UC Santa Barbara
2017: Played in all 19 games while making 18 starts as a junior … One of six players to appear in all 19 games … Logged the most minutes of any field player with 1,670 … Finished sixth on the team with 13 shots and fourth with six shots on goal … Recorded a season-high four shots in his first start of the year against Siena (Aug. 27) … Tallied two shots on the road at San Diego (Sept. 1).
2016: Missing the first month of the season due to injury, went on to appear in 10 games for UCSB with four starts ... Operated as a center back and holding mid ... Played an even 400 minutes on the year ... Made his UCSB and Division I debut on Sept. 29 against UC Riverside, coming on as a sub in the 84th minute of an eventual double-overtime 2-2 draw ... Set up Ahinga Selemani's 81st minute game-winning goal at Sacramento State on Oct. 26, his only point of the season ... Appeared in nine of UCSB's 10 regular season Big West games ... Came on as a sub in UCSB's Big West semifinal game against Cal State Fullerton ... Gauchos were 4-0 when he started ... Earned his first UCSB start on Oct. 6 against UC Irvine, a 1-0 shutout for the Gauchos.
Northwestern Nazarene University
Spent his freshman season at Northwestern Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho, a Div. II team competing in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference ... Started 16 and played in 17 games for the Crusaders, helping the team to a 12-6-1 record ... A holding midfielder, he recorded one goal and one assist on the season for three points ... Scored his debut NCAA goal on Sept. 8 against BYU Hawaii, blasting home a free kick late in the second half of an eventual 3-1 NNU win ... In his very first collegiate game, set up the only goal in a 1-0 win over Hawaii-Hilo ... Team just missed out on second straight NCAA Division II Tournament.
Club Career
Before coming stateside, played for SC Paderborn in Germany ... In his final season with Paderborn, earned a call-up to the U-23 side ... Prior to that, was a mainstay on the Paderborn U-19 team, which played in the U-19 Bundesliga ... Reached the final of the Westfalen Cup in 2012 with Paderborn.
Personal
Jan Ilskens was born on Oct. 27, 1995 to parents Dieter and Anita in Guetersloh, Germany ... Has three siblings: Tim, Kai, and Max ... Plans on majoring in economics ... When not playing soccer, he is hanging out with friends and listening to music ... He can't do without his soccer ball ... Would love to play with Toni Kroos ... Roots for Borussia Dortmund ... Favorite athlete is Cristiano Ronaldo ... Enjoys watching The Godfather.
