2017 Men's Soccer Roster

12 Nikolaus Grotz

  • Height 5-7
  • Weight 125
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Grafrath, Germany
  • Highschool Rhabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium
  • Major Electrical Engineering

Biography

2017: D2CCA Honorable Mention All-America ... United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-America ... D2CCA First-Team All-Region ... United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-Region ... First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (10/31) ... RMAC Preseason Player of the Year ... Preseason All-RMAC ... made 20 appearances with 20 starts for the Orediggers ... finished the season with three goals and nine assists on 47 shots and 22 shots on goal ... ranked No. 28 in NCAA Division II with 0.45 assists per game and No. 16 in the country in total assists ... scored goals in back-to-back games with one at UCCS (9/24) and a second score against Colorado Christian (9/29) ... scored his final goal of the season against CSU-Pueblo (10/26).

2016: NSCAA Second-Team All-Region … D2CCA Second-Team All-Region … First-Team All-RMAC … HERO Sports Preseason All-America ... Preseason All-RMAC … Started 18 games as an attacking midfielder … Scored twice and created a team-high nine assists … Ended his junior year with 32 career assists, tied for second all-time and one behind record holder Tesho Akindele … Had multi-assist games against Colorado Christian and CSU-Pueblo … Scored against Westminster while also assisting on another goal.

2015: D2CCA First-Team All-America … NSCAA Third-Team All-America … D2CCA First-Team All-Region … NSCAA First-Team All-Region … RMAC Player of the Year … First-Team All-RMAC ... RMAC Tournament Most Valuable Player … Preseason All-RMAC … RMAC Offensive Player of the Week (11/3) … Led Mines with 37 points on 11 goals and 15 assists … Ranked in the NCAA top 20 in points (16th), assists (5th) … Five of his 11 goals came from the penalty spot, including overtime golden goals at Regis and Midwestern State … Had three multi-assist games and two multi-goal outings … Handed out two helpers each against Rollins, Colorado Christian, and CSU-Pueblo … Had a monster postseason, ending the season with points in seven consecutive games … Scored a hat trick with an assist against Fort Lewis in the RMAC semis, then assisted on Mines’ equalizer in the final against Colorado Mesa … In the NCAA Tournament, had an assist against St. Edward’s before providing one of the performances of the year at unbeaten Midwestern State, scoring a stunner from 20 yards with less than a minute to go to force overtime before hitting the game-winning PK … Also had an assist in the Elite Eight against Cal Poly Pomona.

2014: Started 18 of 20 matches...RMAC leader with eight assists and .40 assists-per-game average...Ranked fifth in goals (9) and points (26) – both team-highs...Had 41 shots, 24 SOG and four PK conversions...Scored game-winner in 3-2 decision against Colorado State-Pueblo (10/3)...Recorded season-best five points, including initial collegiate brace, versus MSU Denver (10/19)...Closed with five straight games of two or more points, totaling four scores and four assists...Daktronics and NSCAA Second Team All-South Central Region...RMAC Freshman of the Year and Second Team All-RMAC.

High School: Attended Rhabanus-Maurus-Gymnasium in St. Ottilien, Germany.

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Historical Player Information

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    2014Freshman

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    2015Sophomore

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    2016Junior

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    2017Senior

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