2014 Men's Soccer Roster
Auden, Max
Jersey Number 17
Max Auden
- Position:
- Defender
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Redshirt Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Naperville, Ill.
- High School:
- North
- Prev School:
- Galaxy SC
Bio
AUDEN AND THE FALCONS
Finished his BGSU tenure with career totals of 25 points on eight goals and nine assists ... four of those eight goals were game winners ... BGSU was 5-2-0 in matches in which he scored a goal, and the Falcons went 13-2-0 when he had at least one point ... the Falcons had an overall record of 38-27-12 during his four playing seasons.
2016
Was voted a tri-captain by his teammates for the second year in a row ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team, earning that honor for the fourth-straight season ... also was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete, for the third consecutive year ... played in 12 matches, making three starts ... had three points on a goal and an assist ... missed the first seven matches of the season due to an injury suffered in the spring ... returned to practice in mid-September and played in each of the Falcons' final 12 games ... scored in BGSU's home game vs. Ohio State, in just his second game back, and it proved to be the game-winning marker in BG's 2-0 victory ... had the primary assist on another game winner, in the Falcons' 1-0 win at Northern Illinois ... the goal vs. OSU came with just over seven minutes gone, as he poked the ball toward goal while in traffic in the box ... his assist came in a conference road win in his home state, as Bismark Agyeman knocked home his long cross for the lone goal of the match vs. NIU ... the injuries limited him to just 502 minutes played ... played 64 minutes vs. both Dayton and Ohio State, and saw 60 minutes of action at Michigan State.
2015
A tri-captain ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... also named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete for the second-straight season ... started all 19 matches, playing 1693 of a possible 1756 minutes on the year ... had six points on a goal and four assists ... was fifth on the team in scoring, and tied for fourth in assists ... was fourth on the team in minutes played ... had an assist on Pat Flynn's third goal of the day in a win over Western Illinois ... was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Veterans Memorial Cup, hosted by Marshall ... had the primary assist on Flynn's tying goal with under 13 minutes to go in the second half vs. IPFW, in a game BG went on to win, 3-2 ... scored late in the first half of the match at Ohio State ... headed home a ball from Alexis Souahy near the right goalpost ... had an assist on the tying goal with 15 minutes to go in BG's come-from-behind win at Wright State ... that assist came when he played a gorgeous ball over the top of the WSU defense to Keaton Reynolds ... had an assist on the winning goal, scored by Ryan James with under 12 minutes left in the second half, at Appalachian State.
2014
Was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team ... also was named an all-league first-team selection by the College Sports Madness web site ... named to the Academic All-Ohio First Team by the OCSA ... was named to the Academic All-MAC Team as well ... additionally, was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete in the first year of that award's existence ... was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, in March of 2015 ... started all 21 matches, and played 1962 of the 1972 total minutes on the year ... had 15 points on six goals and three assists ... ranked fourth on the team in scoring, and was second on the Falcons in goals ... also was second on the team, and tied for fourth in the MAC, in game-winning goals (three) ... was sixth in the league in both goals and goals per game (0.29), and ranked seventh in the conference in points and 10th in points per game (0.71) ... in MAC games only, tied for third in the league in goals (three), goals per game (0.60) and points (six), and deadlocked for fourth in points per game (1.20) ... tied for the MAC lead with two GWG in conference games ... in fact, scored the match-winning goal in each of BGSU's three victories (two regular-season, one tournament) against MAC opponents on the season ... those GWGs came on back-to-back-to-back weekends, as BG downed Western Michigan (Nov. 1), Northern Illinois (Nov. 8) and West Virginia (Nov. 14) ... scored a 'Golden Goal' against WVU, in the semifinal round of the MAC Tournament ... took a pass from Pat Flynn and scored from the left side of the six-yard box with just under a minute gone in the OT period ... that goal sent BGSU to the league tourney championship for the first time in 11 years ... had two goals vs. WMU, including the overtime winner in BG's 2-1 triumph ... scored his first goal with under 15 minutes left in regulation vs. the Broncos, then won the match with his second header goal of the day in the 100th minute ... along with Jacob Roth, he became the first Falcon to score multiple overtime winners in a season in the 'Golden Goal' Era, which began in 1997 ... four of his six goals came in the month of November ... also had goals vs. Duquesne (Sept. 7) and Eastern Illinois (Sept. 19) ... had two assists in the win over Findlay (Sept. 2), and added one assist against IUPUI (Aug. 29) ... had a season-high five shot attempts vs. WMU, putting two on goal ... in the WVU match in the league tourney, took four shots, putting all four on goal (and his final one in the goal).
