Men's Soccer

SinanSolmaz

  • position Defender
  • height 6-3
  • Weight 200
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
  • High school Geschwister Scholl Berufskolleg
  • Previous School CSU Bakersfield

Career Accolades:

  • 2024 First Team All-Big West

2025 (Junior): Appeared and started in 16 of the Wildcats’ 19 matches in 2025 … Finished the season with the team’s fourth-highest minute tally with 1,319 … Logged 90+ minutes in 10 of the 16 appearances … Scored his second career goal in a 3-2 win over UCF (9/19) … Recorded three shots and two shots on goal … Appeared in six of the Wildcats eight clean sheet in 2025 … Anchored the Kentucky defensive backline, primarily positioned as the left-side center back.

2024 (CSU Bakersfield): Started in all 16 games played … Earned First Team All-Big West honors…Tied for second among CSUB field players in minutes played (1,440 )… Played all 90 minutes in all 16 games … Anchored the CSUB backline that had a 1.24 goals against average, sixth-best in the program’s Division I history … Played the full 90 in both of Bakersfield’s shutout victories … Scored first collegiate goal in win vs. UC Riverside … Earned CSC Academic All-District honors.

2023 (CSU Bakersfield): Played in 11 matches during his freshman season, starting in seven … Tallied 725 minutes played on the backline, a crucial part of CSUB’s defense, which ranked 18th in the country in Goals Against Average (0.82) … Played all 90 minutes in 4 matches, including shutout at San Francisco (Sept. 7).

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