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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Weight:
- 156
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- Hometown:
- Chicago, Ill.
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- Position:
- D
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Brother Rice
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- g
- 0
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- a
- 2
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- pts
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- gw
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Bio
Career Highs
Assists - 1, multiple times
Points - 1, multiple times
Shots - 3 vs. Monmouth, September 10, 2025
Sophomore (2025): Appeared in 19 matches and made 13 starts … Recorded 2 assists and 9 shots, putting 3 on goal (.333 SOG%) … Earned assists against Kuyper on Aug. 29 and at Blackburn on Oct. 18 … Posted a career-high 3 shots on Sep. 10 against Monmouth.
Freshman (2024): Appeared in 8 games and started 1 in his first season as a Red Devil … Made his first career start on Oct. 2 at Webster.
Brother Rice High School: Led the Crusaders to a Chicago Catholic League Championship, Regional Championship, and Sectional Championship … Chicago Catholic League All-Conference selection … Two-time Chicago Catholic League Academic All-Conference selection … Member of National Honors Society.
Personal: The son of Jesus Zuniga and Zaira Lopez, Jovani was born on November 1, 2005, in Chicago, Illinois … Has one sibling, Zaira … Majoring in Accounting and Criminology.
Player Profile
| Overall | Conf | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games | 19 | 8 | ||
| Games started | 13 | 7 | ||
| Goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Assists | 2 | 1 | ||
| Points | 2 | 1 | ||
| Shots | 9 | 3 | ||
| Shot Pct | .000 | .000 | ||
| Penalty kicks | 0-0 | 0-0 | ||
| Game-winning goals | 0 | 0 | ||
| Date | Opponent | Score | gs | g | a | pts | sh | pct | pk | gw |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17 | Illinois Valley CC | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Aug 20 | Augustana (Ill.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Aug 29 | Kuyper | W, 14-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Aug 31 | at Benedictine (Ill.) | L, 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 6 | Franklin | W, 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 7 | Grinnell | L, 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 10 | Monmouth (Ill.) | L, 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 13 | Concordia Chicago | W, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | Maranatha Baptist | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 18 | Grace Christian (Mich.) | T, 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 21 | at Ripon | L, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 24 | Ill. Wesleyan | L, 3-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Sep 28 | Westminster (MO) | T, 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 1 | Webster | L, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 4 | at Principia | L, 5-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 9 | Lyon | L, 4-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | Spalding | W, 4-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 15 | at Greenville | L, 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 18 | at Blackburn | W, 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0-0 | 0 |
| Oct 21 | at Lawrence | T, 2-2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Oct 26 | at MUW | W, 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Nov 1 | at Lyon | L, 3-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 |
Splits Stats - Game
| gp | gs | gpg | a/g | pts/g | sh/g | sh% | sog/g | sog% | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 19 | 13 | .00 | .11 | .11 | .47 | .000 | .16 | .333 |
| Conference | 8 | 7 | .00 | .13 | .13 | .38 | .000 | .13 | .333 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Location | Home | 12 | 8 | .00 | .08 | .08 | .50 | .000 | .17 | .333 |
| Away | 7 | 5 | .00 | .14 | .14 | .43 | .000 | .14 | .333 | |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Result | Wins | 7 | 5 | .00 | .29 | .29 | .29 | .000 | .29 | 1.000 |
| Losses | 10 | 6 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .60 | .000 | .10 | .167 | |
| Month | August | 2 | 0 | .00 | .50 | .50 | .00 | - | .00 | - |
| September | 9 | 6 | .00 | .00 | .00 | .56 | .000 | .22 | .400 | |
| October | 7 | 6 | .00 | .14 | .14 | .43 | .000 | .14 | .333 | |
| November | 1 | 1 | .00 | .00 | .00 | 1.00 | .000 | .00 | .000 |
Splits Stats - Season
| gp | gs | g | a | pts | sh | sh% | sog | sog% | yc | rc | pk | gw | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | Total | 19 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 | .000 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Conference | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | - | |
| Location | Home | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | .000 | 2 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Away | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Neutral | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | - | |
| Result | Wins | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| Losses | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .000 | 1 | .167 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| Month | August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
| September | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .000 | 2 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| October | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .000 | 1 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | |
| November | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 |
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