6 Tate Downs
Tate Downs
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Weight:
    160
  • Hometown:
    Ames, Iowa
  • Position:
    D/M
  • Year:
    Jr.
  • High School:
    Ames
  • g
    0
  • a
    1
  • pts
    1
  • gw
    0

Bio

Honors & Awards
  • One-time A-R-C All-Conference honorable mention (2025)
  • One-time College Sports Communicators Academic All-District (2024)
  • One-time Academic All-A-R-C (2024)
  • Two-time Letterwinner (2023, 24)
2024 | sophomore
  • Saw action in all 19 matches, making 14 starts
  • Scored the game-winning goal in the 2-1 win over Dubuque
  • Collected one assist in the 4-1 loss to Carleton
  • Played over 1,100 minutes on the pitch
  • Named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District team
  • Selected to the Academic All-A-R-C team
2023 | freshman
  • Played in all 18 games, making 16 starts
  • Recorded an assist in the team’s win against Illinois College
High School
  • A 2023 graduate of Ames High School
  • Three-year all-conference and academic all-conference honoree
  • Three-year letterwinner and a team captain
Personal
  • Son of Vance and Stephanie Downs
  • Has two siblings
  • Majoring in management information systems and computer science 

Player Profile

Recent Games
Oct 11 at Loras L, 3-0
Oct 14 at Dubuque W, 1-0
Oct 18 at Buena Vista W, 2-0
Oct 22 Luther T, 1-1
Oct 25 Wartburg T, 1-1
Nov 1 at Loras L, 7-0
  Overall Conf
Games 16 8
Games started 14 8
Goals 0 0
Assists 1 1
Points 1 1
Shots 10 6
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 29 Augustana (Ill.) T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Aug 30 Illinois Col. T, 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 1 at Carleton L, 3-1 - - - - - - - -
Sep 3 at Grinnell W, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 6 at Wis.-Platteville L, 3-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 8 North Central (Minn.) W, 2-0 - - - - - - - -
Sep 10 at Saint Mary's (Minn.) T, 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 13 Bethel (Minn.) L, 1-0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Sep 19 Cornell College W, 3-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 21 Webster T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 23 at Knox T, 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Sep 27 at Coe L, 2-1 1 0 0 0 3 .000 0-0 0
Oct 4 Neb. Wesleyan L, 3-2 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 8 Central (Iowa) T, 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 11 at Loras L, 3-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0
Oct 14 at Dubuque W, 1-0 1 0 1 1 2 .000 0-0 0
Oct 18 at Buena Vista W, 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 22 Luther T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Oct 25 Wartburg T, 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 - 0-0 0
Nov 1 at Loras L, 7-0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0-0 0

Career Stats - Game

  gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
2023-24 18 16 .00 .06 .06 .39 .000 .22 .571
2024-25 19 14 .05 .05 .16 .32 .167 .21 .667
2025-26 16 14 .00 .06 .06 .63 .000 .13 .200
Total 53 44 .02 .06 .09 .43 .043 .19 .435

Career Stats - Season

  gp gs g a pts sh sh% sog sog% yc rc pk gw
2023-24 18 16 0 1 1 7 .000 4 .571 0 0 0-0 0
2024-25 19 14 1 1 3 6 .167 4 .667 1 0 0-0 1
2025-26 16 14 0 1 1 10 .000 2 .200 1 0 0-0 0
Total 53 44 1 3 5 23 .043 10 .435 2 0 0-0 1

Splits Stats - Game

    gp gs gpg a/g pts/g sh/g sh% sog/g sog%
Event Total 16 14 .00 .06 .06 .63 .000 .13 .200
Conference 8 8 .00 .13 .13 .75 .000 .00 .000
Exhibition - - - - - - - - -
Location Home 9 8 .00 .00 .00 .33 .000 .22 .667
Away 7 6 .00 .14 .14 1.00 .000 .00 .000
Neutral - - - - - - - - -
Result Wins 3 3 .00 .33 .33 .67 .000 .00 .000
Losses 5 4 .00 .00 .00 1.20 .000 .20 .167
Month August 2 2 .00 .00 .00 1.00 .000 .50 .500
September 6 4 .00 .00 .00 .67 .000 .17 .250
October 7 7 .00 .14 .14 .43 .000 .00 .000
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 16 14 0 1 1 10 .000 2 .200 1 0 0-0 0
Conference 8 8 0 1 1 6 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0
Exhibition - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Location Home 9 8 0 0 0 3 .000 2 .667 1 0 0-0 0
Away 7 6 0 1 1 7 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0
Neutral - - - - 0 - - - - 0 0 0-0 -
Result Wins 3 3 0 1 1 2 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0
Losses 5 4 0 0 0 6 .000 1 .167 1 0 0-0 0
Month August 2 2 0 0 0 2 .000 1 .500 0 0 0-0 0
September 6 4 0 0 0 4 .000 1 .250 1 0 0-0 0
October 7 7 0 1 1 3 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0
November 1 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 .000 0 0 0-0 0

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