Temple University Athletics
2016 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 15
Joonas Jokinen
- Class:
- Junior
- Position:
- Forward/Midfielder
- Ht./Wt.:
- 5-11 / 170
- Hometown:
- Helsinki, Finland
Bio
2017: Appeared in 16 games for the Owls, starting in 15 of those matches… Third on the team in goals with four and points with nine, tallying one assist… Scored the lone goal in the Owls 1-0 victory over USF that sent them to the conference tournament… Recorded 32 shots with 15 on goal...Selected to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team as well as the Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area team.
2016: Appeared in 14 games, starting in 12…Named to the American Athletic Conference Second Team...Logged three goals and six assists to rank second on the team with 12 points…Earned American Athletic Conference Honor Roll in the first week of play (8/29)...Named Soccer Six Player of the Week (8/29)…Selected to the 2016 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team…Helped the Owls to their fourth consecutive NSCAA Team Academic Award...Was the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award Winner.
2015: Saw action in 13 games with six starts in his second season…Logged two goals and two assists...Best performance came in the Owls’ match against Columbia where he posted one goal and one assist for a three-point game…Named Philadelphia Soccer Six Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 19…Earned a spot on the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week of Oct. 12...Helped the program earn its third consecutive NSCAA Team Academic Award.Â
2014: Appeared in six games with three starts…Five of six shots were on goal...Named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0.
Prior to Temple: Won two ISST Gold Medals and SGIS Gold Medals at ACS Cobham International School in Surrey, England…Scored 34 goals with 17 assists in 40 games…Selected to the ISST All-Star Team twice…Top scorer in his age group for the Finnish National Team…Honor Roll student and valedictorian...Participated in the ZIS Mission Award-Challenge…Notorious for his backflip penalty kick which has garnered millions of views on YouTube.
Personal: Majoring in business at Temple.
2016: Appeared in 14 games, starting in 12…Named to the American Athletic Conference Second Team...Logged three goals and six assists to rank second on the team with 12 points…Earned American Athletic Conference Honor Roll in the first week of play (8/29)...Named Soccer Six Player of the Week (8/29)…Selected to the 2016 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team…Helped the Owls to their fourth consecutive NSCAA Team Academic Award...Was the 2016-17 American Athletic Conference Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award Winner.
2015: Saw action in 13 games with six starts in his second season…Logged two goals and two assists...Best performance came in the Owls’ match against Columbia where he posted one goal and one assist for a three-point game…Named Philadelphia Soccer Six Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 19…Earned a spot on the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll for the week of Oct. 12...Helped the program earn its third consecutive NSCAA Team Academic Award.Â
2014: Appeared in six games with three starts…Five of six shots were on goal...Named to Temple's Director's Honor Roll for having a GPA above 3.0.
Prior to Temple: Won two ISST Gold Medals and SGIS Gold Medals at ACS Cobham International School in Surrey, England…Scored 34 goals with 17 assists in 40 games…Selected to the ISST All-Star Team twice…Top scorer in his age group for the Finnish National Team…Honor Roll student and valedictorian...Participated in the ZIS Mission Award-Challenge…Notorious for his backflip penalty kick which has garnered millions of views on YouTube.
Personal: Majoring in business at Temple.
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