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2024 Men's Soccer Roster

Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Edward Jacobs Jr
Darral Freund
Darral Freund
Edward Jacobs Jr

2 Jonas Votaw

  • Position Defender
  • Ht./Wt. 5-9 / 165
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Chandler, Ariz.
  • High School Hamilton
  • Prev School UC Davis

Biography

  • 2024 RMAC Academic Honor Roll
  • 2024 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2023-24 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative
  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester
  • 2023 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
  • 2023 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2023 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2022-23 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee representative
  • 2022 Academic All-RMAC honor roll
  • 2022 RMAC Defensive Player of the Week, Aug. 30
  • 2022 D2ADA Academic Achievement Award
  • 2022 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, spring semester
  • 2021 Athletic Director's Honor Roll, fall semester

2024: Appeared in 10 games for the Roadrunners…played 136 minutes, season-high 27 minutes against Westminster…recorded two shots on goal during the season…tallied lone assist and point of the season against CSU Pueblo…named to RMAC academic honor roll.

2023: Defender played in nine games, starting four, while playing 427 minutes. ... Recorded two assists. ... Took five shots, putting four on goal. ... Corner kick led to a header goal by Andres Arcila Saenz in the 49th minute, tying the game 1-1, in an eventual 2-1 loss at San Francisco State on Sept. 17. ... Throw-in to the front of the net set up Aaron Biggerstaff's goal that made it 2-0 during a 9-0 win over St. Cloud State (Minn.) on Sept. 3.

2022: Ninth in the RMAC with 0.27 assists per game, and tied for 11th in the RMAC with four assists. ... Tied for second on the team in assists and ranked sixth with six points. ... Took five shots, putting three on goal, including one score. ... Played in 15 games, starting 12, for a total of 1,019 minutes. ... Sent a free kick into the box that Aidan Bates headed in for a goal at 6:47 to give the Roadrunners the game's first goal in an eventual 1-1 tie with Regis on Sept. 21. ... His corner kick led to Nicco Schiappa's game-winning header at 66:25 as MSU Denver came from behind for a 2-1 win at Fort Lewis on Sept. 18. ... Assisted on Alec Nguyen's goal at 47:00 for a 2-0 lead in an eventual 4-1 win over Adams State on Sept. 11. ... Outstanding opening week of the season included a goal and an assist as MSU Denver went 1-0-1 with a 2-2 tie against San Francisco State on Aug. 26 and a 4-0 win over Cal State Monterey Bay on Aug. 28. ... Registered an assist with a corner kick that set up an Aaron Biggerstaff goal to make it 2-0 in the 49th minute against Cal State Monterey Bay. ... Scored his first MSU Denver goal on a penalty kick in the 42nd minutes, starting the Roadrunners comeback from a 2-0 deficit to forge a tie.

2021: Played in 16 games, starting six, for a total of 668 minutes. ... Took two shots. ... Got an assist for his first MSU Denver point on the game-winning goal in the 74th minute that was MSU Denver ahead 4-3 for the final score in a critical 4-3 win over UCCS in the regular-season finale on Oct. 31. Sent a long pass to Sam Funnell, who crossed it to Aidan Bates for the game-winner. ... Started and played a career-high 88 minutes in a 3-1 win over Westminster on Oct. 17. ... Made his MSU Denver debut Sept. 3 against No. 24 St. Mary’s (Texas), starting and playing 77 minutes.

Before MSU Denver: Spent two seasons at Division I UC Davis but did not appear in a game. The Aggies' 2020-21 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

High School: Hamilton class of 2019. ... All-state second team as a senior. ... All-region first team as a senior, all-region second team as a junior. ... Two-time All-CUSD first team. ... Had three goals and 14 assists for state runner-up team as a senior after getting 10 goals and eight assists as a junior. ... Coached by Nickolas Markette and Lance Thompson.

Club: Played for Real Salt Lake Arizona.

Personal: Born in West Jordan, Utah. ... Son of Joel and Jaime Votaw. ... Has a brother (Carson) and a sister (Marin). ... Majoring in finance.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 24

    2021Redshirt Freshman

    Defender
    5'9" 0 lbs
    24
  • 24

    2022Sophomore

    Defender
    5'9" 0 lbs
    24
  • 2

    2023Junior

    Defender
    5'9" 0 lbs
    2
  • 2

    2024Senior

    Defender
    5'9" 165 lbs
    2