Drake University Athletics

Redshirt Senior Year (2019): Collected All-MVC Honorable Mention honors for second-straight year ... started all 13 games in which he appeared ... missed five games due to injury ... led Drake with three assists ... contributed to six shutouts.

Redshirt Junior Year (2018): Named All-MVC Honorable Mention ... played in 17 matches ... scored two goals ... led team with eight assists.

Prior to Drake: Played two seasons for Tulsa University ... received medical redshirt hardship in 2015 ... two-year letterwinner at Tulsa ... started 23 of 31 career matches ... scored one goal and handed out four assists ... helped the Golden Hurricane win two American Athletic Conference championships and qualify for two NCAA Tournaments.

High School: Ankeny, Iowa, native but played club soccer for the US Soccer Development Academy team, Shattuck St. Mary’s, in Faribault, Minn. ... helped his club team finish as USSDA national runners-up in the 2012-13 season and advance to the quarterfinals in 2013-14 and 2014-15.

Personal: Born Dec., 1996 ... son of Joel and Jossie Poppen ... has two brothers, Andy and Ben ... mom is a teacher at Drake.