in the NCAA Second Round shootout.
2024:
Played in 20 of Denver’s 23 matches, starting 18 of them in Denver’s defensive midfield…Saw 1202 minutes of action and earned three assists…Assisted Sam Bassett’s game-winner in the Pioneers 2-0 victory over Omaha on Oct. 17…Assisted on goals in wins against Yale and St. Thomas.
2023:
Played in 19 of Denver’s 20 matches, making 16 starts for the Pioneers…Saw 1278 minutes of action, playing the entire match in two of Denver’s last five matches…Sat in-front of a Denver defense that allowed just one goal in Summit League regular season play.
2022:
Played and started in 20 of Denver’s 22 matches, totaling 976 minutes.
2021:
Redshirted
Before Denver:
2019 NCHSAA 4A Men's Soccer State Champion…2019 All-Conference selection…2016 U13 US Youth Soccer National Champion.
Personal:
Chose the University of Denver because he fully believes in the coaching staff's philosophy of developing student-athletes…Hopes to obtain a business degree…Also enjoys golfing and fishing.
Summit League Honorable Mention (2023, 2025)...Summit League All-Newcomer Team (2022)...Summit League Academic All-League (2023, 2024, 2025)...CSC Academic All-District (2025).
Career:
Played in 78 career matches, starting 72 in the defensive midfield…Tallied five career assists, with multiple assists in each of his final two years…Played at least 19 matches in all four seasons…72 starts were good for 12th in Denver’s Division I history…78 matches played were tied for 13th in Denver’s Di history.
2025:
Missed Denver’s first couple of matches before playing in the final 19, starting 18 in the center of Denver’s defensive midfield…Saw 1574 minutes of action, playing every minute in the final eight matches of the season…Recorded assists in Denver’s Senior Day and Summit League Semifinal wins over Oral Roberts...Converted his penalty kick in the NCAA Second Round shootout.
2024:
Played in 20 of Denver’s 23 matches, starting 18 of them in Denver’s defensive midfield…Saw 1202 minutes of action and earned three assists…Assisted Sam Bassett’s game-winner in the Pioneers 2-0 victory over Omaha on Oct. 17…Assisted on goals in wins against Yale and St. Thomas.
2023:
Played in 19 of Denver’s 20 matches, making 16 starts for the Pioneers…Saw 1278 minutes of action, playing the entire match in two of Denver’s last five matches…Sat in-front of a Denver defense that allowed just one goal in Summit League regular season play.
2022:
Played and started in 20 of Denver’s 22 matches, totaling 976 minutes.
2021:
Redshirted
Before Denver:
2019 NCHSAA 4A Men's Soccer State Champion…2019 All-Conference selection…2016 U13 US Youth Soccer National Champion.
Personal:
Chose the University of Denver because he fully believes in the coaching staff's philosophy of developing student-athletes…Hopes to obtain a business degree…Also enjoys golfing and fishing.
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