Bio

Honors & Awards

• 2017 United Soccer Coaches All-North Region 3rd Team
• 2017 All-IIAC
• IIAC Offensive Player of the Week, 10/8/17
• IIAC Offensive Player of the Week, 9/17/17
• IIAC Offensive Player and Male Athlete of the Week, 9/3/17
• 2-year letterwinner

2017 | sophomore

• Named to the United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Third Team
• Earned All-Iowa Conference honors
• Scored 16 goals with two assists for 34 points
• Finished second on the team and in the IIAC in both goals and points
• Led the IIAC with seven game-winning goals
• Named IIAC Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 8 after scoring three goals in wins over Nebraska Wesleyan, Buena Vista and Concordia-Moorhead
• Named IIAC Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 17 after scoring four goals in three games, including a hat trick in a  4-1 win over Grinnell
• Named IIAC Offensive Player and Male Athlete of the Week on Sept. 3 after scoring three goals and one assist in wins over No. 25 Wis.-Whitewater and Illinois Tech

2016 | freshman

• Scored 10 goals in 20 games played
• Finished second on the team goals and third in points (20)
• Connected on three game-winners
• Scored nine goals in final seven games

High School

• A 2016 graduate of Park Hill South High School
• Coached by Joe Toigo
• Named second team all-conference as a junior
• Earned Kansas City Star Player of the Week in September 2014
• Was an all-state performer in the 4x400 relay in track as a junior
• A two-year letterwinner in soccer and a four-year letterwinner in track

Personal

• Son of Larry and Monica Alderson
• Has one brother, Dillon, one step-brother, Craig, and one step-sister, Cheryl
• Majoring in criminal justice