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A veteran of the Aggie Soccer Field sidelines, associate head coach Jason Hotaling returns for his 19th season overall with the Aggies in 2023. Elevated to his current position in April of 2014, Hotaling’s duties include coordinating the program’s recruiting efforts, team travel and scouting, while also leading the development of UC Davis’ goalkeepers.

Under Hotaling's watch, UC Davis keepers have posted a combined save percentage over .700 in three straight seasons.

“Jason has been on my staff for many years, working his way up from a volunteer assistant to his new position as the associate head coach,” head coach Dwayne Shaffer said. “He has been instrumental in the development of our outstanding goalkeepers throughout the years and will now assume more responsibility in helping take our program to the next level.”

Hotaling has helped engineer the Aggies’ successful transition to the Division I level and the always difficult Big West Conference, helping lead UC Davis to a consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 2007 (first round) and 2008 (second round), and another appearance in 2019 (second round). With Hotaling on staff, UC Davis earned eight consecutive trips to the Big West Tournament, winning the conference’s North Division and a spot into the tournament’s championship match in 2012, 2017, 2018, and 2019. The Aggies advanced to the semifinals in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2021.

In 2021 with Hotaling on staff, UC Davis returned from a one-year competition absence due to the Big West Conference canceling the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic and went 9-10-1. The Aggies advanced to the Big West Conference Tournament semifinal, defeating CSU Bakersfield in the quarterfinals to get there. Goalkeeper Derrek Chan posted four shutouts and both Chan and Charles Janssen both had save percentages over .700.

In addition, the Aggies welcomed a 10-member signing class that comes in ready to contribute immediately to the 2022 squad.

UC Davis enjoyed a historic season in 2019, one that saw it win both Big West championships — regular season and the league’s year-end tournament — for the first time in program history, earn a bye and a No. 14 ranking in the NCAA Division I Men’s Soccer Tournament. Men’s soccer also recorded a historic accomplishment that season when it hosted Louisville in Aggie Soccer Field’s inaugural Second Round Tournament match.

With all-region standout Wallis Lapsley in goal, the Aggies’ defense allowed a paltry 13 goals throughout the championship campaign — one of the lowest totals in the nation, among all Division I teams, and in program history. Not only did men’s soccer match a program record with its 13 overall victories, its seven home wins also tie a program-best figure.

Under his tutelage, the Aggies earned a collective 81 All-Big West awards, including 15 first-team honorees. In only its second full season of play at the Division I level, Hotaling also helped tutor a pair of NSCAA All-Americans in 2008, as Quincy Amarikwa and Dylan Curtis earned second- and third-team honors, respectively.

Six other student-athletes: Amarikwa (2008), Dylan Curtis (2008), Brian Ford (2012), Omar Zeenni (2013), Roy Boateng (2017), Nabi Kibunguchy (2017) and Lapsley (2019) were named to the NSCAA All-Far West Region squad during his time on the sidelines, including first-team honors for Amarikwa and Curtis in their respective seasons.

Nicklaw also comes to Moraga with an impressive professional career on his resume. The San Diego native played collegiately at UConn where he appeared in 80 games across his four seasons on the team's backline. After graduating, Nicklaw went on to play professionally both abroad and in the US for eight years. He signed with HB Køge in Denmark out of college and later appeared for Thór in the Icelandic Premier League, the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL PRO, and two NASL clubs, Jacksonville Armada FC and FC Edmonton.

Nicklaw has also held the honor of playing for the Guamanian men's national team since 2012 and has served as captain for the club. In 2015, Nicklaw helped Guam win their first two FIFA World Cup qualifying matches ever by taking down Turkmenistan and India in the Group D qualifying round. In total, Nicklaw has captained 35 matches for Guam in the East Asian Football Federation (EAFF) and scored twice while donning his country's colors.

The 12 victories were the most ever for the Otters during their NCAA tenure and the CCAA Tournament victory over San Bernardino marked their first postseason victory at the Division II ranks.

Kane Ritchie was named the CCAA Newcomer of the Year and headlined seven all-conference honors.

In 2022 Jaap led his squad to their first CCAA Tournament berth since 2007, as the Otters finished with an overall record of 8-8-2 and 6-5, good for fourth in the CCAA. At the culmination of the season, the Otters had four named to the All-CCAA team, including Collin O'Mahoney, the program's first ever winner of a CCAA postseason major award.

Jaap has amassed a overall coaching record of 24-18-10 since taking the helm in 2019. He has coached 12 All-CCAA honorees and one All-West Region honoree (Walmer Martinez, 2019). The program has also enjoyed academic success under Jaap, with 37 student-athletes being named the CCAA All-Academic team and two being named CoSIDA/CSC Academic All-Americans.

Jaap most recently served as the assistant at Division I Stetson University under former All–CCAA player Kyle Gookins in 2017. Prior to that, he was an assistant at Division I Florida International.

Jaap began his collegiate coaching career at his alma mater, Brescia University in Ownesboro, Ky. While there as head coach, he led the Bearcats to the 2010 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championship.

He left Brescia to join the staff at NCAA Division II power Rollins College. The Tars averaged 18 wins per season in Jaap’s four years on the bench, winning three Sunshine State Conference titles while making four NCAA Tournament appearances.

After beginning his collegiate playing career at the University of Mary (N.D.), Jaap transferred to Bresica, where he earned NAIA All–America honors as a sophomore in 2003. Injuries limited his role over his final two collegiate seasons.

He played club soccer in his native Scotland with the Hamilton Accies and earned two caps with the Scotland U18 National Team.

Jaap graduated from Brescia University in 2006 with a degree in business concentrating in human resources.

“We are excited to add Hector to our staff as an assistant coach in charge of goalkeeping,” Head Coach Michael Linenberger said. “Keko played for us in 2019 and 2020, but unfortunately, his career with us was cut short in his final season due to the pandemic. He has valuable playing and coaching experience that he is passionate to share with our student-athletes and especially our goalkeepers.”

A native of nearby Stockton, Calif., Grajeda has been a coach at the club level since 2021, serving most recently as a goalkeeper coach with Sacramento United SC. Prior to that, he spent a year with Elite Soccer Academy in Sacramento and was a coach for two years with Southern States SC in Hattiesburg, Miss.

Those posts all followed a playing career that saw Grajeda play professionally with Chattanooga FC of the National Independent Soccer Association in 2021, two seasons with Southern States SC in the National Premier Soccer League in 2021-23, and a year with the Charlotte Independence in the USL League One in 2022.

Grajeda joined the green and gold in 2019 after playing his first two collegiate seasons at Cosumnes River College where he was the Big 8 Conference Goalkeeper of the Year, a first-team all-conference choice, and a member of the Big 8 Conference’s NorCal Team of the Year as a freshman.

As a junior with the Hornets, Grajeda appeared in seven matches and made six starts between the pipes in 2019, finishing with 20 saves and a 1.63 goals against average. He earned his first career win in his first career match against a receiving votes San Diego squad, making three saves, and finished with a season-high seven saves against Cal State Fullerton later in the year.

A 2020 Dean’s List graduate of Sacramento State with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, Grajeda holds a United States Soccer Federation “D” License and is currently pursuing his “C” License. He prepped at Stagg HS in Stockton and spent two years competing with the Sacramento Republic FC Academy squad.

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