Hunter Van Houten

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-8
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Valparaiso, Ind.
High School:
Valparaiso

2008
A second-year team co-captain as just a junior ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team, for the second time in as many years of eligibility ... was one of three male finalists for the Falcon Club[apos]s Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year award ... played in 17 matches, making 16 starts, in 2008 ... named to the All-Tournament Team at two of BGSU[apos]s three tourneys on the year ... had two assists on the season, against Central Arkansas (Sept. 13) and Detroit (Nov. 4) ... his assist in the UCA game came on a corner kick, as Jacob Lawrence headed it home for his first of two goals in a come-from-behind, double-overtime win ... other helper came on Chuko Evwaraye[apos]s first goal of the day, as BG rallied from a 3-0 deficit to forge a 3-3 tie at UDM ... named to the all-tourney squads at Central Arkansas and at the BGSU Invitational ... has career totals of 14 points on four goals and six assists.

2007
A team co-captain ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... tied for second on the Falcons in scoring ... had 10 points, including a team-leading four assists ... tied for second on the team in goals, with three ... played a total of 1,687 minutes to rank second on the Falcons in that category ... a two-time MAC Scholar Athlete of the Week, earning the honor on both Sept. 21 and Nov. 1 ... chosen as the MAC Player of the Week on Oct. 29 ... started all 19 games ... picked up his first assist in the George Mason game (Sept. 7), assisting on Matt Klancic[apos]s first collegiate score ... had a three-game scoring streak to end the regular season, scoring eight points in that time ... with a goal in each of those three games, matched the total for the opponents during that time ... each of those three games were Falcon wins at Cochrane Field ... had back-to-back three-point games vs. Detroit (Oct. 24) and Western Michigan (Oct. 27), leading to his MAC P-O-W award ... also scored in the regular-season game vs. Northern Illinois (Nov. 2) ... had assists on Cameron Hepple goals against both Michigan (Oct. 17) and WMU ... also had a helper on the GWG, scored by Ryan Perea, vs. UDM ... helped the Falcon defense to a total of four shutouts ... earned the Dr. Lee and Marge Meserve Academic Award.

2006
Played in all 19 of BGSU[apos]s matches, making 13 starts came off the bench in his first five contests, before making his first collegiate start against Sacramento State (Sept. 10) ... beginning with that game, started 13 of the final 14 games of the year ... scored first collegiate goal against Akron in the semifinal round of the MAC Tournament (Nov. 3) ... named to the MAC[apos]s All-Tournament Team.

HIGH SCHOOL
A four year letterman at Valparaiso High School ... instrumental in helping his team win the Indiana State High School Championship in 2004 ... first team All-State 2005 selection ... was coached by Danny Jeftich ... Indiana ODP State selection from 2000-2004 ... ODP Region 2 Pool in 2004 ... member of the National Honor Society and German Club at VHS.

PERSONAL
Full name is Hunter Corbet Van Houten ... son of Jon and Laura Van Houten ... has two brothers, Arthur and Max ... born Aug. 21, 1987 ... a health science major at BGSU ... has a stellar cumulative grade-point average of 3.94 through the fall 2008 semester.

HUNTER VAN HOUTEN - CAREER STATS

OFFENSE               GP-GS     G    A  Pts Shots Shot%  SOG  SOG%  GW  PK-Att
2006................  19-13     1    0    2    22  .045    9  .409   0   0-0
2007................  19-19     3    4   10    19  .158    7  .368   0   0-0
2008................  17-16     0    2    2    13  .000    7  .538   0   0-0
TOTAL...............  55-48     4    6   14    54  .074   23  .426   0   0-0