2015 (Redshirt-Senior): Played in 15 matches, starting one for the Nittany Lions … Saw 377 minutes of action on the field … Scored his lone goal of the season against Michigan State (Oct. 18) … Ended the season with seven shots, three of which were on goal.
2014 (Redshirt-Sophomore):Saw time as a reserve in 16 matches, logging 267 minutes out on the pitch ... Fired off a career high nine shots, four of which were on goal ... Took a season high three shots vs. Temple (Sept. 5).
2013 (Sophomore):Utilized redshirt season.
2012 (Freshman): Appeared in 12 games, totaling 295 minutes ... Made collegiate debut in 3-0 victory against Stetson ... Played season-high 55 minutes against Adelphi.
High School/Club/ODP: Inaugural recipient of the Cost Family Endowed Men's Soccer Scholarship ... Three-time first team All-York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) selection, starting three years as a forward for Dallastown Area ... Scored 73 goals and totaled 39 assists in his career while missing his senior season with a broken foot ... Earned YAIAA Player of the Year, All-U.S. East Region and Pennsylvania All-State honors in 2010 ... Led the Wildcats to a 24-2 record and a conference and District 3 title in the same year ... Played club soccer for PA Classics, helping the squad to a 17-7-3 mark in 2011 and to the academy finals, placing second in a national tournament of 64 teams ... Named to the ESPN Rise Starting 11 for Pennsylvania in 2011 ... Co-captained the Philadelphia U-18 Academy team at the MLS Generation Adidas (U-17) Cup, going undefeated in regulation, falling only on PKs in two games.
Personal: Born Christian Nelson Kaschak in York, Pa., March 5, 1994 ... Schreyer Honors Scholar…Presidential Leadership Academy… Athletic Directors Leadership Institute…Spiritus Lioninus…Student Athlete Advisory Board…Two time Academic All-Big Ten… Dean’s List….Danced in THON … Participated in the Vietnam Medical Project…Inaugural recipient of the Cost Family Scholarship…Parents are Gary Kaschak and Amy Nelson ... Has a sister, Caroline, who is sophomore at Penn State ... Father wrestled at Penn State from 1981-86 ... Majoring in kinesiology…Plans to go to Medical School.