West Virginia University Athletics

2022 (Fifth Year)

• College Sports Communicators Academic All-America Second Team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• Started 17 games for the Mountaineers
• Logged 1,437 minutes
• Finished the year with one goal and one assist
• Scored a goal against American (Sept. 6)
• Tallied an assist in win at Old Dominion (Oct. 8)
• Contributed to six shutouts on the back line

2021 (Senior)

• CoSIDA Academic All-America Third Team
• Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement Award
• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• Academic All-MAC
• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team
• TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Oct. 5)
• Played in all 21 games, with 20 starts
• Finished with 1,821 minutes played
• Collected two assists to go along with 13 shots (five on goal)
• Helped back line post nine clean sheets on the year
• Played 90 or more minutes 15 times
• Assisted on WVU’s first goal of the season on Aug. 26, at Robert Morris
• Also recorded a helper against Penn State on Sept. 3
• Posted a season-best four shots at Lehigh (Oct. 5)

2020-21 (Junior)

• Academic All-MAC Team
• Played in nine matches, all of them starts, in 815 total minutes
• Finished with one shot on the year
• Logged all 90 minutes in his WVU debut on Feb. 26, at Charlotte
• Played every minute of seven different matches
• Helped the Mountaineer back line tally six clean sheets on the season

2018-19 – Mercy College

• Named Second Team All-Region by United Soccer Coaches and D2CCA
• All-ECC First Team as a sophomore
• CoSIDA Academic All-District
• Earned ECC Men’s Soccer Elite 19 Award
• ECC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19)
• Started all 21 games as a sophomore, recording one goal and one assist for a total of three points
• Also appeared in 17 games as a freshman, making 16 starts
• Named All-ECC Third Team as a freshman

High School

• Attended Liselotte-Gymnasium Mannheim
• Played his club soccer with the SV Waldhof Mannheim 07 for coach Serkan Secerli

Personal

• Son of Oliver Denk and Isabel Gracia
• Has one sister
• Birthday is August 5
• Earned bachelor’s degree in general business in May 2022
• Currently pursuing master’s degree in business administration
• President’s List
• Dean’s List
• Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
• Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll