Maouloune Goumballe

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Weight:
163
Height:
6-2
Position:
Forward
Year:
Freshman
Hometown:
Cincinnati, Ohio
High School:
Walnut Hills

CAREER
Two-time NCAA College Cup team (2020-21, 2022) … Three-time Big Ten Tournament Champion (2019, 2020-21, 2023) … Three-time Big Ten regular season champion (2019, 2020-21, 2023) … Two-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2022, 2023) … Four-time Academic All-Big Ten (2020-21, 2021, 2022, 2023) … Appeared in 108 matches with 57 starts … Scored 11 goals and recorded 12 assists, totaling 34 points … Scored six match-winners.

2023 (SENIOR+)
Big Ten Tournament Champion … Big Ten regular season champion … Big Ten All-Tournament Team … Big Ten Sportsmanship Team … NCAA Digital National Player of the Week (Nov. 10) … College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in 24 matches with 18 starts … Scored five goals and recorded four assists, totaling 14 points – all career-highs … Ranked No. 5 in Big Ten in points … Scored four match-winners … Assisted winning goal in 1-0 win versus Seton Hall (Sept. 4), holding up play at top of box before slipping through ball to Samuel Sarver … Recorded eight goal contributions (five goals, three assists) in as eight games between Oct. 27 and Nov. 26, span including entire Big Ten Tournament title run and first three matches of NCAA Tournament … Scored winning goal in 100th-career appearance versus Trine (Oct. 27) … Assisted Collins Oduro’s match-winning goal versus Rutgers (Oct. 29) as Hoosiers clinched share of Big Ten regular season title … Scored winner in 2-1 win over Wisconsin in Big Ten Tournament Quarterfinal (Nov. 3), poking home pass across goal … Scored opening and winning goals in 4-3 Big Ten Tournament Semifinal victory against Michigan (Nov. 8) … Opened seven-goal affair with searing strike inside near post from 19 yards … Sent IU to Big Ten final in 87th minute, rebounding saved attempt … Recorded one goal and two assists in NCAA Tournament … Scored winner in NCAA Tournament First Round against Lipscomb (Nov. 16), out-muscling defender at end-line, dribbling past another and finishing around goalkeeper from tight angle … In 3-2 win at Wake Forest in second round (Nov. 19), assisted Karsen Henderlong goal that tied match at 2-2 with shot on goal … Assisted winning goal in 1-0 win at Virginia in Sweet 16 (Nov. 16), crossing to Collins Oduro.

2022 (SENIOR)
College Sports Communicators Academic All-District … Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in all 25 matches with 12 starts … Started all five NCAA Tournament matches … Scored one goal and had two assists … Assisted two goals versus Trine (Oct. 27) … Scored match-winner in NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal match at UNC Greensboro (Dec. 3) after shrugging off defender in box and volleying to far post.

2021 (JUNIOR)
Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in all 22 matches with 15 starts … Recorded one goal and one assist, totaling three points … Scored second goal in 3-0 win over Ohio State (Oct. 12), collecting ball around top of the box before curling shot around closing defender and keeper … Provided assist to IU’s opening goal of win over VCU (Oct. 27).

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)
Big Ten Tournament Champion … Big Ten regular season champion … Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in all 16 matches with 12 starts … Scored two goals and collected two assists for 10 total points … College Soccer News Team of the Week (May 9) ... Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week (May 11) ... Assisted first goal then scored IU’s second in 3-0 regular season win over Northwestern (March 23) … Scored match-winner against Marquette in NCAA Tournament (May 6) … Assisted second goal in 2-0 win versus Seton Hall (May 10) in NCAA Tournament Quarterfinal.

2019 (FRESHMAN)
Big Ten Tournament Champion … Big Ten regular season champion … Appeared in 21 matches … Scored two goals and had three assists, totaling seven points … Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week honorable mention (Oct. 8) … Scored first-career goal in 90th minute to seal 3-1 win over Wisconsin (Sept. 20) … Assisted 75th minute goal in 1-0 victory versus Sacramento State (Sept. 27) … Scored opening goal and assisted two more in 3-1 win over Northwestern (Oct. 1).

PREP/PERSONAL
Top Drawer Soccer three-star recruit … One of top goal scorers for Columbus Crew SC Academy … Helped Crew academy finish third at U-19 Development Academy Championships in 2017-18 … Son of Tiecoura and Claudena Goumballe … Has two brothers, Ibra and Mohamed, and two sisters, Brianna and Irene.