Men’s Soccer Adds 11 New Raiders to 2025 Roster

DAYTON – Wright State men's soccer head coach Alex Van der Sluijs and his staff have announced the addition of 11 players to join the Raiders and continue their educations at Wright State University.

Six student-athletes will be coming to Wright State as transfers and five will enter the season as freshmen. The incoming class has a large international representation, with players coming from seven countries across five continents.

"I am proud of our staff and the work that's gone in to bring this group together. We are excited to welcome this class to Wright State and to continue our growth as a program," Van der Sluijs said. "It's a very experienced group coming in that fits our culture, style, and ambition here to compete for Horizon League championships. Recruiting is always a rigorous process but now it's time to work hard and get ready for an exciting 2025 season."

2025 INCOMING CLASS INFO

Shayne Abrams | 5-11 | Sophomore | Right Wing
Hometown: Brampton, Ontario, Canada
Previous School: USC Upstate
Club: Toronto FC Academy

Appeared in 17 matches, starting in eight
Totaled six points behind two goals and two assists
Accumulated 798 minutes on the season
Named the Big South Freshman of the Week (10/21/24)

Sacha Etienne-Courtois| 6-3 | RS-Sophomore | Centerback
Hometown: Montreal, Canada
Previous School: Indian Hills Community College & Utah Tech University
Club: As Montis

Played in 18 games, making 16 starts, as a primary defender for IHCC
Named the ICCAC DI Men's Soccer Defensive Player of the Week (9/23/24-9/29/24)
Named to the 2024 Fall ICCAC Academic All-Region Second-Team
Started each of his 13 appearances on the Trailblazer back line in 2022, logging 1,131 minutes with 12 90-minute games

Oskar Greven | 6-4 | Graduate | Midfielder
Hometown: Cologne, Germany
Previous School: UIC / Iowa Western CC
Club: FC Köln, Fortuna Düsseldorf

Played in 24 games at UIC, starting in 13, logging 1067 minutes.
Recorded two goals in 2023, both against conference foes (Drake, Evansville)
Appeared in 34 games in two seasons at Iowa Western CC, winning the 2021 NJCAA National Championship with the Reivers
Finished the 2022 season at IWCC with four goals and one assist

Vincent Ivy | 5-10 | Freshman | Center Back
Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky
High School: Trinity High School
Club: Louisville City FC

ECNL RL All region team
Steinhauser leadership award
Defensive player of the year
Louisville City Pro team pre-season appearance
CNL Elite 8

Sammy Jadid | 5-11 | Freshman | Center Forward
Hometown: Bradenton, Florida
High School: Lakewood Ranch High School
Club: Tampa Bay United; MLS Next

Standout Player at Montverde SIMA Showcase Friendlies (2025)
USLA National Champion (2024)
Top scorer in MLS NEXT Florida Division (2023)

Joao Magalhaes | Junior | Midfielder
Hometown: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Previous School: Cowley College

Appeared in 38 games over two seasons at Cowley College, starting in 18
Tallied 12 points in 2024 with three goals and six assists
2024 NJCAA All-Region 6 first team
2024 NJCAA-KJCAA All-Conference first team

Ishmael Mensah | 5-9 | Sophomore | Midfielder
Hometown: Cape Coast, Ghana
Previous School: Xavier
Club: Rising Stars of Africa

Played in eight matches, making five starts at Xavier, logging 426 minutes
Took five shots with two on goal
Played with the Rising Stars of Africa, helping the team to a tournament title win at the Benin Games in 2018 and the Togo Game Championship title in 2019
Scored 17 goals in his final season with the Rising Stars
Was a part of the Ghana National Team

Oneil Mitchell | Freshman | Centerback
Hometown: Kingston, Jamaica
High School: St. George's College
Club: Constant Spring F.C.

Manning cup and Oliver shield champion, and Colts finalist with Kingston College
Mid-season Champion with Constant Spring
Manning cup Semi-finalist with St. George's College
St. George's College and Constant Spring vice captain.

Keiji Nakazawa | 5-10 | Sophomore | Forward
Hometown: Yokohama, Japan
Previous School: University of Central Arkansas

Played in three games at UCA
Scored his collegiate-first goal against Evangel (8/22/24)

Eric Normandeau | 5-5 | Sophomore | Left Back
Hometown: Ottawa, Canada
Previous School: University of Alberta
Club: Ottawa South United

Appeared and started in nine games, logging 800 minutes of play, with seven 90-minute games at the University of Alberta
Recorded eight shots, four on goal, with a season-high 2 shots at Lethbridge (9/1/24)
Had five assists, beginning his collegiate career with a season-best two assists in a 4-0 win at Saskatchewan 8/30/24)
Named a USports Freshman All-Canadian and Canada West Conference All-Freshman

Nadav Youdkevich | Freshman | Goalkeeper
Hometown: Ramat-Hasharon, Israel
High School: ASU Preparatory Academy, Casa Grande AZ
Club: Barca Residency Academy U19 MLS Next

Played under Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel) U9-U15
Called up for Isreal U15 national team training
Moved to Hapoel Raanana (Israel) for the U16 and Hapoel Kfar Saba for U17
Moved to the United States at the end of the U17 season, joining the Barca Residency Academy MLS

Players Mentioned

Shayne Abrams

Sacha Etienne-Courtois

Oskar Greven

Sammy Jadid

Joao Magalhaes

Ishmael Mensah

Oneil Mitchell

Keiji Nakazawa

Eric Normandeau

Nadav Youdkevich

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