High School
Was two-year starter and four-time letter winner for coach Sho Takaoka at Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids, Iowa … Helped the Saints qualify for Iowa State Tournament twice …  Hamed Iowa Class 3A All-State honorable mention as a senior … Also selected to the prestigious Gazette-area Senior Showcase … Helped the Saints to a 14-2-2 record, saving 17 shots, while allowing only nine goals all season … Tallied a career high 105 saves as freshman … Finished with 12 saves on a 12-7-0 team as a sophomore, and as a junior had 11 saves on a 10-3-0 team … Played club soccer for AYSO United from 2018-23 coached by Jason Fawcett, Sporting Iowa from 2024-25 coached by Matt Tennyson and CRSA from 2024-26 coach by Alan Kudumovic … Helped his AYSO United win two State Cup Championships and Sporting in Iowa one title … Was also named to the 2024-25 and 2025-26 Olympic Development Program (ODP) Midwest Region for the 2008 age group … Also competed two seasons in cross country and one in bowling … Honor roll student ... National Honor Society, Spanish club and science club … Academic All-State.

Personal
Born Abraham William Renze on March 23, 2008, in Lincoln, Neb. … Nickname is Abe … Son of Anthony and Ginger Renze … Has three siblings, Ellie, Ginny and John Paul … Has a cousin, Kaitlyn Bodnar, who will play volleyball at Northwestern University in the fall of 2026 … Majoring in engineering … Enjoys cooking, baking and Legos … Favorite food is pulled pork .. Favorite fast food restaurant is B-Bop’s … Favorite restaurant is Zeppelins … Favorite TV show is Phineas and Ferb … Favorite movie is Star Wars … Favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans … Favorite actor is Rober Downey, Jr. … Favorite book is The Hobbit … Favorite music entertainer is Elvis … Favorite cartoon character is Perry … Favorite athlete is Aaron Ramsdale … Favorite sports team is Chelsea FC … Has a superstition of always putting his left sock om first and left glove first … Greatest sports moment was wining the PK shootout to advance to the substate final on the way to qualifying for state … A notable alumnus from his school is NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner.