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1 Yves Dietrich

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 185
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Floeha, Germany

Biography

SENIOR (2014): Named Summit League 'Goalkeeper of the Year'... Voted First Team All-Summit League... Named to The Summit League All-Tournament Team... Selected to NSCAA All-West Region Team... Named NSCAA Scholar All-Americans... Voted Capital One Academic All-District... Three-Time Summit League Defensive 'Player of the Week'... Made a career-high 97 saves which ranks fourth for saves in a single season in WIU history... Started all 19 games and played all 1800 minutes in goal... Finished the year with a .794 save percentage, 1.18 goals-against average and seven shutouts, all ranking in Western's single-season 'Top 10'... Made 11 saves against Drake on (Oct. 21) which is tied for ninth in WIU history for saves in a single game... Posted a nation-leading scoreless streak that stretched over eight games with shutouts against Western Michigan, Northern Kentucky, Fort Wayne, Milwaukee, Omaha, and Eastern Illinois... Currently ranked ninth in career saves per game, fourth in career goals-against average, third in career wins, third in career shutouts, third in career save percentage, and second in career minutes in goal... Dietrich is now listed 37 times in the men's soccer record book. 

JUNIOR (2013): Voted Academic All-Summit League...Named to the Mike Gibbs Memorial All-Tournament Team...Made 90 saves for the second straight season, a number that is tied for eighth-most in a single season in WIU history...Started all 19 games and played all 1,712 minutes in goal...Finished the year with a .763 save percentage, 1.47 goals-against average and three shutouts...Saved a career-high 10 shots at Wisconsin (Oct. 15)...Posted shutouts at Jacksonville (Sept. 1), at IPFW (Oct. 26) and versus IUPUI (Nov. 2)...His 90 saves were good for 22nd-most in the nation.

SOPHOMORE (2012): Named to the Summit League All-Tournament Team...Named to the UIC Soccer Classic All-Tournament Team...Tabbed as Summit League Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 17...Started all 21 games, playing all 1,994 minutes in goal, a program record...Recorded four shutouts on the seaon, including wins over Valparaiso (Sept. 2) and Kansas City (Nov. 9) and double-overtime ties against Wisconsin (Sept. 14) and Belont (Nov. 4)...Made a season-best eight saves against Central Arkansas (Aug. 26)...Made seven saves in Western's NCAA Tournament game against Northwestern (Nov. 15) and in a 1-1 tie against Fort Wayne (Oct. 6)...allowed zero or one goals in 17 of his 21 games...Led the Summit League with a 1.17 goals-against-average...Finished second in the conference with a .776 save percentage...Ended the season with a 7-9-5 record.

2011: Spent his freshman season at UW-Whitewater, playing one game and saving all three shots on goal he faced.

PERSONAL: Born Sept. 11, 1991...Son of Alina and Jochen Dietrich...Majoring in Psychology...Admires Oliver Kahn for his goalkeeping abilities...Enjoys reading, playing FIFA, and hanging out with friends...Attended Clemens-Winkler-Gymnasium Aue for high school.

Statistics

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2014

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Historical Player Information

  • 34

    2012Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    6'1" 185 lbs
    34
  • 1

    2013Junior

    Goalkeeper
    6'1" 185 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2014Senior

    Goalkeeper
    6'1" 185 lbs
    1