Keegan Hughes Season 2022

Career Accolades

• Pac-12 champion (2020)
• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (2022)
• Mac Hermann Trophy Finalist (2022)
• United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team (2022)
• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Second Team (2022)
• College Soccer News All-America First Team (2022)
• Three-Time All-Pac-12 (2020-2022)
• Two-time Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (May 4, 2021, Sept. 9, 2022)
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 27, 2022)
• College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team (2019)
• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman Second Team (2019)
• United Soccer Coaches National Scholar Player of the Year (2022)
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America (2022)
• CSC Academic All-District (2022)
• Three-Time Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll (2020-22)

As a Senior (2022)

• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
• Mac Hermann Trophy Finalist
• United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team
• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Second Team
• College Soccer News All-America First Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Sept. 9)
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 27)
• United Soccer Coaches National Scholar Player of the Year
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America 
• CSC Academic All-District
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 20 matches, starting each
• Scored four goals on the season and added an assist
• Scored the game-winning goal against UC Santa Barbara (9/24) his first goal of the season
• Also scored goals against Washington (10/3), against Pacific (11/7) and against High Point (11/20)
• Played 1759 minutes, the second-most on the team
• Went the distance, playing every minute in 14 games
• Played a season-high 110 minutes against UNC Greensboro (11/27)
• Fired in 21 shots on the season, including 13 on target
• Part of a Stanford offense that ranked eighth nationally in total goals (46), 12th in scoring offense (2.30), 13th in goal differential (+27), and 14th in shots on goal per game (6.80)

As a Junior (2021)

• All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 18 matches, starting each
• Netted one goal this season, scoring in the 1-1 draw at Denver (10/16)
• Recorded two assists, one against California (10/3) and one against UCLA (10/24)
• Played the most minutes of anyone on the team
• Part of a defense that was 19th nationally in goals against average (0.876)

As a Sophomore (2020-21) • Pac-12 Champions

• All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (May 4, 2021)
• Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
• Appeared in all 14 matches, starting each
• Dished one assist on the year in a 3-2 win over No. 5 Oregon State (3/13)
• Totaled 16 shots, including five on goal
• Played the second-most minutes of anyone on the team
  • Went the distance 12 times, never leaving the field after the season's first two games
• Part of a defense that led the Pac-12 and was second nationally in shutouts (8) and 13th in goals against average (0.629)

As a Freshman (2019)

• College Soccer News All-Freshman First Team
• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman Second Team
• Started 21 matches as a defender
• Ranked fifth on the team with three assists and sixth with three goals
• Scored once against UC Santa Barbara (9/28), San Francisco (10/23) and No. 23 Virginia Tech (12/1)
  • Goal against the Hokies was the game-winner in the NCAA Third Round
• Dished an assist in his collegiate debut at Penn State (8/30)
• Also added assists against San Diego State (10/13) and No. 20 Seattle (11/24) in the NCAA Second Round
• Totaled 13 shots, including six on goal
• Part of a defense that was 10th in the country in team goals against average (0.688) and tied for sixth in shutouts (11)

Prior to Stanford

• A 2019 graduate of Heath High School in Heath, Ohio
• Columbus Crew SC Academy (2015-18)
  • Two-time academy captain (2016-17, 2018-19)
  • Columbus Crew SC Academy Player of the Year (2018)
  • Scored five goals in 26 appearances as a center back (2017-18)
  • Led U-18/19 team to a third-place finish at the U.S. Soccer Developmental Academy Playoffs (2018)
  • Named to the Best XI at the Development Academy Florida Showcase (2018)
  • Selected to attend a tournament in Fukuoka, Japan (2016)
• Invited to train with Columbus' first team (2018-19)

Personal

• Full name is Keegan Monroe Hughes
• Born in Newark, Ohio
• Son of Elise and Brian Hughes
• Has two older brothers, Ryan and Tanner, and a younger sister, Rowan
• Grandfather played minor-league baseball for Lima and Middletown (1944-46)
• Maintained a 4.65 cumulative GPA in high school
• First student from Heath High School to play Division I soccer
• National Honor Society
• Humane Society volunteer
• Started a food drive on Halloween to collect canned goods and wellness items door-to-door instead of candy