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MF SKYE HARTER MF NICK HINDS F SAM GAINFORD GK BEN LUNDT F STUART HOLTHUSEN QUICK FACTS | GENERAL INFORMATION TEAM INFORMATION AKRON HISTORY Table of Contents .........................................................................................2 All-Time Student-Athlete Honors ......................................................... 44-50 Directions to Campus ..................................................................................3 All-Time Coaching Records ........................................................................51 Athletics Communications ...........................................................................3 All-Time Letterwinners ......................................................................... 52-55 Quick Facts ...................................................................................................4 All-Time Postseason History ................................................................. 56-60 2017 Schedule ............................................................................................5 Series Records vs. 2017 Opponents .........................................................6-7 AKRON RECORDS Roster Information ......................................................................................8 Team Records .............................................................................................62 Radio/Television Chart .................................................................................9 Individual Records ............................................................................... 63-64 2016 Season Review ........................................................................... 10-12 All-Time Series Records ..............................................................................65 Year-By-Year Results ............................................................................. 66-72 COACHING STAFF Head Coach Jared Embick ................................................................... 14-16 Assistant Coach Leo Chappel .....................................................................17 Assistant Coach Ger Coppinger .................................................................17 Assistant Coach T.J. Kolba ..........................................................................18 MEET THE 2017 AKRON ZIPS Meet the Zips ....................................................................................... 20-31 2017 Mid-American Conference Composite Schedule .............................32 THIS IS AKRON SOCCER This is Akron Soccer ............................................................................. 34-37 MLS Draft History ................................................................................. 38-40 Zips In The Pros ..........................................................................................41 Zips by Class ..............................................................................................42 CREDITS Follow Akron men’s soccer on the official web site of Akron Athletics, www.GoZips.com. The site offers everything for the Zips fan, media member, and recruit. From the latest results, The publication was designed, written, and edited by Sean Palchick, with recaps and statistics to previews and press releases. Updated daily, the newly-redesigned editorial assistance from Cathy Bongiovi. Cover design and layout by Jessica www.GoZips.com also provides ticket information and Akron apparel. If it’s happening in Atsas. Cover by Jeff Harwell. Photography by John Ashley, Ernie Aranyosi, Zips Athletics, it’s happening on . and Jeff Harwell. www.GoZips.com AKRON MEN’S SOCCER 2 GoZips.com/ZipsMSOC ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTIONS TO CAMPUS Below are directions to the UA campus and FirstEnergy Stadium - Cub Cadet Field. From Rt. 8 North: Exit Buchtel Avenue. Go straight through traffic light. Turn right on Carroll Street at the next traffic light. InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field is to your left. Gameday media parking is in Lot 1 at this intersection (Carroll Street/Spicer Street). From I-77 North, Rt. 8 North, I-76 West: Take 77 North/76 West to Route 8 North. Take the first exit (Carroll Street/Buchtel Ave.). Turn left at the stop light. The second traffic light is the Carroll Street/Spicer Street intersection. InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field is to your left. Gameday media parking is in Lot 1 at this intersection. From Route 8 South: Follow 76 East/77 South to the Route 8 North/ Cuyahoga Falls exit. Take the first exit (Carroll Street/Buchtel Ave.). Turn left at the stop light. The second traffic light is the Carroll Street/Spicer CATHY Street intersection. InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field is to your left. Gameday media parking is in BONGIOVI Lot 1 at this intersection. w Assistant