2013
Earned honorable mention on the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in 16 of the Falcons' 19 matches, making 14 starts ... after playing in just one of the first four games of the year, played in each of the last 15 ... was in the starting lineup for all but one of those final 15 matches, playing at an outside defender position ... had one assist on the year, coming in his collegiate debut, vs. Malone (Aug. 30) ... played 90 or more minutes in 10 matches, and played a total of 1323 minutes on the season, ranking eighth on the team.
2012
Finished his BGSU tenure with career totals of 25 points on eight goals and nine assists ... four of those eight goals were game winners ... BGSU was 5-2-0 in matches in which he scored a goal, and the Falcons went 13-2-0 when he had at least one point ... the Falcons had an overall record of 38-27-12 during his four playing seasons.
2016
Was voted a tri-captain by his teammates for the second year in a row ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team, earning that honor for the fourth-straight season ... also was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete, for the third consecutive year ... played in 12 matches, making three starts ... had three points on a goal and an assist ... missed the first seven matches of the season due to an injury suffered in the spring ... returned to practice in mid-September and played in each of the Falcons' final 12 games ... scored in BGSU's home game vs. Ohio State, in just his second game back, and it proved to be the game-winning marker in BG's 2-0 victory ... had the primary assist on another game winner, in the Falcons' 1-0 win at Northern Illinois ... the goal vs. OSU came with just over seven minutes gone, as he poked the ball toward goal while in traffic in the box ... his assist came in a conference road win in his home state, as Bismark Agyeman knocked home his long cross for the lone goal of the match vs. NIU ... the injuries limited him to just 502 minutes played ... played 64 minutes vs. both Dayton and Ohio State, and saw 60 minutes of action at Michigan State.
2015
A tri-captain ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... also named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete for the second-straight season ... started all 19 matches, playing 1693 of a possible 1756 minutes on the year ... had six points on a goal and four assists ... was fifth on the team in scoring, and tied for fourth in assists ... was fourth on the team in minutes played ... had an assist on Pat Flynn's third goal of the day in a win over Western Illinois ... was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Veterans Memorial Cup, hosted by Marshall ... had the primary assist on Flynn's tying goal with under 13 minutes to go in the second half vs. IPFW, in a game BG went on to win, 3-2 ... scored late in the first half of the match at Ohio State ... headed home a ball from Alexis Souahy near the right goalpost ... had an assist on the tying goal with 15 minutes to go in BG's come-from-behind win at Wright State ... that assist came when he played a gorgeous ball over the top of the WSU defense to Keaton Reynolds ... had an assist on the winning goal, scored by Ryan James with under 12 minutes left in the second half, at Appalachian State.
