10 Luke Persenico
Luke Persenico
  • Height:
    6-0
  • Year:
    Sr
  • Hometown:
    St. Charles, Ill.
  • Position:
    F/MF
  • g
    19
  • a
    6
  • pts
    44
  • gw
    3

Bio

2024 (Senior): NAIA All-America First Team...Heart of America Offensive Player of the Year...Heart of America All-Conference First Team...Ed Colbert Award Winner...played and started in 17 games...set the new single season program record for goals in a season with 19, including three game winning goals, as the 19 goals finished tied for fourth in the NAIA...those 19 goals go his career total to 46 goals, which also set the new program record for goals in a career at Clarke, six more than the previous record...scored a goal in 12 of the team's 18 games and had six multi-goal games including a career-high four-goal game on Oct. 5 in a Pride 7-2 win over Baker, which led to Persenico earning his second NAIA Offensive Player of the Week honor in his career on Oct. 8 after also earning Heart Offensive Player of the Year a day earlier...he earned back-to-back Heart Offensive Player of the Week honors with his second of the season coming on Oct. 14 following two-goal, one assist performance against Graceland...added six assists for a total of 44 points, tied for sixth in the NAIA, for another new single season record at Clarke and setting his career point total to 107 for the new career record for the Pride as well...his goals and points averages also set new career-highs as his 1.12 goals per game for the season is the new program record and his 2.59 points per game also topped the previous season record for Clarke...his career averages placed second all-time for Pride men's soccer with his 0.78 goals per game average and 1.81 points per game average slotting in as the program's runner-up but played in almost triple the amount of games as the leader.

2023 (Junior): Heart of America All-Conference Second Team...played in 14 games with 13 starts...led the team with six goals and five assists for a team-high 17 points...took the most shots on the team with a total of 58 as 23 went on net to finish the season with one game-winning goal and going a perfect 1-for-1 on penalty kicks.

2022 (Sophomore): Heart of America All-Conference First Team... played in a total of 15 games with 13 starts... led the team in scoring with 11 goals (two game-winners) and two assists for a total of 24 points... finished the season with two multi-goal games, including two goals in the October 8th victory over No. 8 ranked MidAmerica Nazarene. 

2021 (Freshman): Heart All Conference Third Team...played a total of 13 games this season and had started in 12 of them. In week two of the season, Luke earned Heart and NAIA Offensive Player of the Week due to his two hat tricks in the same week and leading the team in goals. By the end of the season, Luke had a total of 10 goals, 2 assists and 39 shots. 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 23 Mount Mercy L, 2-1
Oct 26 Central Methodist (MO) W, 3-1
Oct 31 at Grand View W, 3-2
Nov 6 Benedictine W, 2-1
Nov 9 at William Penn (IA) L, 3-0
Nov 23 at Spring Arbor (MI) L, 2-0
  Overall Conf
Games 17 11
Games started 17 11
Goals 19 15
Assists 6 4
Points 44 34
Shots 91 65
Shot Pct .209 .231
Penalty kicks 3-5 1-2
Game-winning goals 3 2
Date Opponent Score gs g a pts sh pct pk gw
Aug 14 at Bradley   - - - - - - - -
Aug 19 at Cornell   - - - - - - - -
Aug 20 Loras   - - - - - - - -
Aug 24 at Judson (IL) W, 2-0 1 2 0 4 5 .400 1-1 1
Aug 27 Viterbo W, 2-0 1 0 1 1 5 .000 0-1 0
Sep 14 at Park W, 5-2 1 2 1 5 5 .400 0-0 0
Sep 17 at William Penn (IA) L, 3-1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0-0 0
Sep 21 Missouri Valley L, 8-0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Sep 24 Missouri Baptist W, 5-0 1 0 1 1 3 .000 0-0 0
Sep 27 MidAmerica Nazarene L, 2-1 1 1 0 2 6 .167 0-0 0
Oct 2 at Culver-Stockton (MO) W, 5-0 1 1 0 2 12 .083 0-0 0
Oct 5 Baker W, 7-2 1 4 0 8 9 .444 1-1 1
Oct 8 William Woods (MO) T, 3-3 1 2 0 4 8 .250 1-1 0
Oct 12 Graceland W, 6-4 1 2 1 5 7 .286 0-1 0
Oct 18 at Benedictine W, 4-0 1 1 1 3 4 .250 0-0 1
Oct 23 Mount Mercy L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 5 .000 0-0 0
Oct 26 Central Methodist (MO) W, 3-1 1 1 1 3 6 .167 0-0 0
Oct 31 at Grand View W, 3-2 1 2 0 4 6 .333 0-0 0
Nov 6 Benedictine W, 2-1 - - - - - - - -
Nov 9 at William Penn (IA) L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 4 .000 0-0 0
Nov 23 at Spring Arbor (MI) L, 2-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2021-22 13 12 .77 .15 1.69 3.00 .256 1.23 .410
2022-23 15 13 .73 .13 1.60 3.60 .204 2.20 .611
2023-24 14 13 .43 .36 1.21 4.14 .103 1.64 .397
2024-25 17 17 1.12 .35 2.59 5.35 .209 3.41 .637
Total 59 55 .78 .25 1.81 4.10 .190 2.20 .537

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2021-22 13 12 10 2 22 39 .256 16 .410 4 1 1-1 2
2022-23 15 13 11 2 24 54 .204 33 .611 6 0 3-5 2
2023-24 14 13 6 5 17 58 .103 23 .397 5 1 1-1 1
2024-25 17 17 19 6 44 91 .209 58 .637 4 0 3-5 3
Total 59 55 46 15 107 242 .190 130 .537 19 2 8-12 8

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Event Total 17 17 1.12 .35 2.59 5.35 .209 3.41 .637
Conference 11 11 1.36 .36 3.09 5.91 .231 3.91 .662
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 9 1.11 .44 2.67 5.78 .192 3.44 .596
Away 8 8 1.13 .25 2.50 4.88 .231 3.38 .692
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 10 10 1.50 .60 3.60 6.20 .242 4.30 .694
Losses 6 6 .33 .00 .67 3.50 .095 1.83 .524
Month August 2 2 1.00 .50 2.50 5.00 .200 4.00 .800
September 5 5 .80 .40 2.00 3.80 .211 2.60 .684
October 8 8 1.63 .38 3.63 7.13 .228 4.38 .614
November 2 2 .00 .00 .00 2.50 .000 1.00 .400

Splits Stats - Season

    gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
Event Total 17 17 19 6 44 91 .209 58 .637 4 0 3-5 3
Conference 11 11 15 4 34 65 .231 43 .662 1 0 1-2 2
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Location Home 9 9 10 4 24 52 .192 31 .596 2 0 2-4 1
Away 8 8 9 2 20 39 .231 27 .692 2 0 1-1 2
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Result Wins 10 10 15 6 36 62 .242 43 .694 3 0 2-4 3
Losses 6 6 2 0 4 21 .095 11 .524 1 0 0-0 0
Month August 2 2 2 1 5 10 .200 8 .800 2 0 1-2 1
September 5 5 4 2 10 19 .211 13 .684 2 0 0-0 0
October 8 8 13 3 29 57 .228 35 .614 0 0 2-3 2
November 2 2 0 0 0 5 .000 2 .400 0 0 0-0 0

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