CAREER NOTES & RECORDS
Career: Has played in 71 collegiate games with 59 starts in midfield at Duke and now as a Nittany Lion...Has eight career goals and 19 assists for 35 total points...Drafted 73rd overall by New York Red Bulls in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft.
Season: 2021: Named Offensive Player of the Tournament after recording five points in three games to help Nittany Lions to first Big Ten Tournament crown since 2005...Earned second team All-Big Ten honors for second-straight season...Led Penn State in assists (8). 2020-21: Earned second team All-Big Ten honors...Named United Soccer Coaches Second Team Scholar All-American...Garnered second-team All-North Region accolades from United Soccer Coaches.
Season 2022: Named to first team All-Big Ten, his third straight Big Ten postseason honor... Garnered third team All-North Region honors... Earned Academic All-District.
2022 • GRADUATE SEASON
Awards: Selected to first team All-Big Ten...Named to Big Ten Preseason Watch List... Earned Academic All-Big Ten... Garnered third team All-North Region honors... Earned Academic All-District.
Season: Played and started in all 16 games in the midfield... Notched four assists... Totaled 1438 minutes... Played a full 90 minutes in all but one game.
at George Mason (9/5): Assisted Andrew Privett in the third goal of the game... No. 18 West Virginia: Played 88 minutes in the midfield in first win of the season... Wisconsin (9/16): Played a full 90 minutes in 1-0 shutout, conference win...at No. 9 Maryland: Registered second assist of the season in first goal of the game... No. 15 Akron: Contributed 90 minutes at the midfield in 1-0 senior day shutout... at Northwestern (10/2): notched an assist... at Indiana (10/14): Assisted Liam Butts with a through ball to score first goal for the Nittany Lions... at Michigan (10/30): Played full game in 3-2 comeback win.
2021 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Named Offensive Player of the Tournament after recording five points in three games of the Big Ten Tournament to lead Nittany Lions to first title since 2005…Named to All-Big Ten Second Team…Earned spot on Big Ten All-Tournament Team…Garnered second team All-North Region accolades from United Soccer Coaches…Earned First Team Scholar All-East Region honors from United Soccer Coaches…Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors for second-straight season... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Played and started all 21 games as leader of central midfield…Had breakout season offensively, recording a career-high 18 total points on career bests of five goals and a team-high eight assists…Had three game-winning goals, all leading to the Nittany Lions capturing the elusive Big Ten “double”…Had two multi-assist games and one multi-goal performance…Was team vice captain with Peter Mangione…Considered top-100 upperclassmen (No. 58) by Top Drawer Soccer…Totaled 1,780 minutes on the pitch, third most on team.
Rankings: Was Big Ten leader with eight total assists, a mark that finished 32nd nationally…Averaged 0.38 assists per game, third best in Big Ten and 86th in nation…Finished fourth in league and 49th nationally with three game-winning goals.
Syracuse (8/29): Notched two assists in 3-0 route of the Orange for first multi-assist game of the season. American (9/6): Had his second two-assist game of the year in comeback victory against the Eagles. Northwestern (9/17): Took season-high six shots…Controlled midfield in Nittany Lions’ second-half comeback for first conference win. at Akron (10/13): Assisted Dax Hoffman’s first career goal in near comeback against the Zips. at Ohio State (10/22): Recorded assist via corner kick on Andrew Privett’s goal as comeback attempt fell just short in second consecutive game. No. 7 Maryland (10/26): Scored game-tying goal and assisted on overtime game-winner in Nittany Lions’ come-from-behind win over the Terps…Started streak of five goals in five games to keep Penn State in regular season title hunt and into Big Ten Tournament run. at Wisconsin (10/31): Scored two spectacular goals en route to 2-0 victory in Madison and the 2021 Big Ten Regular Season title…Had second goal that was bender to back post end up as No. 7 on ESPN SportsCenter Top 10 plays. Michigan (11/10): Scored another special goal, the eventual game-winner, off a set piece to put Penn State up early in the first half of Big Ten Tournament semifinal match…Led Nittany Lions to second-straight Big Ten Tournament championship game for first time since 2010-11. No. 17 Indiana (11/14): Scored game-opening goal for second-straight eventual game-winner…Assisted on third insurance goal in Penn State’s 3-0 rout of Hoosiers to lead Nittany Lions to first Big Ten Tournament championship trophy since 2005…Was named Offensive Player of the Tournament for after recording five points in three games.
2020-21 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned second-team All-Big Ten honors...Garnered second-team All-North Region accolades from United Soccer Coaches...Named United Soccer Coaches Second Team Scholar All-American...Named to United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Team...Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors... Big Ten Distinguished Scholar.
Season: Played and started all 13 games as leader of central midfield...Scored career-high two goals...Added four assists for eight total points...Considered an honorable mention on Top Drawer Soccer’s Team of the Week after the opening week of play (2/15-21)...Totaled 1,169 minutes on the pitch, second-highest total on team.
Rutgers (3/15): Scored first goal of season on free kick right outside the top of the 18...Added assist on Pierre Reedy’s eventual game-winning goal for single-game career-high three points...Took season-high five shots. Ohio State (3/23): Had assist on Peter Mangione’s game-winning goal...Contributed to Nittany Lions’ second-straight shutout. Michigan (4/14): Recorded one assist on fourth goal of game in the final minutes...Had two shots, both on goal. at Indiana (4/17): Registered assist on Liam Butts’ game-tying goal in the second half to force overtime in Big Ten Tournament championship game...Totaled three shots. vs. UMass (5/2): Scored insurance goal for Nittany Lions in first half of second round action...Recorded first NCAA Tournment points of career.
2019 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Season: Played in all 19 games with 18 starts in midfield…Scored first career goal against Villanova (9/13)…Added five assists, second most on team, for seven total points…Had one multi-assist game…Totaled 1,333 minutes on the pitch.
No. 5 Stanford (8/30): Made Penn State debut. at Stetson (9/8): Tallied first assist of season…Contributed to Nittany Lions’ first shutout of season. Villanova (9/13): Scored first career goal…Had first career game-winning goal in 1-0 shutout…Recorded season-high three shots. at Ohio State (9/21): Had the assist on Liam Butts’ game-winning goal in overtime…Took two shots. Northwestern (10/12): Matched season high with three shots. at Rutgers (11/3): Took the corner kick in overtime that led to Christian Sload’s game-winning goal in the regular-season finale…Matched season high with three shots. Wisconsin (11/10): Recorded season-high two assists in Big Ten Tournament quarterfinal game…Was first-career multi-assist game. No. 21 Providence (11/24): Made second career NCAA Tournament appearance (first with Duke – 2018).
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
2018 • DUKE
Spent rookie season at Duke...Helped Blue Devils to a 11-7-2 record and NCAA Sweet Sixteen appearance…Made seven starts and played in all 18 matches…Had two assists...Named to Top Drawer Soccer’s 2018 Preseason Freshman Team.
PRIOR TO COLLEGE
Played three seasons with the PA Classics and four seasons with Philadelphia Union Academy under Jeff Cook…Attended YSC Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
PERSONAL
Son of Ted and Jill Kuhn…Has two brothers, Austin and Ben, and two sisters, Cassidy and Grace…Mother, Jill, played field hockey at Mount St. Mary’s…Brother, Austin, played soccer at Penn (2014-17)…Sister, Cassidy, runs cross country at the University of San Diego (2016-20)…Majoring in communication arts and sciences.