Eric Axtman

Position:
Goalkeeper
Height:
6-1
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Harrisburg, Penn.
Prev School:
Lafayette University

All-Patriot League Second Team (2025)
Patriot League Tournament MVP (2025)

2025 (LAFAYETTE COLLEGE): Named to the All-Patriot League Second Team…honored as the Patriot League Tournament MVP…played all 110 minutes in the Patriot League Championship win against Lehigh (11/15), making five saves and two overtime penalty kick saves…made 21 starts in goal for the Leopards, tallying 1,912 minutes…made 71 saves and held a 76.3 save percentage…tallied the second most clean sheets in the Patriot League (8)…collected Patriot League Men’s Soccer Goalkeeper of the Week honors after registering a shutout against American (10/4)…named to the 2025-26 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll, the CSC Academic All-District Team, and the Academic All-Patriot League Team.

2024 (LAFAYETTE COLLEGE): Made five starts in goal for a total of 450 minutes…made 17 saves and held a 64.4 save percentage…played full 90 minutes in four wins…named to the 2024-25 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2023 (LAFAYETTE COLLEGE): Played and started in six games…posted a 1.50 goals-against average…made 20 saves with a .690 save percentage…named to the 2023-24 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

2022 (LAFAYETTE COLLEGE): Did not see any action...named to the 2022-23 Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

HIGH SCHOOL: Attended Central Dauphin High School in Pennsylvania…four-year starter in goal…starting 71 total games, recording 33 clean sheets and a career 0.83 goals-against average

PERSONAL: Nicknamed “Rock” … parents are Greg and Sarah Axtman… has two brothers, August and John, and a sister named Courtney… likes to snowboard, read, and cook…is the youngest of 14 cousins…made Dean’s List Honors from 2022-26.
Comes from a large family of athletes; cousin Matt Bykowski was a football QB for Minnesota State from 2000-04…cousin Carter Bykowski was an offensive lineman at Iowa State University and played for the San Francisco 49ers, Minnesota Vikings, and Atlanta Falcons…cousin Nolan Burchill was a pitcher for Minnesota baseball from 2016-21…cousin Max Burchill was a shooting guard on the University of South Dakota basketball team from 2020-25…brother August Axtman played center back for King’s College Soccer from 2016-20, and Lacrosse in 2020…brother John Axtman played soccer at Saint Joseph’s University from 2020-24…Axtman’s parents, Greg and Sarah, never played competitive soccer.