55 Brayton Strawkas
Brayton Strawkas
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    180
  • Hometown:
    Buffalo, Ill.
  • Position:
    GK
  • Year:
    Sr.
  • High School:
    Tri-City
  • gp
    2
  • gs
    0
  • min
    14:19
  • ga
    2
  • gaa
    12.57
  • sv
    0

Bio

Career Records and Milestones

  • Lowest goals against average in program history (2.08)
  • Ranks second in program history in save percentage (.734)
  • Ranks fourth in program history with 2,119 goalkeeper minutes played
  • Ranks third in program history with 5 goalkeeper wins.
  • Ranks fifth in program history with 28 goalkeeper appearances
  • Ranks fifth in program history in saves with 135

Career Highs
Saves - 14 at Greenville, October 26, 2022
Save Percentage - 1.000, multiple times

Senior (2025): Appeared in 2 matches as a goalkeeper, logging 15 minutes of action against Webster on Oct. 1 and Spalding on Oct. 11 … Allowed 1 goal … Closed his Red Devil career with 38 appearances, including 32 starts, and 180 career saves.

Junior (2024): Appeared in and started 8 matches as a goalkeeper for the Red Devils … Recorded 45 saves on the season while allowing 17 goals … Finished the season with 1 shutout and a goals against average of 2.17.

Sophomore (2023): Appeared in 9 matches and started 5 as a goalkeeper for the Red Devils … Recorded 22 saves on the season while allowing 13 goals … Finished the season with 1 shutout and a goals against average of 2.91.

Freshman (2022): Started all 19 matches in goal in his first season as a Red Devil, recording 113 saves and four shutouts on the year … Set the program record for goalkeeper minutes played in a single season (1,716) … Tied the program record for goalkeeper appearance in a season (19) … Became one of only five Red Devils goalkeepers to record four wins or more in season … Recorded the second-lowest goals against average in a single season in program history (1.89) … Recorded the third-highest save percentage in program history (.758) … Recorded the seventh-most saves in a single season in program history (113).

Riverton High School: Received All-Sangamo Honorable Mention, helped the Hawknadoes win two regional titles in four years and averaged 4.1 saves per game in an 11-7-2 season for Riverton/Tri-City … Was also an Honors Student.

Personal: The son of Joe and Shanda Strawkas, Brayton was born on Jan. 28, 2004 in Springfield, Illinois … Has one sibling, Kasey … Majoring in athletic training.

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 11 Spalding W, 4-1
Oct 15 at Greenville L, 2-0
Oct 18 at Blackburn W, 1-0
Oct 21 at Lawrence T, 2-2
Oct 26 at MUW W, 2-1
Nov 1 at Lyon L, 3-1
  Overall Conf
Games played 2 2
Games started 0 0
Minutes 14:19 14:19
Goals against 2 2
Goals-against average 12.57 12.57
Saves 0 0
Save pct .000 .000
Wins 0 0
Losses 0 0
Ties 0 0
Shutouts 0/0 0/0
Date Opponent Score gs min ga gaa sv sv%
Aug 17 Illinois Valley CC   - - - - - -
Aug 20 Augustana (Ill.)   - - - - - -
Aug 29 Kuyper W, 14-0 - - - - - -
Aug 31 at Benedictine (Ill.) L, 2-1 - - - - - -
Sep 6 Franklin W, 4-3 - - - - - -
Sep 7 Grinnell L, 2-1 - - - - - -
Sep 10 Monmouth (Ill.) L, 2-1 - - - - - -
Sep 13 Concordia Chicago W, 3-0 - - - - - -
Sep 16 Maranatha Baptist W, 2-1 - - - - - -
Sep 18 Grace Christian (Mich.) T, 0-0 - - - - - -
Sep 21 at Ripon L, 2-1 - - - - - -
Sep 24 Ill. Wesleyan L, 3-0 - - - - - -
Sep 28 Westminster (MO) T, 0-0 - - - - - -
Oct 1 Webster L, 4-0 0 4:48 1 18.75 0 .000
Oct 4 at Principia L, 5-0 - - - - - -
Oct 9 Lyon L, 4-0 - - - - - -
Oct 11 Spalding W, 4-1 0 9:31 1 9.46 0 .000
Oct 15 at Greenville L, 2-0 - - - - - -
Oct 18 at Blackburn W, 1-0 - - - - - -
Oct 21 at Lawrence T, 2-2 - - - - - -
Oct 26 at MUW W, 2-1 - - - - - -
Nov 1 at Lyon L, 3-1 - - - - - -

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs min/g ga/g gaa sv/g sv%
2022-23 19 19 90:21 1.89 1.89 5.95 .758
2023-24 9 5 44:42 1.44 2.91 2.44 .629
2024-25 8 8 88:09 2.13 2.17 5.63 .726
2025-26 2 0 7:10 1.00 12.57 .00 .000
Total 38 32 74:42 1.79 2.16 4.74 .726

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% wins losses ties shutouts
2022-23 19 19 1716:44 36 1.89 113 .758 4 10 4 4/0
2023-24 9 5 402:16 13 2.91 22 .629 1 2 1 1/0
2024-25 8 8 705:11 17 2.17 45 .726 1 5 2 1/0
2025-26 2 0 14:19 2 12.57 0 .000 0 0 0 0/0
Total 38 32 2838:30 68 2.16 180 .726 6 17 7 6/0

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs min/g ga/g gaa sv/g sv%
Event Total 2 0 7:10 1.00 12.57 .00 .000
Conference 2 0 7:10 1.00 12.57 .00 .000
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - -
Location Home 2 0 7:10 1.00 12.57 .00 .000
Away - - 0:00 - - - -
Neutral - - 0:00 - - - -
Result Wins 1 0 9:31 1.00 9.46 .00 .000
Losses 1 0 4:48 1.00 18.75 .00 .000
Month October 2 0 7:10 1.00 12.57 .00 .000

Splits Stats - Season

    gp gs min ga gaa sv sv% wins losses ties shutouts
Event Total 2 0 14:19 2 12.57 0 .000 0 0 0 0/0
Conference 2 0 14:19 2 12.57 0 .000 0 0 0 0/0
Exhibition - - 0:00 - - - - 0 0 0 0/0
Location Home 2 0 14:19 2 12.57 0 .000 0 0 0 0/0
Away - - 0:00 - - - - 0 0 0 0/0
Neutral - - 0:00 - - - - 0 0 0 0/0
Result Wins 1 0 9:31 1 9.46 0 .000 0 0 0 0/0
Losses 1 0 4:48 1 18.75 0 .000 0 0 0 0/0
Month October 2 0 14:19 2 12.57 0 .000 0 0 0 0/0

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