- 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
2022: Starter in all 18 games. ... Had one goal and two assists for four points. ... Third on the team with 25 shots, fourth with eight shots on goal. ... Third on the team among field players with 1,202 minutes played. ... Helped Roadrunners to 2-0 lead in 2-1 win at No. 20 UCCS on Oct. 21, sending a long pass to a sprinting Adan Perez, who finished from near the top of the box at 16:25. ... Scored on a header at 47:00 for a 2-0 lead and the eventual game-winning goal in a 4-1 win over Adams State on Sept. 11. Previously had an assist on a goal by Adan Perez at 28:57 with a long pass that set up a breakaway. ... Opening-weekend performance included 73-minute effort in 4-0 victory over Cal State Monterey Bay on Aug. 28.
2021: Talented midfielder played in all 19 games, starting 16, and was eighth on the team among field players with 1,168 minutes played. ... Had two goals and two assists for six points -- he tied for fifth on the team in goals and assists and tied for sixth in points. ... Put nine of his 20 shots on goal. ... Spectacular in first-round RMAC Tournament game at CSU-Pueblo on Nov. 4, putting all four of his shots on goal while scoring his first two goals as a Roadrunner in the 5-2 defeat. ... Had an assist in each game, for his first two points of the year, both on headers, as MSU Denver won 2-1 at Adams State and 1-0 at Fort Lewis in overtime on Oct. 22 and 24. ... Against Fort Lewis, Bryson Chiles sent a free kick into the box and Nguyen headed it to Aaron Biggerstaff, who scored at 93:58 to end it, 1-0. ... Against Adams State, he headed Chiles’ corner kick off the intersection of the crossbar and post and Aidan Bates tapped it in for the game-winner at 70:36, breaking a 1-1 tie. ... Put shots on goal in back-to-back games against Regis and South Dakota Mines on Sept. 29 and Oct. 3. ... Made his MSU Denver debut as a starter against No. 24 St. Mary’s (Texas) on Sept. 3, playing 86 minutes and taking one shot.
Before MSU Denver: Spent the 2020 season at Division I Campbell and did not play in a game. ... Played two seasons at Pima Community College (Ariz.), winning the junior college national championship in 2018. ... Had 14 goals and eight assists in two seasons, including nine goals and seven assists in 2018. ... Had three game-winning goals each season.
High School: Sahuaro class of 2018. ... All-region first team selection in 2017-18. ... Had 25 goals and 11 assists for Sahuaro. ... Coached by Evan Gratz. ... Was at Salpointe Catholic High School from 2014 through 2016.
Personal: Birthday is March 5. ... Son of Dai and Jennifer. ... Has a brother (Braden) and a sister (Hayley). ... Father is a member of the California Lutheran Athletics Hall of Fame as a three-time All-West Region selection and an NCAA Division III All-American third-team pick in 1993. ... Uncle, Trong Nguyen, was Arizona's 1987 Gatorade Player of the Year, an All-American at San Diego, and a first-round pick in the 1990 MLS Draft. He was named the best high school boys soccer player Tucson history in 2017 by the Tucson Star.
