Collins Oduro

Photo by: Chris Conaway/Indiana Athletics

Weight:
158
Height:
5-7
Position:
Forward
Year:
Junior
Hometown:
Bibiani, Ghana
High School:
The Phelps School

CAREER
Big Ten Tournament Champion (2023) … Two-time Big Ten regular season champion (2023, 24) … Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman Team (2023) …Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Top 100 Freshmen (2023) … Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2023) … Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (2023) … College Soccer News Team of the Week (2023) … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024) … Academic All-Big Ten (2024).

2024 (SOPHOMORE)
Big Ten regular season champion … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in 20 matches with 17 starts … Recorded three goals, five assists, 11 points … Recorded two goals and one assist, including winning goal, in momentous 3-2 win at Wisconsin (Oct. 1) … Assisted two goals, including winning goal, in 3-2 comeback victory over Kentucky (Oct. 8) … Assisted first goal in Big Ten regular season title clinching win versus Northwestern (Oct. 29) … Scored in win over Trine (Nov. 1) … Assisted Jansen Miller 100th-minute golden goal in 2-1 NCAA Tournament Second Round victory over Akron (Nov. 24).

2023 (FRESHMAN)
Big Ten Tournament Champion … Big Ten regular season champion … Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Freshman Team … Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Top 100 Freshmen (No. 13) … Big Ten All-Freshman Team … College Soccer News Team of the Week (Nov. 27) … Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (Nov. 28) … One of two Hoosiers – only freshman – to start all 24 matches … Scored five goals and recorded two assists, totaling 12 points … Scored in first two matches … Made collegiate debut in season opener at Notre Dame (Aug. 24) … First collegiate goal gave IU 1-0 lead against Fighting Irish, finishing off combination play with Samuel Sarver … Scored another winner against DePaul (Aug. 29), heading home cross at back post … Earned first-career assist after beating defender and firing pass across six-yard box to Sarver for winning goal in 1-0 result over Butler (Sept. 19) … Assisted second goal in 2-0 win over Evansville (Oct. 11), beating keeper to 50/50 ball and dinking to Karsen Henderlong … Helped IU clinch share of Big Ten regular season title with winning goal in 4-1 result over Rutgers on final day (Oct. 29) … Scored two goals in NCAA Tournament … Opened scoring in 2-1 win over Lipscomb in NCAA Tournament First Round (Nov. 16) with powerful shot from 23 yards that leaked through keeper … Hammered in winner in 1-0 result at Virginia in Sweet 16 (Nov. 26) … Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI Freshman Team.

PREP/PERSONAL
Played for Right to Dream Academy … Club captain … Won Gothia Cup (2021) … Pennsylvania Gatorade Player of the Year (2022) … PrepSoccer.com Philadelphia Area Player of the Year … Captained high school team at The Phelps School … Scored 39 goals and led high school to 22-2 record and Penn-Jersey Athletic Association title as senior … Won academy’s Best Student Award (2021) … Son of Collins Oduro and Leticia Gyewu … Has four brothers, Enock, Amos, Daniel and Kwabena, and two sisters, Linda and Rebecca.