Jacob Bartlett isn’t your average rising sophomore at Notre Dame.
Born and raised in Overland Park, Kansas, Bartlett is the youngest of a soccer-hungry group of siblings. His brother Alec (32) played college soccer at Creighton and Drake before going pro with USL sides Des Moines Menace and Charlotte Independence from 2013 to 2016, his sister Grace (21) is entering her final year with Grand Canyon University’s soccer team, and his brother Lucas (27) is starting in central defense for MLS side D.C. United.
Bartlett joined Sporting Kansas City’s academy at the age of 12 and ascended the youth set-up with remarkable ease; by the time he was 14, he was regularly traveling across the country to compete in youth tournaments.