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Keegan Hughes Season 2021
PositionD
Weight190 lbs
Height6-2
ClassJunior
HometownHeath, Ohio
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
Men's Soccer
Fall Academic Honor Roll
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Hughes Headed to the Pros
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Scholar Player of the Year
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Hughes Tabbed First Team All-America
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Captain Duo Named All-District
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Kennedy Set for Cal Poly Head Coaching Position
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MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
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Dominant Display to Open the NCAA Tournament
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Cilley Screamer Seals Win
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Beaten by the Beavers
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Card Earns Road Win
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Tied with Aztecs
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Draw With Bruins
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Stanford Ranked Third
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Kiil's Strike Downs Wildcats
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2021-22 Season In Review
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Fall Academic Honor Roll
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Five All-Conference Honorees
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Cardinal Falls to Beavers
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Cardinal Battles Bruins to a Draw
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Draw with Denver
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Offensive Outburst
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Double OT Heartbreaker
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Tough Result
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Preseason Stalemate
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2020-21 Season In Review
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Fall and Winter Academic Honor Roll
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Impressive Awards Haul
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Stalemate at Cagan
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Card Comes Back for Top-Five Win
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2019 Season In Review
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All-Time Letterwinners (A-M)
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All-Americans
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All-Academic
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Career Records
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All-Far West Region
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Stanford Sends Hokies Home
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All-Conference
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Player and Coach of the Year
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Scoreless in Corvallis
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Gutsy Win
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Two Goals, One Minute
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Sunday Stalemate
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Wild One
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No Need for OT
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Pick Your Poison
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In the Pros
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