11 Jukka
Lehto
Sophomore • Forward
5-10• 165
Lahti, Finland. • Salpausselan Urheilulukio
As a Junior in 2006: Started
10 games at forward, and played in 16... Scored a goal in three
contests and totalled 14 shots... Scored first goal of season
against VMI (8/27)... Tallied one of three LIU goals against
Binghamton (9/3)... Scored Blackbirds' lone goal in 2-1 loss
to Robert Morris (10/13).
As a Sophomore in 2005: One
of four Blackbirds to start all 16 contests...Led the squad
with five goals and ranked second in points with 11...Scored
both of his team's goals in a 2-1 triumph of St. Francis (N.Y.)
(10/16)...Recorded the first goal of his career at Michigan
(9/11)...Found the back of the net a week later in 2-1 loss
to Sacramento State (9/18)...Ranked second on the team in shots
with 26...His three goals in conference tied him for eighth
in the NEC...Also tallied two game-winning goals, good for
fourth-best in league.
High School and
Personal:
Competed for FC Kuusysi from 1994-2004... Scored
a team-best nine goals
in 2003, helping them win the Finnish U-20 championship...
Netted a league-best 18 goals the following season, the last
of three straight years in which he led the team (10 goals
in 2002)... A member of the Honors Program at Salpausselan,
one where many Finnish soccer players have completed their
studies and are now playing in prestigious clubs all over
Europe... Son of Aila Tamminen and Juha Lehto... Born February
23, 1984... Has one brother, Mikko, and one sister, Satu
Tamminen... A Business major. |