Derek Waldeck Season 2019

In The News

• 12/10/19: Hart alumnus and Stanford men’s soccer player Derek Waldeck striving for NCAA title - Diego Marquez (Santa Clarita Valley Signal)
• 9/23/19: A Family Affair - David Kiefer (GoStanford.com)
• 12/14/16: Hart grad wins NCAA men’s soccer title - Mason Nesbitt (Santa Clarita Valley Signal)

Career Accolades | Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs

• Two-time NCAA champion (2016-17)
• Three-time Pac-12 champion (2016-18)
• United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team (2019)
• All-Pac-12 First Team (2019)
• Three-time Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 6, 2016; Dec. 3, 2019; Dec. 10, 2019)
• Three-time College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 10, 2018; Dec. 2, 2019; Dec. 9, 2019)
• Two-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2017-18)
• First in program history in career starts (89)
• Eighth in program history in career assists (22)

As a Senior (2019) | Game-by-Game Stats

• United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Two-time Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 3; Dec. 10)
• Two-time College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Dec. 2; Dec. 9)
• Team captain
• Started all 22 matches in the midfield
• Tied for the team lead with eight assists, ranking fifth with four goals, leading the Cardinal with 16 points
• Scored a goal and dished an assist in three games: vs. American (Sept. 15), San Jose State (Sept. 24) and No. 23 Virginia Tech (Dec. 1)
• Also scored against Oregon State (Oct. 6)
• Dished two assists in the season-opener at Penn State (Aug. 30)
• Added assists against San Francisco (Oct. 23), San Diego State (Oct. 31) and No. 3 Clemson (Dec. 6)
• Totaled 20 shots, including seven on goal

As a Junior (2018) | Game-by-Game Stats • Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 10)
• Started all 21 games in the midfield
• Tied for the team lead and fifth in the conference with six assists
• Second career goal came in the 67th minute of a 2-0 win at No. 16 San Francisco (Sept. 7)
• Also assisted Adam Mosharrafa's goal off a corner kick two minutes later in the victory over the Dons
• Had assists in three consecutive midseason matches against Washington (Oct. 14), Oregon State (Oct. 18) and Washington (Oct. 21)

As a Sophomore (2017) | Game-by-Game Stats • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Appeared in all 23 games and made four starts
• Tied for fourth on the team and seventh in the Pac-12 with five assists
• First career two-assist game came in a 3-1 home victory over Yale (Sept. 17)
• Had assists in the regular-season opener at San Jose State (Aug. 25) and finale against No. 22 Cal (Nov. 9) in addition to a midseason win at Oregon State (Oct. 22)

As a Freshman (2016) | Game-by-Game Stats • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions

• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 6)
• Appeared in all 23 games and made 16 starts
• Started the final 15 games of the season beginning with Stanford's conference opener against Cal (Oct. 2)
• First career start came against Saint Mary's (Aug. 28)
• Had five points on one goal and three assists
• Scored his first collegiate goal in a 3-1 win against No. 25 San Diego State (Oct. 13)
• Assists came in the final eight games of the season, wins over Oregon State (Oct. 27), Cal (Nov. 11) and at No. 7 Louisville (Dec. 3) in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament

Prior to Stanford

• A 2016 graduate of Hart High School in Santa Clarita, Calif.
• Two-time All-Foothill League first team (2012-13 and 2013-14)
• Two-time All-Santa Clarita Valley first team (2012-13 and 2013-14)
• Team was Foothill League Champions in 2014 and a CIF quarterfinalist
• Also played volleyball and was a 2013 team captain
• Played most recently for Real So Cal Academy after stints with SCV Magic (2013-14) and FC Los Angeles (2012-13)
• Started all 34 matches in which he played for Real So Cal in 2015-16 and scored six goals in U.S. Soccer Development Academy play
• Was a USSDA quarterfinalist with Real So Cal in 2014-15 and a Coast Soccer League Champion in the fall of 2012 with FC Los Angeles
• On the Cal South ODP team in 2014 and the Washington state ODP squad in 2010-11
• Participated in U.S. Soccer’s U14 Boys’ National Team ID and Thanksgiving camps in 2011

Personal

• Born in Santa Clarita, Calif.
• Son of Glory and Steve Waldeck and has three siblings
• Brother, Riley, played soccer a Biola University
• Built houses in Mexico through Baja Christian Ministries from 2007-15
• Volunteer youth soccer coach at summer camps run by The Master’s College