2015 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Joab Santoyo
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Fontana, Calif.
- High School:
- A.B. Miller HS
2018 – Appeared in 18 games, all starts, in his redshirt senior season at UCLA … Totaled one goal and one assist for three points … Registered six shots … Played a total of 1,348 minutes … Operated mostly as a right wing … His lone goal came on Oct. 20 against LMU, a fifth-minute marker in an eventual 4-1 win for UCLA … In the game prior (at San Diego State on Oct. 13), assisted on Cody Sundquist’s 99th minute golden goal … Had a season-high two shots against SDSU on Nov. 8 … Played the full 90 in five games, including four of the last five of the year.
2017 -- Appeared and started in 16 matches … logged 1304 minutes at right back … collected assist in 5-0 at home against Oregon State (Oct. 26) … tallied eight shots, including three on goal … tallied season-high three shots in season opener against UNLV (Sept. 11) … contributed to three of four shutouts (UNLV, at Washington and Oregon State).
2016 -- Appeared in eight matches, making three starts, logging 254 minutes … contributed to two shutouts (Cal St. Fullerton, CSUN).
2015 -- Did not play.
2014 -- Redshirted the season.
High School/Club -- Attended A.B. Miller High School (Fontana, Calif.) for four years, earning a varsity letter in soccer under head coach Josh Brown … ranked No. 65 on College Soccer News’s list of Top 150 Recruits for 2014 … also ranked as the No. 48 club player in the country by Top Drawer Soccer … traveled with the U.S. U-14 and U-15 Youth National Teams through all trips, including international trips to Mexico and Croatia … invited to the U.S. U-18 National Combine in Portland, Oregon in 2013 ... competed for the Arsenal Academy FC club team … served as the captain of the U-15, U-15/16 and U-17/18 Academy Teams … led Arsenal to the Academy playoffs in each of the last two seasons … served as A.B. Miller’s captain for the majority of his freshman season...received best goal of the year and co-MVP honors.
Personal -- Lists his biggest thrills as being able to represent the United States Youth National Team in Croatia and taking a trip to Manchester, England to play in the Manchester Cup World Finals with Arsenal FC … admires NBA stars Kevin Durant and Kobe Bryant along with Argentinian striker Lionel Messi … Parents: Jesus and Ruth Santoyo … has two brothers, Jesus and Jose, and an older sister, Noely … majoring in Physics.
