St. John's University Athletics
2025 Men's Soccer Roster
St. John's Men's Soccer vs West Virginia Postgame Press Conference 11.20.25
Thursday, November 20
St. John's Men's Soccer NCAA Selection Reaction
Monday, November 17
St. John's Men's Soccer vs Providence Highlights 10.11.25
Saturday, October 11
St. John's Men's Soccer vs Fairleigh Dickinson Highlights 9.11.25
Thursday, September 11
Jersey Number 6
Bjorn Nikolajewski
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- 179
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Defender
- Hometown:
- Berlin, Germany
- High School:
- Lausitzer Sportschule Cottbus
- Prev School:
- UConn
2025: Team captain.. College Sports Communicators (CSC) First Team Academic All-American… All-BIG EAST First Team honoree… All-ECAC Second Team selection… CSC Academic All-District choice… TopDrawerSoccer National Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Sept. 15)… Made 12 starts after missing the first six matches due to injury totaling 1,040 minutes…Finished second on the team with four goals and third in points with eight as a center back… Tallied team-best .400 shot percentage… Went 2-for-2 from the penalty spot… Scored his first-ever collegiate goal in his 53rd total appearance, tallying the game-winner against FDU (Sept. 11)… Matched a career-high with three shots and recorded the equalizer in the BIG EAST opener vs, Xavier (Sept. 19)… Ignited a comeback scoring on a penalty kick against Providence (Oct. 11)… Fired home a penalty kick in the NCAA Tournament First Round at West Virginia (Nov. 20)
2024: Dr. Peter Vitulli Award Winner… Started in 19 games on the backline for the Red Storm… Played all 90 minutes in 17 of his 19 appearances… Registered one assist in the 2-1 victory at Butler (Oct. 4)
2023: Missed season due to ACL injury.
Before St. John's: Played for BIG EAST foe UConn for two seasons (2021-22) ... played 29 games with the Huskies, registering four assists.
Personal: Full name is Björn Nikolajewski … son of André Nikolajewski and Ines Friedrich … has a brother, Philipp … pursuing a degree in sport management … favorite sports teams are Union Berlin and the Green Bay Packers … his first name means “big bear” in German … an avid table tennis player.
2024: Dr. Peter Vitulli Award Winner… Started in 19 games on the backline for the Red Storm… Played all 90 minutes in 17 of his 19 appearances… Registered one assist in the 2-1 victory at Butler (Oct. 4)
2023: Missed season due to ACL injury.
Before St. John's: Played for BIG EAST foe UConn for two seasons (2021-22) ... played 29 games with the Huskies, registering four assists.
Personal: Full name is Björn Nikolajewski … son of André Nikolajewski and Ines Friedrich … has a brother, Philipp … pursuing a degree in sport management … favorite sports teams are Union Berlin and the Green Bay Packers … his first name means “big bear” in German … an avid table tennis player.