2013 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Jesse Klug
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Sammamish, Wash.
- High School:
- Overlake School
Jesse Klug Student Profile
Patriot League Award for Outstanding Leadership and Character
Finished career with 29 goals, 19 assists, 77 points ... at graduation ranked eighth in goals, seventh in assists and tied for sixth in points on Bucknell's career lists ... 77 points also tied for fifth-most in Patriot League history ... 2015: Despite missing six games due to a broken foot, had a productive senior year and was heavily honored for his work on and off the field ... finished with five goals and seven assists for 17 points in 13 games ... ranked fourth in the Patriot League in assists and seventh in points despite the injury ... logged 10 points on four goals and two assists in the first seven games of the season, before suffering a broken bone in his foot early in the Boston University game on Sept. 27 ... scored goals in four straight games, including the overtime game-winner against Northern Kentucky that gave Bucknell the Mayor's Cup title ... in the previous game, scored an 86th-minute equalizer in a 2-2 draw with Hartwick ... received the Jim Lennox Offensive Most Valuable Player of the Mayor's Cup ... in his second game back after the injury recorded three assists in a 5-0 league win over Loyola ... three days later assisted on Sebastiaan Blickman's second-half equalizer in a 1-1 away draw at Lehigh, then had a goal and an assist in a 4-0 rout of Army that sent Bucknell into the postseason ... after the season, received a number of prestigious awards recognizing his play on the field as well as his leadership in promoting diversity and inclusion, particularly within the LGBTQ community ... was one of two receipients league-wide of the Patriot League Award of Leadership and Character ... one of 10 national finalists for the Senior CLASS Award and was a Senior CLASS First Team All-American ... received the Bucknell Prize for Men at the President's Senior Awards Ceremony on Commencement Weekend ... at the Bucknell Senior Athletics Awards Dinner, received both the 'Ray Bucknell Diversity Award and the Edward W. Pangburn Award ... won the Charles F. White Prize for Scholar-Athletes and the ECAC Merit Award ... 2015 Patriot League Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year ... CoSIDA Academic All-American (Third Team) ... two-time Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week ... 2014: Enjoyed another banner year, leading the team and ranking second in the Patriot League with 27 points and 11 goals ... earned Second Team All-Patriot League and Second Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region honors ... also earned Capital One Academic All-America and NSCAA Scholar All-America honors ... scored two goals in the postseason, including the opening goal in Bucknell's 3-2 victory over Boston University in the Patriot League championship game ... also scored in the quarterfinal win over Lehigh ... had two goals and an assist in a 4-1 league win over Loyola ... also had a five-point night with a goal and three assists against Howard ... also scored in the regular-season meetings with Lehigh and Boston University, as well as in league matches against Colgate and Lafayette ... all told, eight of his 11 goals game against Patriot League foes ... led the Patriot League in shot attempts for the third straight year with a career-high 103 ... 2014 Preseason All-Patriot League selection ... 2013: Turned in a huge sophomore campaign as he developed into one of the Patriot League's premier strikers ... earned First Team All-Patriot League and First Team All-Mid-Atlantic Region Honors ... led the team and ranked second in the Patriot League with 10 goals ... also had three assists, and his 23 points ranked second in the PL ... scored a goal in four straight games in September – all of them game-winners -- vs. La Salle, Albany, Siena and Seton Hall (2) ... then had a four-game point streak in league play late in the year with an assist vs. Navy and goals against Colgate, Lafayette and Holy Cross ... recorded his first career two-goal game in a 2-0 win at Seton Hall ... logged a goal and two assists in a 3-0 win at Lafayette ... tallied the clinching goal in a 3-1 win over American in the Patriot League Tournament quarterfinals ... led Patriot League with 90 shot attempts (no other player had more than 62) ... earned back-to-back Patriot League Offensive Player of the Week awards in September ... 2012: Started every game at striker and was one of the Patriot League’s top rookies ... 66 shot attempts were 10 more than any other player in the league ... scored three goals along with four assists ... scored a goal just 18:33 into his collegiate career in a season-opening 1-1 draw with VCU ... had the goals in 1-0 Patriot League wins over Lehigh and Colgate ... scored in 55th minute in road win over Lehigh and in fifth minute at home against Colgate ... named Patriot League Rookie of the Week after the Colgate win ... assists came against Albany, Navy, Army and Binghamton ... Personal/H.S: Born May 22, 1994 in Silver Spring, Md. ... son of Keith Klug and Susan Katz ... has a sister, Amanda, who played softball at Rochester ... came to Bucknell from the MLS Seattle Sounders’ Academy team ... led that squad in scoring with 14 goals en route to a division title in 2011 ... played in the MLS Generation Adidas Cup among other national showcases with the Sounders ... also played club soccer for Crossfire, where he was the leading scorer on a team that won state titles in 2008 and 2010 and reached the regional quarterfinals in 2010 ... in 2007, 2008 and 2009 he competed in the Maccabi Games and won a bronze medal in 2007 ... played varsity soccer at Overlake School as a sophomore and senior, but was unable to play for his school team as a junior due to his responsibilities with the Academy team ... as a senior, broke his own school single-season scoring record with 39 goals, including nine hat tricks ... scored 28 goals as a sophomore ... the 39 goals ranked third in the state and first in his league ... named Washington 1A Player of the Year ... Seattle Times All-State selection ... led team to state title ... majoring in managing for sustainability ... studied in Guatemala, Costa Rica and Nicaragua last spring as part of the Social Change in Central America program ... member of 2013 and 2014 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
