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2012 Memphis Fall Spor ts P l ay e r B i o s the MidSouth Futbol Club team, recording at least 17 assists and double figures in goals in two of those four years ... Member of the Tennessee ODP team from 2003-07, including a trip to Nationals in 2005.
Linder’s Career Stats GP-GS G A Pts Sh SOG GW PK-ATT 2011 18-1 3 4 10 16 8 1 0-0
Personal Son of Dennis and Peggy Kennetz ... Has one sister, Lindsey. Son of Iris and Gerald Guentner.
SOG 3 1 4
GW PK-ATT 0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0-0
#9 WIL LINDER
M SOC
Sophomore • Midfield 6-0 • 155 Franklin, Tenn. Ravenwood HS Major: Undeclared 2011 - Freshman Earned Conference USA All-Freshman Team honors ... Saw action in all 18 games, playing 684 minutes ... Tallied first career assist on Mark Sherrod’s shoeless goal against No. 18 Bradley ... Assisted on Sherrod’s 26th-minute goal against Evansville ... Named to Hotels at Grand Prairie Classic All-Tournament Team after performances against No. 18 Bradley and Evansville ... Scored first career goal in a twogoal performance against FIU ... Headed in the game-winning goal against Kentucky, clinching a C-USA Tournament Berth. Prior to Memphis Four-year letterman at Ravenwood High School … All-state and district MVP as a junior … Named to the NSCAA All-Region III South Team … Played at the club level for Brentwood Premier under the tutelage of coach Ken Heckman … Named Brentwood Soccer Club’s “Star of Tomorrow” in 2010 … Scholastically, was school’s Student Athlete of Merit from 2007-10. Personal Son of Fred and Marla Linder … Has one brother, Sam … Besides soccer, enjoys working out and playing the guitar … Following his collegiate career, plans to become a physician’s assistant.
#2 MARK SHERROD r-Junior • Forward
#13 TYLER RIST R-Freshman • Forward 6-0 • 165 Madison, Ala. Bob Jones HS
Kennetz’s Career Stats GP-GS G A Pts Sh 2009* 9-0 0 0 0 3 2010 11-2 0 1 1 2 Total 20-2 0 1 1 5 * - At Gardner-Webb
Personal Son of Ron and Christine Ross.
Major: Biomedical Engineering
2011 - Freshman Redshirted.
6-3 • 185 Knoxville, Tenn. Carter HS
Major: Civil Engineering
2011 - Redshirt Sophomore Earned the following 2011 honors: NSCAA AllAmerica third team and College Soccer News All-American third team, CoSIDA Academic All-America third team, NSCAA All-Midwest Region first team, CoSIDA Academic AllDistrict first team, Conference USA Player of the Year, C-USA Offensive Player of the Year, All-Conference USA first team and C-USA AllAcademic Team ... One of 15 semifinalists for the Hermann Trophy ... One of 37 finalists for SoccerNewsNet College Boot award.
Prior to Memphis Five-time Alabama state champion on the club level for Huntsville Futbol Club, most recently in 2008 … State finalist on the club level in 2010 … Twice scored 10 or more goals during the club season … Captain and senior leader for Bob Jones High School in 2011 ... Coached by Uwe Spiller … Scholastically, was Set the school’s season goals-scored record school’s National Honor Society president (19) ... Tied Sean Frasor’s season record for points (42) ... Led the nation in goals per and a member of Mu Alpha Theta. game (1.06) ... Ranked nationally in points per game (2.33; 2nd), total goals (19; 3rd) and toPersonal Son of Mark and Sherry Rist … Has one tal points (42; 4th). brother, Justin … Enjoys traveling and the Started all 18 games, playing 1,514 minutes outdoors. of game time ... Notched seven game-winning goals ... Scored a goal in the Tigers’ first #28 JUSTIN ROSS three games vs. Lipscomb, Belmont and Missouri State ... Tallied the game-winning goal Freshman • Midfielder against Wisconsin, giving head coach Richie 5-10 • 174 Grant his school-record 111th career vicPeachtree City, Ga. tory ... Scored the lone goal, after losing his Starr’s Mill HS shoe, in the Tigers’ win at No. 18 Bradley ... Major: Undeclared Scored a goal against Evansville ... Named to the Hotels at Grand Prairie Classic All-TournaPrior to Memphis ment Team after games against Bradley and Started at center and left midfield for Starr’s Evansville ... Scored two goals against South Mill High School ... 2010, 2011 and 2012 all- Carolina ... Tallied an assist on Wil Linder’s region ... Named 2012 region Player of the 38th-minute goal against FIU ... Recorded a Year ... Holds school and state prep records hat-trick against Nebraska-Omaha ... Notched for most assists in a season ... Scored game- a second-consecutive hat-trick at Tulsa ... winning penalty kick in the 2010 Georgia After back-to-back hat-tricks, named Disney High School Association 4A state champion- Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week, C-USA Ofship game ... A starter at Villiage Christian fensive Player of the Week, Soccer America Academy in Fayetteville, N.C., his eighth and Men’s Player of the Week and Men’s National ninth grade years ... Named all-conference as Team of the Week, SoccerSavings.com/Soca freshman at Village Christian Academy ... cer News Net Men’s College Player of the Played for the ODP-North Carolina ‘93 (2007- Week, TopDrawerSoccer.com Men’s College 09) and the ODP-Virginia ‘93 (2006-07). Team of the Week and College Soccer News National Team of the Week for Oct. 10-16
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