Daniel Ittycheria

Daniel Ittycheria vs Cornell Ivy Final 2025

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC

Position:
Forward
Height:
6-2
Weight:
170
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Warren, N.J.
High School:
Pingry

2025: Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year ... Named First Team All-Ivy by unanimous selection ... Appeared in and started 16 games, missing three due to injury ... Led the Ivy League in goals with nine and shots with 3.75 per game ... Recorded three assists for a team-best 21 points ... Scored four game-winners including in key games against Harvard and Columbia ... Helped the Tigers go 7-0 to win the Ivy League Championship with zero goals allowed for a league first ... Scored in the Ivy League Tournament semifinal to help Princeton advance and win its second-consecutive ILT Championship, marking the first time a team has won both the Ivy Championship and the tournament in the same season ... Finishes career with 28 goals for 9th in program history ... tallied 64 career points which ranks 12th in program history ... Scored in five consecutive games which ties for fifth in program history ... Led Princeton to a historic season that saw the Tigers tally several program records including most wins (15), most shutouts (13), highest ranking (No. 3), and highest NCAA Tournament seed in the Ivy League (No. 3) ... United Soccer Coaches All-Region Honoree ... Ivy Offensive Player of the Week (10/13).

2024: Appeared in all 19 games, making a start in 18 … Played a total of 1438 minutes … Led the team in scoring with 9 goals … Recorded one assist … Led the Tigers in shots and shots on goal, with 70 and 30 respectively … Ranked third in the Ivy league in goals and second in both shots and game-winners … Scored four game-winners, including at St. John’s (9/10), against Harvard (9/28), against Seton Hall (10/29) … Scored a brace, including a clutch game-winner, against Cornell in the Ivy League Tournament semifinal, handing Princeton the 2OT victory from behind, 3-2 … Went on to score against Penn in the Ivy League Tournament final, helping Princeton win its first Ivy tournament championship in program history … Named to Second-Team All-Ivy … Named Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player … Selected by D.C. United in MLS Superdraft in the second round with the 40th pick overall.

2023: Appeared in 15 matches, making 14 starts ... Played a total of 990 minutes ... Accrued a total 19 points ... Scored 9 goals and added one assist ... Had a brace in win over St. John's (9/19) ... Stated another brace in 4-0 win against Columbia (10/7), earning him Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week honors... Was one of four different goal scorers in convincing 4-1 win over Monmouth (9/26) ... Finished the season as the standalone, leading goal scorer for the Tigers and second-highest goal scorer in the Ivy League ... Was awarded an Ivy League First Team All-Ivy nod

2022: Appeared in 14 matches, making three starts ... Tallied five points ... Scored on goal and added three assists ... Dished out an assist at Columbia (10/15) ... Scored at Virginia Tech (10/18) ... Had an assist at Fordham (10/25) ... Recorded an assist at Brown (10/30) ... Earned one Ivy League Rookie of the Week award (10/24).

Awards
Ivy League Rookie of the Week (10/24/22)
Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week (10/9/23)
First-Team All-Ivy Honors (11/9/23)
Second Team All-Ivy (2024)
Ivy League Tournament Most Outstanding Player (2024)
Ivy Offensive Player of the Week (10/13/25)
United Soccer Coaches All-Region (2025)
First Team All-Ivy (2025)
Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year (2025)

Before Princeton: Starter for PDA's U19 MLS Next club … Scored 11 goals in first 10 matches in MLS Next … Scored 32 goals in 33 career matches for Pingry … Notched 20 goals and 10 assists in 2022 as Pingry reached NJ Sectional semifinals … Was an All-Region, All-State, All-County and All-Conference performer for Pingry … Named to the high school All-American Watch List.