Joseph Luther '26 Recruiting Profile

I started playing soccer very young after my dad introduced me to the game. Soccer quickly became one of my favorite activities and something I invested a lot of time into. A couple of years after I began playing, I met a freestyle juggler from Iran named Yasin and started taking lessons from him. Yasin taught me how to juggle, advanced dribbling moves and routines, and helped me learn to use both of my feet. I've continued to juggle, work on my first touch, and learn different freestyle tricks to advance my skill and learn to do more with the ball. I got into club soccer soon after and was so excited to play that I could barely sit still off the field.

When everything shut down because of COVID, it was a very uncertain time, and there wasn't much soccer to play. Luckily, just before the shutdown, I was introduced to an app called Techne. It is an app that gives activities to the player and keeps track of how much time you have worked on your skills. Another feature tracks how many days in a row you have done at least 10 minutes or more daily. When I started using it regularly, I lost a 60-day streak because I had forgotten about it one day. I was very upset with myself and remembered that feeling when restarting my streak and continuing to train on my own during quarantine. This time with the app increased my technical skills significantly, and I found myself confident on the ball in situations I would have never been before. I recently passed day 1500 on the streak from when I started. The streak helps to motivate me to work on my skills, and I take pride in continuing to work with the app each day and getting better.

This year, I was the starting 10 for my varsity team for my high school, Bloomington High School North in Indiana. I was named 1st team all-conference, honorable all-district, and team MVP for the fall of 2023 with 18 goals and 5 assists on the season. I have made Indiana's state 2007 ODP team from 2019-2023. I currently play for the 2007 Alliance Fire FC in Bloomington, Indiana. I was the leading goal contributor for 2024 as we won the Great Lakes Premier 1 division and qualified for the USYS Midwest Regionals. Reaching the professional levels of the game has been a dream of mine from a young age. The best way to get where I aspire is to play collegiate soccer to continue learning and growing.

I have maintained over a 4.0 GPA in high school this year through all my classes, which include multiple AP and honors-level courses. My current GPA is 4.36. I enjoy science, computers, math, and Latin right now, and I want to pursue higher education in one of those subjects.