Jake Vana

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Position:
Midfield
Height:
6-1
Weight:
200
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Boxford, Mass.
High School:
St. John's Prep

At Princeton
2026
Has 20 goals and one assist ... second Princeton second-line midfielder ever to reach 20 goals (Jake Stevens was the other) ... has seven multiple goal games ... tied career-high with three goals against Duke in NCAA semifinal game ... also had three goals against Yale in regular season game ... had four straight two-goal games (against Brown, Lehigh, Vermont, Penn) ... has scored Princeton’s first goal in last two NCAA games

2025
played in nine games ... had first career point with an assist against Maryland ... also had a goal against Brown

At St. John’s Preparatory School
Three-sport varsity athlete and captain in lacrosse, hockey, and soccer. Member of seven state championship teams across all three sports. Recipient of the Boston Globe Richard J. Phelps Scholar-Athlete Award, Will McDonough MIAA Male Athlete of the Year, and multiple local and conference honors for athletic achievement and sportsmanship.

Personal
Son of Becky Blaeser Vana (soccer at Harvard) and Frank Vana (hockey and golf at West Point and Assumption University). Sister Molly plays soccer, track, and lacrosse at Governors Academy. Uncle Bart Blaeser played hockey at Princeton class of 1990.”