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2024 Men's Soccer Roster

David DeNoma

10 Maxi Hopfer

  • Class Senior
  • Position Forward
  • Ht./Wt. 5-10 / 175
  • Hometown Styria, Austria
  • High School Higher Technical College Weiz
  • Club SC Elin Weiz

Biography

NCAA Career Statistics - Maxi Hopfer

Awards & Honors
  • 2020 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team
  • 2021 Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
  • 2022 Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team
  • 2024 Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team
  • 2024 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
  • 2021 All-ECAC Team
  • 2021 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team
  • 2022 United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team
  • 2025 Student-Athlete of the Year at Dukes Awards Show
  • Two-time member of College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District® Team (2022, 2024)
  • Two-time member of Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (2022-23, 2023-24)
Inside The Numbers
  • One of the most accomplished and decorated student-athletes in program history.
  • Over five seasons started 60 of a possible 66 games, logging 4,532 minutes.
  • Found the back of the net 25 times and finished with 65 career points thanks to 15 assists.
  • Concluded career as Duquesne's all-time leader in game-winning goals (12).
  • One of three players in program history to unleash at least 200 shots, ranking third with 204.
  • Ranks third all-time in goals (25), fourth in points (65) and tied for eighth in assists (15).
  • Joined Travis McKenzie (2004-07) as only student-athletes in school history to earn four postseason honors from the Atlantic 10.
As a Senior (2024)
  • Appeared in all 17 matches, earning 15 starting assignments.
  • Logged a total of 929 minutes.
  • Paced the Dukes in scoring with 19 points courtesy of seven goals and five assists.
  • Tied for sixth in the Atlantic 10 in points with Marek Gonda (George Mason) and Andrew Armstrong (Dayton).
  • Also tied for sixth in the A-10 in points per game (1.12) with Gonda.
  • Sat atop the Atlantic 10 leaderboard for game-winning goals (5) with Alex Hughes of Massachusetts.
  • Total for game-winning markers tied for fifth in NCAA Division I with nine other student-athletes.
  • Four different players registered six game-winning goals during season to lead NCAA Division I.
  • Named to the 2024 Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team and 2024 A-10 All-Academic Team.
  • Posted 30 shots, 16 of which were on goal.
  • Unleashed a season-high four shots in season opener, scoring final goal in a 3-1 win over Seton Hill (8/22).
  • Posted assists in back-to-back wins, including a 2-1 triumph over Canisius (8/25) and 1-0 victory at Xavier (9/1).
  • In Atlantic 10 opener scored only goal of the contest in win at George Washington (9/21).
  • Game-winning goal vs. Revolutionaries began stretch of three consecutive game-winning goals in as many games.
  • In a 2-1 victory over Mount St. Mary's (9/24) scored at 88:42 to give Dukes margin of victory.
  • The Mount had tied the contest, 1-1, at 84:37, with Hopfer answering less than four minutes later.
  • Gave Duquesne a 2-0 lead by scoring at 70:02 in a 2-1 triumph over Saint Joseph's (9/28).
  • Sealed 3-0 win over Rhode Island (10/9) with fifth goal of the campaign at 79:04.
  • Lifted Dukes to a 2-1 victory at No. 13 George Mason by producing a goal and an assist.
  • Fed Jaxon Ervin for tying goal against the Patriots at 76:03 and scored game winner at 89:43.
  • Produced assist on game-winning marker in a 1-0 victory over Davidson (10/19).
  • Scored the only goal at 15:53 in a 1-0 win over Northern Kentucky (10/22) for his final goal in a Duquesne uniform.
  • Finished with an assist on a goal from Jesper Moksnes to help secure a 1-1 draw against Fordham (11/2).
  • In final game on the Bluff matched season high with four shots (two on goal) vs. Fordham in Atlantic 10 Championship.
  • Played a season-high 71 minutes in his final match with the Dukes.
As a Junior (2023)
  • Saw action in six games, starting two.
  • Tallied 11 shots, including four on goal.
  • Logged a total of 230 minutes.
  • Registered a season-high five shots and 70 minutes against James Madison (8/24) to open the season.
As a Sophomore (2022)
  • Logged 1,351 minutes in starting all 19 games and earning 2022 Atlantic 10 All-Conference Second Team honors.
  • Finished second on the team with 14 points thanks to five goals and four assists.
  • Ranked fifth in the A-10 in shots (59) and third in shots on goal (25).
  • Had six shots, including five on net, at Canisius (8/28).
