2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 8
Otto Ollikainen
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 175
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Helsinki, Finland
- High School:
- Mäkelänrinne Sport HS
2023 (Junior)
- Team Captain
- Played in all 24 games with 22 starts
- Logged 1882 minutes, third-most on the team
- Finished the year with one goal and three assists
- Scored game-winning goal at American
- Tallied an assist in season opener against California Baptist
- Had an assist in win over No. 1 Marshall
- Collected an assist in win over Loyola Marymount in NCAA Quarterfinals
2022 (Sophomore)
- All-Big 12 Academic At-Large First Team
- Sun Belt Academic Honor Roll
- Started all 18 games he played in this season
- Played 1,495 minutes, second-most on the team
- Assisted on the lone goal in the draw at James Madison (Oct. 19)
- Played a full 90 minutes against Yale, Portland, Kentucky (2x), James Madison, and Georgia State
2021 (Freshman)
- TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Nov. 30)
- WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 29)
- Played in all 21 matches, with 13 starts
- Finished with 1,259 minutes played on the year
- Had one goal with two assists for four points
- Posted eight shots, one on goal
- Played at least 60 minutes in 12 matches
- Had an assist during his WVU debut on Aug. 26, at Robert Morris
- Also notched a helper against St. Bonaventure on Sept. 25
- Scored the game-winning, golden goal against Tulsa on Nov. 27, in the NCAA Tournament Third Round
High School
- Attended Mäkelänrinne Sport High School and played for FC Honka
- Spent much of his youth career with HJK Helsinki
- Helped HJK Helsinki win U-17 Finnish League in 2017
- Member of Finnish U-16, U-17, U-18 and U-19 national teams
Personal
- Son of Matti and Lilli Ollikainen
- Has one brother and one sister
- Birthday is Jan. 22
- Majoring in business
- Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- Garrett Ford Academic Honor Roll
- Sun Belt Conference Academic Honor Roll
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