Northeastern State University Athletics

NORTHEASTERN STATE – A three-year letterwinner . . . has competed in 54 career matches with 30 starts . . . named a 2012 Daktronics All-American Honorable Mention . . . owns 28 career goals and seven assists for 63 points . . . enters his senior season tied for fourth in school history in career goals scored and is solo seventh in career points . . . is a two-time first team all-region honoree (2012 Daktronics All-Central, 2012 NSCAA All-Central) and a one-time second team all-region honoree (2013 Daktronics All-Central) . . . is a two-time member of the All-MIAA First Team (2012-13) . . . owns one career hat trick, which came against Harding (Nov. 1, 2013) . . . led the MIAA in scoring sophomore year, was 11th in the country in total goals and 18th in total points (15g-3a=33p) . . . the 15 goals were tied for the sixth most in a single season in school history . . . has eight career game-winning goals and four career penalty kick goals . . . career-high for minutes played in a single game was 102 against Fort Hays State (Oct. 18, 2012) . . . career high for assists in a single game is two against the Tigers (Nov. 7, 2013) . . . has been awarded the MIAA Athlete of the Week honor twice (Oct. 2, 2012 and Nov. 5, 2013) . . . is a two-time member of the MIAA Academic Honor Roll (2012-13).
 
Junior (2013) – Played in 15 matches with 12 starting assignments . . . landed on the Daktronics All-Central Region Second Team and the All-MIAA First Team . . . led NSU in goals and points (9g-4a=22p) . . . finished second in the MIAA in points per game (1.47) and goals per game (0.60), while finishing fourth in the league in total points and total goals . . . registered his first-career hat trick against Harding (Nov. 1), which included the game-winning goal . . . scored twice against Oklahoma Christian (Sept. 17), which also included a game winner . . . made penalty kicks in back-to-back games against Southwest Baptist (Oct. 19) and Southern Nazarene (Oct. 21) . . . played a season-high 92 minutes against Fort Hays State (Oct. 24) and also registered a season-best two assists against the Tigers (Nov. 7) . . . named the MIAA Athlete of the Week on Nov. 5 . . . landed on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Sophomore (2012) – Participated in all 21 matches with 16 starts . . . finished the season with team and conference highs in both goals and points (15g-3a=33p) . . . earned a spot on the Daktronics All-American Honorable Mention team . . . named to the All-MIAA First Team, the Daktronics All-Central Region First Team and the NSCAA All-Central Region First Team . . . finished 11th in the nation in total goals and 18th in the NCAA in total points . . . had a stretch where he scored two goals in three of four matches . . . posted three game-winning markers . . . career-best five-point performance (2g-1a=5p) came against Truman State (Sept. 28) . . . had at least one point in 12 matches . . . played a season-high 102 minutes against Fort Hays State (Oct. 18) . . . named the MIAA Athlete of the Week on Oct. 2 . . . named to the MIAA Academic Honor Roll.
 
Freshman (2011) – Played in 18 matches and started twice . . . finished second on the team in goals and tied for third in points (4g-0a=8p) . . . three of his four goals were game-winners . . . made his lone PK attempt of the season, which was also his first-career goal against Ouachita Baptist (Sept. 5).
 
High School – Was an all-state performer at East Central HS . . . named all-district junior and senior years and was all-conference three times . . . team captain senior year and team MVP junior and senior years . . . a member of the National Honor Society as a senior . . . named the team’s Freshman of the Year.
 
Personal – Majoring in business with an emphasis in accounting . . . son of Catalino and Nora Peralta . . . born Nov. 19, 1992.