Artur Jozkowicz

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Class: Senior Hometown: Krakow, Poland High School: Santa Monica HS

Height / Weight: 5-9 / 160 Position: F/MF Experience: 3V

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Briefly...
Artur Jozkowicz enters his fourth season with the Lions... 2010 Second Team All-WCC... LMU Male Most Improved Athlete of the Year in 2010-11... dynamic playmaker and terrific passer... incredible pace and strength... incumbent starter at central attacking midfield... 2008 WCC All-Freshman Team... competed for Chivas USA Under-20 team that reached finals of Super-20 League in summer 2009...

At LMU...
2010...
Second Team All-WCC... WCC co-Player of the Month (Sept.)... #8 on TopDrawerSoccer.com WCC Players to Watch List... College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 10)... LMU Male Most Improved Athlete of the Year award recipient... started all 20 matches... led LMU with seven goals and 18 points... supplied four assists... attempted 32 shots, putting 17 on target... SOG% of .531 was highest among LMU players who attempted 15 or more shots... registered three game-winning-goals... LMU posted record of 7-1-1 when he registered at least one point... scored game-winning-goals in season's first two matches, in overtime vs. San Diego State (Sept. 1) and vs. Cal State Northridge (Sept. 5)... had two goals in 4-1 win at Cal Poly (Sept. 23)... scored game-winning goal and had an assist vs. Gonzaga (Oct. 8)... also scored in win over Portland (Oct. 10) and vs. Santa Clara (Oct. 31)... had assists in back-to-back wins at Portland (Nov. 5) and at Gonzaga (Nov. 7) and in tie at Santa Clara (Oct. 15)...

2009...
played in all 21 matches, starting 20... second on the team with four assists to go along with one goal for six points... took 18 shots, hitting the target with seven... his one goal was the game-winner against Gonzaga (Nov. 6)... assisted on lone goals in 1-0 wins over San Jose State (Sept. 11) and UC Riverside (Sept. 24)... also dished assists at San Francisco (Nov. 1) and at Santa Clara (Nov. 13)...

2008...
WCC All-Freshman Team... played in 19 games, making 11 starts... was third on the team with eight points from three goals and two assists... took 21 shots, nine on target... scored the game-winning goal vs. Portland (Oct. 10)... notched first career goal vs. #8 Saint Louis (Aug. 31)... also scored vs. Cal State Bakersfield (Oct. 2)... registered assists in back-to-back games vs. Santa Clara (Nov. 14) and San Francisco (Oct. 16)...

High School...
A 2008 graduate of Santa Monica High School... four-year letterwinner under coach Jimmy Chapman... led SMHS to #1 national ranking as a senior and Ocean League titles in 2007 and 2008... CIF Division IV Offensive Player of the Year... named Ocean League Offensive Player of the Year his senior season... three-time all-league selection...

Personal...
Artur Jerzy Jozkowicz was born on July 12, 1989 in Krakow, Poland... parents are Marta and Tadeusz Jozkowicz... has an older brother, Marcin, and a younger sister, Victoria... nickname is "Atar"... chose LMU because it was the first school to recruit him and he wanted to stay loyal... also considered attending Santa Clara and UCLA... competed against current LMU teammate Tyler Krumpe in high school... majoring in European studies...