Olu Oyegunle

Zephyn Brockert-Kress

/ Men's Soccer

Olu Oyegunle celebrates winning NCAA Championship

Photo by: Tim Cowie/Tim Cowie Photography

CARY, NORTH CAROLINA - DECEMBER 12: The Syracuse Orange celebrate after their win against the Indiana Hoosiers during the Division I Men’s Soccer Championship on December 12, 2022 at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

Photo by: NCAA Photos via Getty Images

Position:
Defender
Weight:
null
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Brampton, Ontario
High School:
Castlebrooke Secondary

Junior Year (2023): Appeared in 17 matches, making 16 starts … Recorded two shot attempts on Nov. 16 vs. Boston University in the NCAA First Round … Part of four of the team’s clean sheets … Played 1,082 total minutes and the full time in four matches … Appeared in 70-or-more minutes in nine matches ... Member of All-ACC Academic Team.

Sophomore Year (2022): A regular in the starting XI at center back for a Syracuse team that won the treble (NCAA National Championship, ACC Tournament Championship, ACC Atlantic Division regular season title) ... Appeared in 24 matches with 21 starts ... Logged a career high in minutes with 1,924 ... Started every ACC and NCAA Tournament match ... Aided in the shutout of Cornell in the 2022 NCAA Championship Third Round ... Pushed the Orange to the 2022 ACC Championship with a 2-0 clean sheet of Clemson ... Started in a 2-0 shutout of No. 4 Wake Forest ... Featured in the 3-0 shutout at Virginia Tech ... Helped Syracuse keep a clean sheet at Colgate in a 2-0 victory ... Defensive play helped Syracuse shutout No. 22 Notre Dame, 1-0 ... Started in the 1-0 upset of No. 21 Penn State.

Freshman Year (2021) : Enrolled at Syracuse in January 2021 and competed during the spring portion of the schedule ... Played in seven matches, making five starts ... Made his Syracuse debut against Hofstra ... Helped the Orange post shutouts against No. 15 North Carolina and St. Francis (Pa.) ... Made seven starts and appeared in 14 matches in the Fall 2021 season, including starts vs No. 6 Duke and No. 16 Pittsburgh.

Personal: Majoring in Sport Management at the Falk College of Sport & Human Dynamics.