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2024 Men's Soccer Roster

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17 Owen Vasta

  • Position Midfielder/Defender
  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 155
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Riverside, Calif.
  • Highschool Martin Luther King Jr. HS

Biography

As a Sophomore (2024)
- Appeared in 12 matches, playing 234 minutes
- Recorded three assists against Saint Martin's (Sept. 14), San Francisco State  (Oct. 11) and Cal State East Bay (Nov. 1)

As a Sophomore (2023)
- Redshirted his sophomore season

As a Freshman (2022)
- Started 16 of 19 matches, playing 660 minutes
- Recorded all 4 points against Saint Martin's scoring 1 goal and notching 2 assists
- Played a season most 59 minutes at Western Washington (Aug. 27)

Pre-Chico Days
- Spent the 2021 season as a member of the Loyola Marymount soccer program
- A 2021 graduate of Martin Luther King Jr. High School in Riverside
- Earned two varsity letters
- Helped lead the Wolves to the 2018–19 Big VIII League championship

Personal
- Born July 8, 2003, in Riverside
- Son of Garrey and Kristen
- Has two siblings, Garrett and Mackenzie
- His dad is his hero (“because he shows that if you work hard good things will happen.")
- The person he most admires in the sports world is La Liga, Real Betis defender Hector Bellerin ("because he proves that no matter how dark life gets, the sun will always rise.”)
- Why he chose to attend Chico State: “Because the team has a special bond that I consider my second family and I enjoy the nature surrounding Chico”
- His greatest sports moment is "placing first out of 100 players in order to win in Fortnite"
- The most interesting thing he’s ever done is fly from Maui to Hilo, Hawaii in a small propeller plane that was carrying too much weight
- The most impressive thing he’s ever accomplished is "getting the victory royal in Fortnite"
- Has learned by playing soccer to “not quit because sometimes the things you are hoping for come at times you’d least expect”
- Enjoys going on a run, listening or making music in his free time
- His biggest talents outside of soccer are photography and Fortnite
- Claims he can sing the Katy Perry song “Firework”
- At the top of his bucket list: “Reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro”
- Best advice ever received: “Live a life you’d want to relive”
- Majoring in astro physics
- Plans on pursuing a professional soccer career

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 31

    2022Freshman

    M/D
    5'10" 155 lbs
    31
  • RS

    2023Sophomore

    Midfielder/Defender
    5'10" 155 lbs
    RS
  • 17

    2024Junior

    Midfielder/Defender
    5'10" 155 lbs
    17
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