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1 Alex Aitken

  • Position GK
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 180
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Great Barford, Bedfordshire, England
  • Highschool Marriotts

Biography

Ohio Valley Conference All-Conference (Second team – 2024)
Western Athletic Conference All-Freshman Team (2022)


2024 (Junior): Named to the Ohio Valley Conference All-Conference second team … starting net-minder for the final 18 games after missing the opening two matches … earned OVC Goalkeeper of the Week acclaim for the second time in his career after his season debut, registering 13 saves while allowing just three goals in outings against National American and at Gonzaga ... ranked second in the OVC and seventh in the NCAA in save percentage … was second in the OVC and ninth in the NCAA in shutouts with eight, setting a new HCU single-season mark for clean sheets … seven of his eight shutouts came in conference, including a 1-0 blanking of defending OVC champ SIUE on Senior Day (10/20) that handed the Cougars their first and only loss ever in conference action …that shutout combined with a 1-1 draw with Lindenwood earlier in the week, garnered him OVC Keeper accolades for the second time on the season ...  ranked third in the OVC and 29th in the nation in total saves … first in the Ohio Valley in GAA (0.83) and fourth in saves per game (3.89) … played every minute to move into ninth place all-time with 4764 for his career … went 8-5-5 on the season, setting a personal best for wins in a single-season, tying for the second-best school mark for a campaign … is now third all-time at HCU with 16 victories … ranks first in career saves with 229 after a third straight season with 70 or more … posted a career best 82.4 save percentage to push his career mark to 76.1, sixth all-time … faced a career-high 22 shots for the third season in a row in the OVC Championship match against SIUE (11/16) … bestowed OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll accolades for the second time in his career following season …

2023 (Sophomore): Made 16 starts between the posts … ranked first in the OVC in total saves (71) and saves per game (4.44) … ranked fourth in GAA (1.88) and fifth in save percentage … posted HCU’s lone clean sheet of the campaign in a 1-0 victory over Santa Clara (9/10), which earned him OVC Goalkeeper of the Week honors (9/12) …  faced a career-high 22 shots for the second straight season against Oral Roberts (9/7) … posted season-high nine saves against Oral Roberts (9/7) and Santa Clara (9/10) … registered 71 saves, the second straight season he has placed on the all-time single season top 10 leaderboard … fifth all-time at HCU in total saves and victories and now ranks eighth in career shutouts … bestowed OVC Commissioner’s Academic Medal of Honor and OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll accolades following season …

2022 (Freshman): Selected to the WAC All-Freshman team ... had 88 saves, the second-highest single-season mark in program history ... was fourth in the NCAA in total saves ... played all but 19 minutes in goal for the Huskies, finishing the campaign with a 1.70 GAA and four clean sheets ... had career-high 11 saves facing season-high 22 shots versus Oral Roberts (9/9) … had 10 saves at Utah Valley (10/13) …

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Marriotts in Stevenage, England ... member of the Stevenage FC U18 club team, where he consistently trained with the Stevenage FC first team during his time there.

PERSONAL: Born on December 7th, 2003 ... Son of Alex and Brenda Aitken … brothers Andrew, Peter and James … Majoring in Biology…

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Historical Player Information

  • 30

    2022Freshman

    GK
    6'0" 180 lbs
    30
  • 1

    2023Sophomore

    GK
    6'0" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2024Junior

    GK
    6'0" 180 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2025Senior

    GK
    6'0" 180 lbs
    1