UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STUDENT-ATHLETE PROFILES
41 All-Americans
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4 National Players of the Year
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32 BIG EAST Players of the Year
AS A SOPHOMORE (2010): All-BIG EAST Second Team... was named %,* ($67 2ŕ ŁHQVLYH 3OD\HU RI WKH :HHN RQ 6HSW VWDUWHG LQ DOO games for UConn... registered eight goals and one assist for 17 points on the year... recorded 35 shots with 16 on goal... scored two gamewinning goals... scored the game winner against Manhattan on Sept. 7 in the third minute and tallied the game-winning goal in the 16th minute against South Florida on Sept. 24 live on ESPNU... scored the game-tying goal against Harvard on Sept. 11 with a penalty kick in the 44th minute of the match... scored three goals in league play. as a freshman (2009): Earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Rookie Team‌played in all 19 games and made 13 starts for the Huskies‌ UHJLVWHUHG RQH JRDO DQG ŕ ¤YH DVVLVWV LQ KLV URRNLH VHDVRQÂŤVFRUHG WKH game winner at Yale (10/20)‌recorded seven shots on the season, including six on goal... earned 2009 BIG EAST All-Academic honors. PRIOR TO UCONN: Played at College African Sports Etudes (CASE) in Dakar, Senegal before graduating in 2008‌ He was a starting PLGŕ ¤HOGHU DQG IRUZDUG IRU &$6( IRU WKUHH \HDUV PERSONAL: Exploratory major.
38 First Team All-BIG EAST Selections
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AS A SOPHOMORE (2010): Named to the All-BIG EAST Third Team... played and started 19 games for the Huskies... tallied four points on WZR JRDOV UHJLVWHUHG VKRWV LQFOXGLQJ ŕ ¤YH RQ JRDO UHFRUGHG RQH JDPH ZLQQLQJ JRDO KLV ŕ ¤UVW FROOHJLDWH JRDO ZDV DQ XQDVVLVWHG game winner in the 17th minute against Yale on Sept. 4... also scored in UConn’s 3-0 victory over Kentucky. as a freshman (2009): Was named a TopDrawerSoccer.com All-Rookie Team Honorable Mention‌earned a spot on the All-BIG EAST Rookie Team‌started 18 games and played in all 19 for the Huskies‌recorded eight shots on the year, including one on goal‌ played 1401 minutes. PRIOR TO UCONN: Lettered four years at St. Benedict’s Prepatory in Newark, N.J‌. Earned All-State honors as a Gray Bee‌ Earned AllAmerica Second Team honors‌ Captained St. Benedict’s his senior \HDU DV KH VFRUHG ŕ ¤YH JRDOV DQG UHFRUGHG VHYHQ DVVLVWVÂŤ 1DPHG DQ All-American by Parade Magazine in 2009‌ Played for the Under-15, Under-17 and Under-18 U.S.A. National Teams in matches against Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela and China. PERSONAL: Majoring in mechanical engineering‌ Born September 4, 1991.
Career Statistics GP 2009 19 2010 20 TOTAL 39
GS 13 20 33
G A 1 5 8 1 9 6
Career highs
Pts 7 17 24
Career Statistics Shots Shot% 19 .053 35 .229 54 .141
SOG 6 16 22
SOG% .316 .457 .387
Goals: 1, nine times last at Cincinnati >> Novemeber 21, 2010 Assists: 1, six times, last vs. Manhattan >> September 7, 2010 Points: 3, vs. Manhattan >> September 7, 2010 Shots: 3, six times, last at Yale >> October 20, 2009
GW 1 2 3
GP 2009 19 2010 19 TOTAL 38
GS 18 19 37
G A 0 0 2 0 2 0
Pts 0 4 4
Shots Shot% 8 .000 24 .083 32 .42
SOG 1 5 6
SOG% .125 .208 .167
GW 0 1 1
Career highs
Goals: 1, two times, last vs. Kentucky >> September 17, 2010 Assists: --Points: 2, two times, last vs. Kentucky >> September 17, 2010 Shots: 4, at Cincinnati >> November 8, 2010
2011 UCONN MEN’S SOCCER
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