1 Jake Potratz
Jake Potratz
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Weight:
    180
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • Hometown:
    Norwalk, Iowa
  • High School:
    Norwalk
  • Position:
    GK
  • gp
    21
  • gs
    18
  • min
    1833:00
  • ga
    20
  • gaa
    0.98
  • sv
    63

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • Academic All-A-R-C
  • A-R-C Defensive Player of the Week, 9/16/18
  • 2017 All-IIAC
  • IIAC Defensive Player of the Week, 10/1/17
  • IIAC Defensive Player of the Week, 9/17/17
  • IIAC Defensive Player of the Week, 9/3/17
  • 2017 Team Newcomer of the Year
  • 2017 Defensive co-MVP
  • Two-time letterwinner (2017-18)
2018 | sophomore
  • Started 18 games in the net and held a 11-5-2 mark
  • Had 60 saves and tallied six shutouts
  • Finished tied for second in the league in shutouts, third in goals against average (1.01) and in save percentage (.769)
  • Selected A-R-C Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 16 with two shutouts for the week and seven saves
  • Named Academic All-American Rivers Conference
2017 | freshman
  • Named to the All-Iowa Conference Team
  • Started 17 games in goal, going 13-3-1 with a 0.95 goals against average
  • Made 87 saves and posted three shutouts
  • Posted the fourth-best goals against average in school history
  • Named IIAC Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1 after going 2-0 with 11 saves in wins over Iowa Wesleyan and Dubuque
  • Named IIAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 17 after allowing just one goal and making seven saves in 180 minutes as the Storm went 3-0
  • Named IIAC Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 3 after making 18 saves in wins over No. 25 Wis.-Whitewater and Illinois Tech
  • Made a season-high 11 saves in the win over No. 25 Wis.-Whitewater in the season-opener
Prior to Simpson
  • Attended Des Moines Area CC as a freshman
High School
  • A 2016 graduate of Norwalk High School
  • Coached by Dustin Kralik
  • Was a three-time, first team all-state pick
  • Named Elite All-State by the Des Moines Register as a senior
  • A three-time first team all-conference and academic all-conference pick
  • Helped the Warriors to state championships in 2014 and 2016
  • School record holder with 34 career shutouts
  • Also lettered in basketball
Personal
  • Son of Kevin and Lia Potratz
  • Has one sister, Kylie
  • Majoring in exercise science
  • Named to Dean's list two times

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 19 at Loras L, 4-0
Oct 23 Central (Iowa) L, 2-1
Oct 26 at Dubuque T, 0-0
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 3-0
Nov 2 Wartburg W, 1-0
Nov 6 at Loras L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Games played 21 8
Games started 18 6
Minutes 1833:00 740:54
Goals against 20 8
Goals-against average 0.98 0.97
Saves 63 28
Save pct .759 .778
Wins 16 5
Losses 4 2
Ties 1 1
Shutouts 9/2 4/0
Date Opponent Score gs min ga gaa sv sv%
Aug 24 Alumni Game   - - - - - -
Aug 30 at Augustana (Ill.) W, 2-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 1 1.000
Sep 1 Minn.-Morris W, 5-0 1 55:13 0 0.00 0 -
Sep 4 at Wis.-Platteville W, 2-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 4 1.000
Sep 8 at Gust. Adolphus L, 6-1 1 90:00 6 6.00 3 .333
Sep 11 Grinnell W, 2-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 2 1.000
Sep 14 at Bethel (Minn.) W, 1-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 4 1.000
Sep 19 at Cornell College W, 3-1 1 90:00 1 1.00 1 .500
Sep 21 at Westminster (MO) W, 7-2 1 66:12 0 0.00 1 1.000
Sep 25 Saint Mary's (Minn.) W, 5-2 1 79:40 1 1.13 2 .667
Sep 28 Wartburg W, 1-0 1 100:24 0 0.00 1 1.000
Oct 2 Iowa Wesleyan W, 4-1 1 90:00 1 1.00 3 .750
Oct 6 St. Scholastica W, 5-0 1 81:01 0 0.00 3 1.000
Oct 9 at Coe W, 4-1 1 80:30 1 1.12 1 .500
Oct 12 Luther W, 2-1 1 90:00 1 1.00 5 .833
Oct 13 Concordia-M'head T, 2-2 - - - - - -
Oct 15 at Buena Vista W, 3-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 2 1.000
Oct 19 at Loras L, 4-0 0 90:00 4 4.00 8 .667
Oct 23 Central (Iowa) L, 2-1 1 90:00 2 2.00 3 .600
Oct 26 at Dubuque T, 0-0 0 110:00 0 0.00 4 1.000
Oct 29 Neb. Wesleyan W, 3-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 4 1.000
Nov 2 Wartburg W, 1-0 1 90:00 0 0.00 2 1.000
Nov 6 at Loras L, 3-1 0 90:00 3 3.00 9 .750

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs min/g ga/g gaa sv/g sv%
2017-18 18 17 89:53 .94 0.95 4.83 .837
2018-19 18 17 89:05 1.00 1.01 3.33 .769
2019-20 21 18 87:17 .95 0.98 3.00 .759
Total 57 52 88:40 .96 0.98 3.68 .792

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% wins losses ties shutouts
2017-18 18 17 1618:00 17 0.95 87 .837 13 3 1 3/1
2018-19 18 17 1603:27 18 1.01 60 .769 11 5 2 6/2
2019-20 21 18 1833:00 20 0.98 63 .759 16 4 1 9/2
Total 57 52 5054:27 55 0.98 210 .792 40 12 4 18/5

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs min/g ga/g gaa sv/g sv%
Event Total 21 18 87:17 .95 0.98 3.00 .759
Conference 8 6 92:37 1.00 0.97 3.50 .778
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - -
Location Home 10 10 85:38 .50 0.53 2.50 .833
Away 11 8 88:47 1.36 1.38 3.45 .717
Neutral - - 0:00 - - - -
Result Wins 16 16 85:11 .31 0.33 2.25 .878
Losses 4 2 90:00 3.75 3.75 5.75 .605
Month August 1 1 90:00 .00 0.00 1.00 1.000
September 9 9 83:30 .89 0.96 2.00 .692
October 9 7 90:10 1.00 1.00 3.67 .786
November 2 1 90:00 1.50 1.50 5.50 .786

Splits Stats - Season

    gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% wins losses ties shutouts
Event Total 21 18 1833:00 20 0.98 63 .759 16 4 1 9/2
Conference 8 6 740:54 8 0.97 28 .778 5 2 1 4/0
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - - - - - 0/0
Location Home 10 10 856:18 5 0.53 25 .833 9 1 0 4/2
Away 11 8 976:42 15 1.38 38 .717 7 3 1 5/0
Neutral - - 0:00 - - - - - - - 0/0
Result Wins 16 16 1363:00 5 0.33 36 .878 16 0 0 8/2
Losses 4 2 360:00 15 3.75 23 .605 0 4 0 0/0
Month August 1 1 90:00 0 0.00 1 1.000 1 0 0 1/0
September 9 9 751:29 8 0.96 18 .692 8 1 0 4/1
October 9 7 811:31 9 1.00 33 .786 6 2 1 3/1
November 2 1 180:00 3 1.50 11 .786 1 1 0 1/0

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