2014
Was named to the MAC All-Tournament Team ... also was named an all-league first-team selection by the College Sports Madness web site ... named to the Academic All-Ohio First Team by the OCSA ... was named to the Academic All-MAC Team as well ... additionally, was named a MAC Distinguished Scholar Athlete in the first year of that award's existence ... was inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, in March of 2015 ... started all 21 matches, and played 1962 of the 1972 total minutes on the year ... had 15 points on six goals and three assists ... ranked fourth on the team in scoring, and was second on the Falcons in goals ... also was second on the team, and tied for fourth in the MAC, in game-winning goals (three) ... was sixth in the league in both goals and goals per game (0.29), and ranked seventh in the conference in points and 10th in points per game (0.71) ... in MAC games only, tied for third in the league in goals (three), goals per game (0.60) and points (six), and deadlocked for fourth in points per game (1.20) ... tied for the MAC lead with two GWG in conference games ... in fact, scored the match-winning goal in each of BGSU's three victories (two regular-season, one tournament) against MAC opponents on the season ... those GWGs came on back-to-back-to-back weekends, as BG downed Western Michigan (Nov. 1), Northern Illinois (Nov. 8) and West Virginia (Nov. 14) ... scored a 'Golden Goal' against WVU, in the semifinal round of the MAC Tournament ... took a pass from Pat Flynn and scored from the left side of the six-yard box with just under a minute gone in the OT period ... that goal sent BGSU to the league tourney championship for the first time in 11 years ... had two goals vs. WMU, including the overtime winner in BG's 2-1 triumph ... scored his first goal with under 15 minutes left in regulation vs. the Broncos, then won the match with his second header goal of the day in the 100th minute ... along with Jacob Roth, he became the first Falcon to score multiple overtime winners in a season in the 'Golden Goal' Era, which began in 1997 ... four of his six goals came in the month of November ... also had goals vs. Duquesne (Sept. 7) and Eastern Illinois (Sept. 19) ... had two assists in the win over Findlay (Sept. 2), and added one assist against IUPUI (Aug. 29) ... had a season-high five shot attempts vs. WMU, putting two on goal ... in the WVU match in the league tourney, took four shots, putting all four on goal (and his final one in the goal).
2013
Earned honorable mention on the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in 16 of the Falcons' 19 matches, making 14 starts ... after playing in just one of the first four games of the year, played in each of the last 15 ... was in the starting lineup for all but one of those final 15 matches, playing at an outside defender position ... had one assist on the year, coming in his collegiate debut, vs. Malone (Aug. 30) ... played 90 or more minutes in 10 matches, and played a total of 1323 minutes on the season, ranking eighth on the team.
2012
HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year letterwinner at Naperville North H.S. ('12) under Jim Konrad, a BGSU men's soccer alumnus ... helped the Huskies to DuPage Valley Conference titles in each of those three seasons ... team went 58-8-6 in that three-year span, including an undefeated regular season in 2011 ... scored the winning goal in the second overtime to send the Huskies to the state semifinals in 2010 ... a two-time all-league selection who also earned all-sectional honors ... a three-time academic all-league choice ... North won three regional titles in as many years ... captained the team as a senior ... made the honor roll in every semester.
PERSONAL
John Maxwell Auden was born on March 31, 1994 in Lombard, Ill. ... son of Jim and Lisa Auden ... the oldest of three children ... has a brother and a sister ... graduated with a dual major in accounting and finance and a 3.619 cumulative GPA ... entered the Master's of Accountancy program in the fall of 2016, and had a 3.500 cumulative GPA through the Spring 2017 semeester ... performed an internship at Marathon Petroleum in the summer of '16 ... played club ball with the Galaxy Soccer Club for coach Brett Strang (a BGSU men's soccer alum), serving as a three-year captain.
AUDEN'S CAREER STATS
OFFENSE GP-GS G A Pts Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att 2013................ 16-14 0 1 1 12 .000 3 .250 0 0-0 2014................ 21-21 6 3 15 28 .214 13 .464 3 0-0 2015................ 19-19 1 4 6 24 .042 7 .292 0 0-0 2016................ 12-3 1 1 3 8 .125 2 .250 1 0-0 TOTAL............... 68-57 8 9 25 72 .111 25 .347 4 0-0 SINGLE-GAME HIGHS: Points: 4, Western Michigan -- Nov 01, 2014 Goals: 2, Western Michigan -- Nov 01, 2014 Assists: 2, Findlay -- Sep 02, 2014 Shots: 5, Western Michigan -- Nov 01, 2014
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