  • Notched his first point of the season on a cross to Ask Ekeland in a 2-0 win over James Madison (9/6).
  • Scored his first goal of the season in the 57th minute to give DU a 5-0 lead in a 7-0 win over Howard (9/10).
  • Had nine shots in a 2-1 win over Loyola Chicago (9/17).
  • His goal in the 63rd minute stood as the game-winner in a 2-1 triumph at George Washington (10/1).
  • Had four points, including a goal and two assists, in a 5-1 victory over St. Bonaventure (10/12).
  • Followed the Bonnies game with his fourth career brace in DU’s 2-1 win over Davidson (10/15).
  • Earned Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week (10/17) honors for his role in the win over the Wildcats.
As a Freshman (2021)
  • Named United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-Southeast Region.
  • Earned Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team honors.
  • Led the team in goals (11) and points (28).
  • Tied for second on the team in assists (6). 
  • Totals for goals and points were the most by a member of the Dukes since Colin Phillips (13/31) in 2015.
  • Tallied 77 shots, the most by a DU player since Joshua Patterson had 79 in 2012.
  • Total of 11 goals tied the fourth-most by a DU player in a season and his 28 points were the fourth-most by a Duke.
  • His 77 shots were third-most all-time (seven shy of the school record).
  • One of three Dukes to record 70 or more shots in a season.
  • Ranked among the NCAA Top 20 in per game averages for shots on goal (T-5th at 2.00), shots (6th at 4.28) and total points (T-15th with 28)
  • Also tied for 20th in NCAA Division In per game averages for goals (0.61) and points (1.56).
  • Led the Atlantic 10 in shots and shots on goal per game while ranking second in goals (11).
  • Had three braces on the season (vs. Saint Francis U, vs. Canisius and vs. La Salle).
  • Scored a pair of goals (15’ & 65’) and assisted on the game-winner in the 95th minute to complete a five-point night in a 4-3 overtime win over Saint Francis (8/31).
  • Followed the SFU game with a goal in the 53rd minute that gave the Dukes a 2-0 lead in a 2-1 win at Howard (9/5).
  • Was named Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Week (9/7) after totaling seven points in the SFU & Howard wins.
  • Assisted on DU’s lone goal (27’ by Ryan Goodhew) at No. 17 Kentucky (9/12).
  • Recorded his second brace (57’ & 63’) and added a pair of assists to figure in every goal in DU’s 4-0 win over Canisius (9/15).
  • Brace number three came vs. La Salle (9/25), scoring in the second and 39th minutes.
  • Netted the game-winning goal in the 56th minute of DU’s 2-1 victory over St. Bonaventure (10/20).
  • Posted nine shots, including four on goal, against the Bonnies.
  • Nine shots against both UMass (9/24) and St. Bonaventure are tied the second-most in school history (two behind the all-time record).
As a Freshman (Spring 2021)
  • Started the final six matches of the season in earning Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team honors.
  • Ranked first nationally with 4.5 shots per game.
  • Tied Nate Dragisich for the team lead with four points.
  • Posted a team-high two goals.
  • Led the team with 27 shots and tied for the team lead with eight shots on goal.
  • Had five or more shots in a game four times, with a high of six in back-to-back games against St. Bonaventure (3/13) and Saint Louis (3/20).
  • Put four shots on goal against Dayton (3/17).
  • Both of his goals were game-winners, including the only marker in a 1-0 win at St. Bonaventure.
  • Second goal of the year came in a 1-0 in over Saint Louis, marking the first win for the Dukes over the Billikens in a 13-match series.
  • Tabbed A-10 Rookie of the Week (3/22) following the win over SLU.
  • Did not come off the field in the Dukes' last four games.
Before Duquesne
  • Made over 125 league appearances, including 53 appearances in the Austrian Third League.
  • Averaged over 87 minutes per game for SC Weiz.
  • Scored six goals in 13 games in 2017-18.
Personal
  • The youngest of three children.
  • Major is computer science.
  • Born Oct. 31, 1999, in Graz, Styria, Austria.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2020Freshman

    Forward
    5'10" 175 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2021Freshman

    Forward
    5'10" 175 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2022Sophomore

    Forward
    5'10" 175 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2023Junior

    Forward
    5'10" 175 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2024Senior

    Forward
    5'10" 175 lbs
    10

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