University of Northern Iowa Athletics
2023 Football Roster
Roster
Solinger, Jet

Jersey Number 68
Jet Solinger
- Position:
- Offensive Line
- Class:
- Redshirt Freshman
- Hometown:
- Mount Pleasant, S.C.
- High School:
- Wando HS
Bio
2023: MVFC Honor Roll ... Played in one game.
2022: Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a tight end and wide receiver for Wando High School in South Carolina ... earned the Spirit of Wando Award ... earned academic honors, including being named the CCSD Board Scholar with a 4.25 GPA as a senior and was a sports med scholar ... also competed in wrestling at 220 pounds and was a high jumper for the track and field team, where he earned a spot on the all-region team.
PERSONAL: From Mount Pleasant, South Carolina ... son of Dr. Joseph, a UNI alum, and Arianna Solinger, a native of Cedar Falls, Iowa ... has two younger siblings, Jenica and Jack ... majoring in biology and premed ... volunteers with multiple youth sports as an umpire, counselor and mentor and helped start a wrestling club ... also volunteers at food bank ... enjoys fishing, hunting, surfing, playing guitar ... raised in West Des Moines and Dubuque, Iowa, before moving to South Carolina as a freshman in high school ... looked up to Iowa quarterback Brad Banks who lived with his family when he played for the Barnstormers and coached his flag football teams.
2022: Did not compete.
HIGH SCHOOL: Was a tight end and wide receiver for Wando High School in South Carolina ... earned the Spirit of Wando Award ... earned academic honors, including being named the CCSD Board Scholar with a 4.25 GPA as a senior and was a sports med scholar ... also competed in wrestling at 220 pounds and was a high jumper for the track and field team, where he earned a spot on the all-region team.
PERSONAL: From Mount Pleasant, South Carolina ... son of Dr. Joseph, a UNI alum, and Arianna Solinger, a native of Cedar Falls, Iowa ... has two younger siblings, Jenica and Jack ... majoring in biology and premed ... volunteers with multiple youth sports as an umpire, counselor and mentor and helped start a wrestling club ... also volunteers at food bank ... enjoys fishing, hunting, surfing, playing guitar ... raised in West Des Moines and Dubuque, Iowa, before moving to South Carolina as a freshman in high school ... looked up to Iowa quarterback Brad Banks who lived with his family when he played for the Barnstormers and coached his flag football teams.
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