Pomona-Pitzer Athletics

At Pomona-Pitzer: Completed his senior season as a member of the Pomona-Pitzer Men's Soccer team, where he saw action at both midfield and forward.

2012: Third-team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American...SCIAC All-Academic team...Had an injury-plagued senior year, but saw action in 14 games...Tallied three goals and two assists...Broke a scoreless tie with the game-winning goal late in a 2-0 win over Chapman...Added a goal in a home win over Occidental and another in a home win over CSU San Marcos...Had assists in back to back games against Whittier and Redlands...Took 28 shots, 17 of which were on target.

2011: Second-team All-SCIAC selection...Earned SCIAC Brine Award of Distinction for performance on the field, in the classroom and in the community...NSCAA Scholar All-Region honorable mention selection...SCIAC All-Academic team selection...Had three goals and tied for the team lead with four assists...Had a goal and an assist four minutes apart to turn a 1-1 tie into a 3-1 win over Cal Lutheran...Also had a goal and an assist in the closing minutes of a 2-0 win over La Verne...Assisted on the game's only goal in a 1-0 win over Whittier, when he dribbled all the way inside the six-yard box before passing into the goalmouth.

High School: Attended Aloha High School in Beaverton, Oregon, where he was a first-team all-state midfielder...Also named the Metro League Player of the Year...Personal: Attending Pomona College, where he majors in philosophy...Senior thesis in philosophy will be on "The Epistemology of Religious Experience"...Hobbies include music (recommends the band Future of Forestry), Footytube, and philosophizing with Mike Ceragioli and Erik Munzer...Lists Lionel Messi as his favorite athlete (ever since he scored against Brazil in the U-20 World Cup in 2005)...Lists The Bible, Mere Christianity (C.S. Lewis), The Pursuit of God (A.W. Tozer) and Confessions (Saint Augustine) as his favorite books...Lists "Belief, Justification and Religion" with Professor Dustin Locke as the most interesting course has has taken...Academic All-America candidate...Volunteered in the summer for the Los Angeles Urban Project, when he lived and worked at a transitional housing center called "Door Of Hope", organizing activities for previously homeless children...Also coordinates a Homeless Lunches program on campus through the Pomona-Pitzer Christian Fellowship and the CMS Christian Fellowship...Born March 14, 1991.