Elizabethtown College Athletics

AWARDS & HONORS

2018 // SENIOR
- Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- Landmark Conference First Team Defense
- Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll

2017 // JUNIOR
- Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll
 

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2018 // SENIOR // GAME-BY-GAME STATS
- Started all 20 games for the Blue Jays
- Led the defense to a Landmark-leading nine shutouts on his way to being named the Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year
- Also named to the Landmark Conference First Team (Defense)
- Registered two assists on the season
- Earned Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll accolades for the second time in career

2017 // JUNIOR // GAME-BY-GAME STATS
- Found the back of the net twice in 14 games (13 starts)
- Contributed to six shutouts
- Took eight shots (five on goal) for the season
- Headed in JD Haaf's corner kick to give E-town a 2-1 lead over William Paterson in the 66th minute of a 3-2 setback (9/2)
- Scored team's lone goal in a 2-1 loss to No. 7 Messiah (9/27)
- Named to the Landmark Conference Fall Academic Honor Roll

2016 // SOPHOMORE // GAME-BY-GAME STATS
- Immediately stepped into a leadership role on the Blue Jays' backline as a starter in all 20 games
- Used heavily on set pieces, leading to offensive contributions of two goals, three assists and seven points
- Led team in scoring among defenders
- Tied for the team lead with two game-winning goals
- Recorded 12 shots, six of which were on goal
- Defense ranked second in the Landmark Conference in goals against average (0.81), tied for second in fewest goals allowed (17) and accumulated nine shutouts
- Scored first goal on a header in the 26th minute of his E-town debut against Hobart (9/2)
- Beat Lancaster Bible (3-2) with a double overtime goal in the 107th minute (10/19)
- Assisted on Jeff Light's overtime winner as the Jays defeated 19th-ranked Vassar, 1-0, in the NCAA Division III Championship First Round (11/12)

PRIOR TO ELIZABETHTOWN
- Started 18 games and played in all 19 for NCAA Division II Lock Haven University as a freshman in 2015
- Totaled six shots, including a season-high two at Millersville on Oct. 7
- Part of a defense that posted two shutouts and allowed two goals or fewer 15 times in 19 games

HIGH SCHOOL
- Four year varsity member of the boys' soccer team for coach Andy Wagner at Donegal High School
- Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Three First Team All-Star as a junior (2013) and senior (2014)
- L-L League Section Three Second Team All-Star as a freshman (2011)
- Tied for the league lead in goals with 19 as a senior
- Recognized as a L-L League Academic All-Star in 2014
- Team qualified for the PIAA District III Class AA Championships as the 13th seed in 2011
- Four-year honor roll student
- National Honor Society member
- Served as president of ski club and the Donegal Experiential Education Program (DEEP), treasurer of varsity club and was a member of prayer group

PERSONAL
- Son of Ray and Denise Gochnauer
- Has an older sister, Kirsten, who played field hockey at Division I Penn State from 2013-16
- Pursuing a degree in environmental science