Getenet Tuji

Height:
5-10
Weight:
165
Position:
F
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
St. Paul, Minn.
High School:
Central

2016: Made 11 appearances with a pair of starts … Earned starting nods at Indiana (Sept. 18) and Penn State (Oct. 30) … Recorded seven shots on the season, including five that were on net … Had a .714 shots on goal percentage … Played a season-long 36 minutes against Penn State (Oct. 30).

2015: Made 17 appearances including four starts and one goal ... Played 17 minutes off the bench in season opener against Colgate ... Started against Ohio State and took 4 shots in 54 minutes of action ... Scored his first goal of the season in overtime in the 2-1 win over Maryland ... Recorded a shot on goal in 69 minutes of action against Michigan State ... Started consecutive games against Loyola and Penn State.

2014: Appeared in five games during sophomore season ... Saw action against Quinnipiac, Hofstra, Cal State Fullerton, Michigan and DePaul.

2013: Sidelined for most of the season due to injury ... played in one game for NU vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (9/22).

High School: Three-year letterwinner ... Team captain as a junior... Two-time Minnesota First-Team All-State ... Two-time best player of the year ... ESPN Rise 40 best players in Minnesota ... Team MVP as a junior ... Led Central to two-straight conference titles ... Notched 56 goals and 30 assists over the first three years of high school ... National Honor Society Member ... Club/ODP:First Wildcat to hail from Minnesota in over a decade ... Three-year member of Minnesota Thunder Academy ... Has played in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy with Minnesota Thunder Academy since 2011 ... Led Minnesota Thunder Academy to Region II Championship and National Championships in Phoenix in 2011.

Personal:Born Getenet Tuji Worku ... Son of Tuji and Ferehiwot Asfaw ... Has younger sister, Feven ... Chose Northwestern over Stanford, Wake Forest, Wisconsin, and Cornell... Majoring in Biological Sciences.