2016 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Jackson Yueill
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Bloomington, Minn.
- High School:
- Jefferson HS
Notes -- Selected sixth overall by the San Jose Earthquakes in the 2017 Major League Soccer Super Draft.
2016 -- All-Pac-12 first team selection … NSCAA All-Far West Region first team selection … named No. 5 on Top Drawer Soccer’s Postseason Top 100 Player Ranking … Preseason All-Pac-12 Team … Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI first team selection … one of six players to appear in all 20 matches, making 16 starts, logging 1,589 minutes … led the Pac-12 in assists with 11 … ranked fifth in the NCAA in assists per game at 0.55 and fifth in total assists … his 11 assists ties for the 10th most assists in a single season in program history … ranked seventh in the Pac-12 in points and eighth with 0.75 points per game … finished fourth on the team in points with 15 (2 g, 11 a) … tied a school record for assists in a game with four against No. 1 Akron on Sept. 5, including assists on the three goals that UCLA scored in a NCAA-record 32-second span … Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week selection on Sept. 12 … scored game-winning goal against No. 13 UCSB in overtime on Sept. 17 … recorded pair of assists in 3-1 over Coastal Carolina on Oct. 29 … converted a penalty kick in 4-3 win at Oregon State on Nov. 6 … tallied two assists in win over Colgate on Nov. 17 in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament.
2015 -- First team All-Pac-12 selection … first team Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI selection … second team College Soccer News All-Freshman selection … NSCAA All-Far West team selection … appeared in 20 games, making 18 starts in the midfield, logging 1,560 minutes … logged 90 minutes or more eight times … posted seven goals and six assists (20 points) on the season … was one of four UCLA players to score 20+ points, ranking fourth on the team … finished tied for 12th in the country among Division I freshmen in total points … finished the season tied for fifth in assists and tied for sixth in points and goals among Pac-12 Conference players … tied for the team lead with two game winning goals … recorded six multi-point games … converted 1 of 1 penalty kick attempts … made his first collegiate start at Maryland on September 4 … scored his first career goal at Georgetown on September 7 … scored a goal and added two assists to total a season-high four points in a 4-1 win over Cal Poly on September 18 … assisted on Jose Hernandez’s game-winning overtime goal against UC Irvine on September 27 … scored a goal from the penalty spot in a double overtime victory at Washington on October 4 … scored a goal and added an assist in a 6-0 victory over California on October 19 … assisted on Jose Hernandez’s first goal at California on October 25 … named Pac-12 Player of the Week for games from November 2 to November 8 … scored the team’s third goal in a 4-1 win over Oregon State on November 6 … recorded his first multi-goal game, netting a pair of goals in a 2-1 win over Washington on November 8 … assisted on Jordan Vale’s game-winning goal to defeat Cal Poly in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on November 19.
U.S. National Team -- Consistent starter and member of the U-18 and U-20 USA National Teams ... competed for the U-20 National Team at the 2015 Four Nations Tournament in Germany ... competed for the U-18 National Team at the 2015 NTC Invitational ... also competed for the U-18 National team at the 2015 Copa Chivas ... was also on the U-18 National Team for the 21st International Tournament of Vaclav Jezek in 2014 in the Czech Republic ... attended several U-18 National Team camps.
High School/Club -- Rated as a four-star recruit by Top Drawer Soccer ... ranked No. 15 overall in the Top Drawer Soccer IMG Academy 150 ... ranked as the No. 2 player in the Midwest region by Top Drawer Soccer ... ranked as the No. 3 midfielder by Top Drawer Soccer ... ranked No. 6 overall in the College Soccer News 2015 Top 150 ... ranked No. 3 overall in the O When the Yanks Class of 2015 Top 100 ... competed for the Minnesota Thunder Academy ... 2014 NSCAA Youth Boy’s All-American ... 2014 UCLA ID Camp MVP and All Star MVP.
Personal -- Full name: Jackson William Yueill ... born on March 19, 1997 in St. Paul, Minn. ... parents are Mark Yueill and Kim Yueill ... has an older sister, Madison (20), and a younger brother, Luke (16) ... decided to attend UCLA for the warm climate and competitive environment ... lists his biggest athletic thrill so far as scoring for the U.S. U-18 National Team ... admires former Chicago Bulls guard Michael Jordan ... lists his hobbies as playing tennis and watching Netflix ... interested in majoring in Economics and Biology.
