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) … United Soccer Coaches first-team All-North Region (2025) … Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2023) … Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (2023) … College Soccer News Team of the Week (2023) … Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (2025) … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024) … Two-time Academic All-Big Ten (2024, 25) … Selected in second round of 2025 MLS SuperDraft by Orlando City SC (No. 57 overall selection).

2025 (JUNIOR)
United Soccer Coaches first-team All-North Region … Second-team All-Big Ten … Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (Sept. 9) … Academic All-Big Ten… Appeared in all 19 matches with 18 starts … Second on team in goals (4), assists (6) and points (14) … Recorded career-highs in assists and points … Assisted first and second goals as IU erased 2-0 deficit in 3-2 victory over San Francisco (Aug. 24) … Recorded goal in three consecutive matches between Sept. 3-13 … Scored winning goals in back-to-back 1-0 victories versus Saint Louis (Sept. 3) and at Notre Dame (Sept. 7) … Opened season account after dribbling past SLU defender on edge of box, firing low shot to back post … Scored in third consecutive match, evading two defender and finishing to back post against Michigan (Sept. 13) … Made it four straight matches with goal contribution in win at Penn State (Sept. 19), beating defender to end-line for assist to Palmer Ault … Assisted in 4-2 victory over Ohio State (Oct. 10) … Tallied two assists against Hanover (Oct. 17) … Flashed forward, beat two defenders to through ball, beat keeper with first touch and finished into open goal to score in win over Wisconsin (Oct. 21).

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’s 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.