Marshall University Athletics
2023 Men's Soccer Roster
Roster
Taimu Okiyoshi
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- 160
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kobe, Japan
- High School:
- Kobe Koryo
2023 (Senior)
United Soccer Coaches Third-Team All-American
United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-Southeast Region
All-Sun Belt Conference Second-Team
Played and started in all 21 of Marshall’s matches, seeing a team-high 1,743 minutes on the pitch as a captain…played a full 90 minutes in 11 matches…tallied his lone goal of the season at James Madison (Sept. 16)…registered an assist in the 2023 SBC Championship against WVU (Nov. 12) and another against California Baptist (Nov. 19) in the second round of the 2023 NCAA Tournament…fired 12 shots, including four on goal.
2022 (Junior)
Appeared in all 19 of the Herd’s matches, making 18 starts…registered five points on a pair of goals and an assist…tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-1 win over Robert Morris (Oct. 4)…scored his second goal of the season in a 6-1 victory against Georgia Southern (Oct. 23).
Prior to Marshall: Attended Salt Lake Community College from 2020-22 for Coach Mark Davis….won NJCAA National Title in 2021…United Soccer Coaches All-American in 2021
Personal: Born Sep. 5, 2001, from Kobe, Japan…son of Toshima Okiyoshi…Plans to major in Health Sciences… Marshall because, “The soccer style and level.”
