i am Ryan Jenks

Hi, my name is Ryan Jenks. I am a goalkeeper who plays for the University of La Verne. I have been playing soccer ever since I can remember. I started playing for my first club team when I was around 8 years old and loved it so much that I continued playing. At around age 9, the team I was on needed a goalie, so I decided to give it a try. My dad played goalie when he was a teenager all the way through college so I felt like it would be cool for me to do so as well. I immediately fell in love with the position, and it made my passion for soccer even greater. I started going to the goalie trainings my club offered and eventually began private goalie training sessions. I worked hard and continued seeing improvement, which helped fuel my fire to become the best goalkeeper I could be.

Now, here I am today, still playing goalie and absolutely loving every second of it. Soccer has become a huge part of my life, but something else that is greatly important to me is school. I really like learning new things, and I also love working to be the best I can in all my classes. As a student athlete at the University of La Verne, it can sometimes be difficult at times to stay on top of soccer and assignments, but I always work to put in the effort and time that will help me excel at both. Although I was supposed to graduate from high school in 2025, I ended up getting offered a spot at La Verne a year early, so I put in the extra work and completed high school during my junior year. It has been a long-time dream of mine to go to college and be able to play soccer for a college team, and as I got older that dream had only gotten bigger. I am beyond grateful to be able to continue playing soccer and continue studying and learning about the things I love at the University of La Verne!