2021: 2021 All-PacWest Second Team …
2021-22 Academic All-PacWest Team … 2021 PacWest Player of the Week on
Nov. 8 … One of five Urban Knights to appear and start all 15 games in 2021, logging the second-most minutes on the team with 1,372 minutes played … Ended the campaign with seven goals and one assist for 15 points … The seven goals scored and 15 points are both single-season career bests … For a single season, the seven goals are tied for third-most in program history while the points are tied for fourth-most … Averaged 1.0 point per game, the first Urban Knight to do so since Kristof Urbanyi in 2014 … His third goal of the season was the 17th goal and 39th point of his career, both of which were new ART U program records … Is the only 20+ goal and 40+ point scorer in ART U history, ending his career with 21 goals and 47 points … Was 4-for-4 (1.000) in penalty kick opportunities, with the last making him the ART U leader in penalty kick goals in program history with a total of six (all of which came consecutively dating back to last season; 6-for-7 in total career) … Four penalty kick goals are the single-season most in program history … Tallied two game-winning goals, giving him five in his career which is third-most in ART U history … Totaled 41 shots, 23 of which were on goal (.561), placing Cekala first on ART U in both categories (tied in shots) … The 41 shots are tied for the fourth-most in a single ART U season with an average of 2.73 per game, also tied for fifth … The 23 shots on goal are tied for the third-most, and are the most since his 29 in 2018 ... PacWest rankings: Goals – T-2nd (7) ... Shots on goal – T-2nd (1.53) ... Shots – T-4th (2.73) … Season highs: Minutes – 110 (9/22 at HNU) … Goals – 2 (11/4 vs. CUH) … Assists – 1 (9/5 at PUC) … Points – 4 (11/4 vs. CUH) … Shots – 6 (11/4 vs. CUH) … Shots on goal – 4 (11/4 vs. CUH)
2020-21: 2020-21 All-PacWest Northern California Team …
2020-21 Academic All-PacWest … Two-time PacWest Northern California Player of the Week (
Feb. 8,
Mar. 1) … Appeared and started in all six matches during the COVID-19 shortened season, totaling 475 minutes, the seventh-most on ART U … Recorded six goals and two assists for 14 points … The assists and points are career-highs in a single season, while the goals tie his career-best mark set in 2018 … Totaled 17 shots, 12 of which were on goal (.706), both of which were the most on ART U … Registered three game-winning goals, with the first of his career coming on 2/3/21 vs FPU nine minutes into overtime for the golden-goal victory … Recorded a hat trick, the first of his career, and one assist for a total of seven points against HNU (2/26/21), the second-most points scored by an Urban Knight in a single match in ART U history … Was 2-for-2 in penalty kick opportunities (first: 2/3/21 vs FPU; last: 2/26/21 vs HNU) … PacWest rankings: Goals – 2nd (6) … Assists – T-3rd (2) … Points – 2nd (14) … Game-winning goals – 1st (3) … Shots – 6th (2.83/game) … Shots on goal – 1st (2.00/game) … Season highs: Minutes – 99 (2/3/21 vs FPU) … Goals – three (2/26/21 vs HNU) … Assists – one (twice; last: 2/26/21 vs HNU) … Points – seven (2/26/21 vs HNU) … Shots – six (2/26/21 vs HNU) … Shots on goal – four (2/26/21 vs HNU).
2019: Appeared in 17 matches, starting in 16, totaling 1,520 minutes … scored two goals and tallied one assist for five points … recorded 26 shots with 12 on goal.
2018: Appeared in 18 matches including 17 starts... led the team with 13 points on team leading six goals and one assist... had two multi-goal matches against Notre Dame de Namur (
Oct. 10) and Holy Names (
Oct. 16).
Previous Experience: Cekala joins the Urban Knights as a redshirt sophomore transfer from McKendree University, a Division II university in Lebanon, Illinois ... after redshirting his freshman year, Cekala played in 15 games in 2017 while starting in six and took 16 shots (three on goal) ... originally from Lubeck, Germany, he has competed for multiple club teams including: VFB Lubeck, U15 Bundesliga, and Regionalliga ... attended Carl-Jacob-Burckhardt Gymnasium and graduated in 2016.
Personal: Adrian Cekala was born in Germany ... his mother is Barbara Cekala and his father, who played soccer professionally in Poland, is Waldemar Cekala ... favorite professional team is FC Barcelona ... favorite movies are Harry Potter and Fast and the Furious ... favorite food is chicken curry ... Advertising major.
