2018 MEDIA GUIDE MEN’S SOCCER @GEORGIASOUTHERN UNIVERSITY GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents ...................................................................2 Quick Facts ............................................................................3 The University ....................................................................4-5 GENERAL INFO GENERAL The Sun Belt Conference........................................................6 President Shelly C. Nickel ......................................................7 Athletic Director Tom Kleinlein ..............................................8 GENERAL INFO GENERAL Athletics Staff .................................................................. 9, 11 Athletics Communications ..................................................10 Eagle Field ......................................................................12-13 THE 2018 SEASON 2018 Preview .................................................................14-15 2018 Opponents .............................................................16-18 2018 SEASON 2018 2018 Sun Belt Tournament ..................................................19 Head Coach John Murphy ...............................................20-21 Assistant Coaches Joe Barber & Nate Kopunek ....................22 Assistant Coaches Stephen Walmsley & Emil Laursen .........23 Dir. of Men’s Soccer Operations Kiera McCormakc ...............24 2018 Eagle Roster ...............................................................26 2018 Player Bios .............................................................27-46 2017 SEASON 2017 THE 2017 SEASON 2017 Season in Review ..................................................48-49 2017 Statistics ................................................................50-52 2017 Boxscores ..............................................................53-55 RECORD BOOK AND HISTORY Program History ..................................................................57 Coaching History .................................................................58 All-Time Letterwinners ..................................................59-60 All-Time Jersey Numbers ................................................61-63 HISTORY/RECORDS All-Time Honors & Awards ..............................................64-65 Miscellaneous Records ........................................................66 Single Game Records ......................................................67-68 2 Single Season Records ....................................................69-70 Career Records.....................................................................71 Annual Leaders ...................................................................72 All-Time Series vs. Opponents ........................................73-77 Year-by-Year Results ......................................................78-82 2018 Spot Chart ...........................................Inside Back Cover 2018 Schedule .......................................................Back Cover CREDITS Written, edited and designed by Chad Jackson and Georgia Southern Athletics Communications. Cover art by Georgia Southern Athletic Communication Creative Services. Photo credits: Milledge Austin, Frank Fortune, Amanda Korponay, A.J. Henderson, Jeremy Wilburn and the Sun Belt Conference. GEORGIA SOUTHERN MEN’S SOCCER @GEORGIASOUTHERN UNIVERSITY INFO GENERAL GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY 2018 EAGLES SCHEDULE Location .....................................................................Statesboro, Georgia Date Opponent Location Time Founded ........................................................................................... 1906 August Enrollment .................................................................................... 27,459 8/11 at Presbyterian (Exh.) Clinton, S.C. 7 PM 8/18 at UNC Asheville (Exh.) Asheville, N.C. 6 PM Nickname ....................................................................................... Eagles 8/24 at Virginia Commonwealth Richmond, Va. 5 PM GENERAL INFO GENERAL Colors ............................................................................... Blue and White 8/26 at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va. 2 PM Home Field .............................................................................. Eagle Field 8/31 NORTH FLORIDA STATESBORO 7:30 PM Surface .................................................................................Natural Grass GENERAL INFO GENERAL Capacity ............................................................................................. 500 September Affiliation ......................................................................... NCAA Division I 9/7 FLORIDA GULF COAST STATESBORO 7 PM Conference .................................................................................. Sun Belt 9/11 at Wake Forest Winston-Salem, N.C. 7 PM 9/15 at Jacksonville Jacksonville, Fla. 7 PM Interim President ............................................................Shelley C. Nickel 9/22 ETSU STATESBORO 7 PM Athletics Director ................................................................Tom Kleinlein 9/26 WINTHROP STATESBORO 7 PM Senior Woman Administrator .............................................Brandy Clouse 9/29 at Mercer Macon, Ga. 7 PM Faculty Athletic Rep. ...............................................Chris Geyerman, Ph.D. Website .....................................................................www.GSEagles.com October 10/2 FLORIDA ATLANTIC STATESBORO 7 PM SEASON 2018 MEN’S SOCCER HISTORY 10/6 at Howard * Washington, D.C. 5 PM 10/9 at Louisville Louisville, Ky. 7 PM First Year of Men’s Soccer .................................................................. 1980 10/16 at UAB Birmingham, Ala. 7 PM Overall All-Time Record ..........................................................285-351-57 10/20 GEORGIA STATE * STATESBORO 7 PM Sun Belt Record ..............................................................................11-7-1 10/27 APPALACHIAN STATE * STATESBORO 7 PM Sun Belt Tournament App./Last .....................................................4/2017 Sun Belt Tournament Record ............................................................1-3-2 November 11/2 at Coastal Carolina * Conway, S.C. 7 PM COACHING STAFF 11/7-11 2018 SUN BELT TOURNAMENT STATESBORO SEASON 2017 Head Coach ..........................................................................John Murphy * - indicates Sun Belt Conference opponent Alma Mater ..................................................................Bridgewater State home matches appear in BOLD Career Record (yrs) ..........................................................83-60-19 (8 yrs) played at Eagle Field at Erk Park (Statesboro) Record at GS (yrs) ..............................................................17-16-4 (2 yrs) All times Eastern standard time and subject to change Office Phone .....................................................................(912) 478-1204 Assistant Coach ........................................................................Joe Barber Alma Mater ............................................................................Florida Tech Office Phone .....................................................................(912) 478-7842 Assistant Coach .................................................................. Nate Kopunek ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Student Assistant Coach ....................................................... Emil Laursen Director of Athletic Comm./MSOC Contact ............................Chad Jackson HISTORY/RECORDS Office Phone .....................................................................(912) 478-1233 2018 TEAM INFORMATION Cell Phone ........................................................................(912) 713-7399 Starters Returning/Lost ..................................................................... 5 / 6 E-Mail .....................................................tjackson@georgiasouthern.edu 3 Letterwinners Returning/Lost ....................................................... 11 / 10 Assoc. AD for Public Relations & Comm. ...........................Bryan Johnston 2017 Record .....................................................................................9-8-1 Office Phone .......................................................................912-478-5448 2017 Sun Belt Record (Finish) .................................................... 3-2 (3rd) Associate Director of Athletic Comm......................................Marc Gignac 2017 Final USC National Ranking .....................................................None Assistant Director of Athletics Comm. ...............................A.J. Henderson 2017 Final USC Southeast Region Ranking ........................................10th Athletics Communications Assistant .....................................Aaron Socha 2017 Postseason ....................................... L 3-1 Georgia State SBC Semis Digital Media Content Producer ........................................... Maggie Tyler Visual Digital Content Manager .............................................. Jen Richard Fax .....................................................................................912-478-0046 Mailing Address ....................................................................PO Box 8085 .....................................................................Georgia Southern University ................................................................................Statesboro, GA 30460 Overnight Address