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Central Washington University Athletics

2021 Football Roster

Jacob Thompson
Jacob Thompson

31 Van Soderberg

  • Position Kicker
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 190
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown Olympia, Wash.
  • Highschool Capital

Biography

2021: Served as CWU’s punter in 10 of 11 games … averaged 35.1 yards per punt with a long of 53 yards against Midwestern State … punted 34 times and had 8 punts downed inside the 20-yard line … split time handling kickoffs with Patrick Hegarty … punted a season-high 7 times against Angelo State.

2020: Played in CWU’s only game of the season at Montana … punted 8 times for 321 yards, averaging 40.1 yards per punt … was perfect on his only field goal attempt, from 37 yards.
 
Before CWU: Spent four seasons at the University of Washington in Seattle, Wash. … Did not see any game action during 2019 or 2018 seasons … appeared in 6 games as a redshirt freshman in 2017, mostly handling kickoff duties … was 1 of 3 on field goal attempts, making a 23-yarder against Cal … also made four PATs against the Bears, accounting for 7 points in a 38-7 victory … named to the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll in 2019, and Academic All-Pac 12 First Team in 2017.
 
High School: 2016 graduate of Capital High School in Olympia, Wash. … graduated early in order to join the UW football team for the Spring 2016 semester … named to the Olympian newspaper's all-area first team as a senior punter ... averaged 39 yards per attempt and also went 10-for-10 on field goals as a senior ... first-team All-Narrows League 4A at both kicker and punter ... named to the All-USA Western Washington first team at kicker ... helped the Cougars to a 7-4 record ... as a junior, earned second-team 3A all-state as the placekicker ... team made the first round of the 3A state playoffs in his sophomore season, 2013 ... played on the varsity as a freshman in 2012, when the Cougars finished 11-3 and made it to the 3A state semifinals ... named to the Tacoma News Tribune "Western 100" ... rated the No. 9 punter in the country by scout.com ... named to the PrepStar All-West Region team ... ranked the No. 19 placekicker in the nation and the No. 13 prospect in Washington by ESPN ... 247sports.com's No. 14 placekicker recruit ... also played on the soccer team at Capital ... played football for coach John Johnson.
 
Personal: Son of Jeffrey Soderberg and Sophia Barashkoff … born March 24 … majoring in Russian studies.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 96

    2020Senior

    Kicker
    6'0" 190 lbs
    96
  • 31

    2021Redshirt Senior

    Kicker
    6'0" 190 lbs
    31