Athletics Director for Communications From I-76 East/I-77 South: w E-Mail: [email protected] Follow 76 East/77 South to the Route 8 North/ Office: (330) 972-6106 • Cell: (267) 326-5400 Cuyahoga Falls exit. Take the first exit (Carroll w Street/Buchtel). Turn left at the stop light. The sec- w Contact for Football, Tennis ond traffic light is the Carroll Street/Spicer Street intersection. InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field is to your left. Gameday media parking is in Lot 1 at SEAN this intersection. From the west on Market Street: PALCHICK Take Market to Union Street and follow Union Street to Buchtel Avenue. At Buchtel turn left and w Associate Director for Communications go to the first traffic light. Turn right at the light w E-Mail: [email protected] onto Spicer Street. InfoCision Stadium-Summa w Office: (330) 972-2677 • Cell: (440) 567-3992 Field is straight ahead. Gameday media parking is w Contact for Men’s Soccer, Cross Country/Track & Field in Lot 1 at the corner of Carroll and Spicer Streets. From the west on Exchange Street: Take Exchange to Spicer Sreet and turn left. InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field is to your left. BRIAN Gameday media parking is in Lot 1 at the Carroll and Spicer Streets. DENNISON CONTACT INFO Athletics Communications w Assistant Director for Communications [Secondary FB Contact] Rhodes Arena, Suite 83, Akron, OH 44325 w E-Mail: [email protected] w Office: (330) 972-6292 • Cell: (330) 571-4145 Athletics Communications Fax: w Contact for Men’s Basketball, Men’s & Women’s Golf (330) 374-8844 InfoCision Stadium Press Box Phone: (330) 374-2913 Athletics Ticket Office: 1-888-99-AKRON JONATHAN Athletics Dept. Phone: (330) 972-7080 Athletics Department Fax: (330) 972-5473 PLATTEN Athletics Web Site: GoZips.com w Assistant Director for Communications Mid-American Conference Office Phone: w E-Mail: [email protected] (216) 566-4622 w Office: (330) 972-6584 • Cell: (216) 973-4181 MAC Office Fax: (216) 858-9622 w Contact for Women’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Softball MAC Web Site: www.MAC-Sports.com 3 #ZipsGameday 2017 MEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE3 QUICK FACTS THE UNIVERSITY OF AKRON COACHING STAFF Location Akron, Ohio (44325) Head Coach Population 200,000 (fifth largest in Ohio) Jared Embick 11th Season/Fifth as HC Founded 1870 (as Buchtel College) Alma Mater Indiana Weslyan, 2000 Enrollment 26,000 Record at Akron (Yrs.) 61-19-9/.736 (3) Nickname Zips Career Record/Pct. (Yrs.) 108-40-17/.706 (7) School Colors Blue (PMS 282) and Gold (PMS 871) Affiliation NCAA Division I Assistant Coaches Conference Mid-American Leo Chappel (Ohio Wesleyan) Fourth Season President Matthew J. Wilson T.J. Kolba (John Carroll) Third Season Director of Athletics Larry Williams Sr. Associate AD/SWA/MSOC Administrator Mary Lu Gribschaw Goalkeepers Coach Athletics Department Phone (330) 972-7080 Ger Coppinger (Missouri Baptist) Third Season Ticket Office Phone 1-888-99-AKRON Web Site GoZips.com/ZipsMSoc FIRSTENERGY STADIUM – CUB CADET FIELD Twitter @ZipsMSoc Capacity 5,000 Facebook /ZipsMSoc Field Dimensions 120 x 77 Surface Natural Grass AKRON ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS PROGRAM HISTORY Sean Palchick/Men’s Soccer SID Seasons of Men’s Soccer 62 E-mail [email protected] First Season of Men’s Soccer 1955 Office Phone (330) 972-2677 All-Time Record 694-255-92 (.711) Mobile Phone (440) 567-3992 All-Time MAC Record 117-13-8 (.877) MAC Tournament Titles 13 Cathy Bongiovi, Assistant AD for Athletics Communications MAC Regular Season Titles 19 E-Mail [email protected] NCAA Tournament Appearances 31 Office Phone (330) 972-6106 NCAA College Cup Appearances 4 (1986, 2009, 2010, 2015) Mobile Phone (267) 326-5400 NCAA Championship Appearances 2 (2009, 2010) Mailing Address 373 Carroll Street, Suite 83 2016 REVIEW Akron, OH 44325-5201 Overall Home Away Neutral 2016 Record 13-6-3 10-1-1 3-5-2 0-0-1 Office Fax (330) 374-8844 2016 MAC Record 3-1-1 2-1-0 1-0-1 0-0-0 Web Site GoZips.com Twitter @AkronZips Postseason Finish 2016 MAC Regular Season/ Facebook /AkronZips Tournament Champion YouTube /ZipsAthletics NCAA Tournament MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE CONTACTS Postseason Results: W, 2-0 vs. Villanova (NCAA First Round - Akron, Ohio) Dr. Jon Steinbrecher, Commissioner L, 0-1 at No. 4 Indiana (NCAA Second Round - Bloomington, Ind.) Eric Kwiatkowski, Media Relations Assistant/Men’s Soccer Contact 2017 ROSTER BREAKDOWN E-Mail [email protected] Starters Returning/Lost 7/4 Office Phone (216) 954-3389 Letterwinners Returning/Lost 16/8 Office Fax (216) 858-9622 Newcomers 11 Mailing Address 24 Public Square, 15th Floor Cleveland, OH 44113 Web Site MAC-Sports.com AKRON MEN’S SOCCER 4 GoZips.com/ZipsMSOC 2017 AKRON SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE VENUE TIME (ET) Wed., Aug. 16 PENN STATE # AKRON, OHIO FIRSTENERGY STADIUM – CUB CADET FIELD