Chad Barson

Height:
5-10
Weight:
170
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lewis Center, Ohio
High School:
Olentangy HS

as a Senior (2012): NSCAA All-America First Team ... Soccer America MVP First Team honoree ... named team captain for the second consecutive year ... named to Top Drawer Soccer's (TDS) Team of the Season Second Team ... ranked as the No. 30 upperclassman in the country, according to TDS ... one of four Zips to be named to the CoSIDA Academic All-American team ... earned first-team honors for the second straight season with a 3.99 GPA as a biology major ... finished his career as a three-time Academic All-American, which matches teammate David Meves as the most honors in program history ... All-MAC First Team honoree ... Academic All-MAC ... appeared and started in all but two matches of his college career (93 of 95 games) ... was forced to sit out the Zips' match against Northern Illinois (Oct. 13) and Michigan (Oct. 16) due to an injury ... was the veteran leader on a unit that produced 16 shutouts, including eight straight from Sept. 14 to Oct. 16 ... it was the second-highest total in school history and tied for the 13th-highest total in NCAA history ... Zips, who allowed one of fewer goals in 21 of 22 matches overall, also recorded a consecutive shutout streak of six matches from Oct. 23 to Nov. 11 ... named to Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week on Oct. 29 ... found the net against SIU Edwardsville (Sept. 2) and Hartwick (Oct. 27).

as a Junior (2011): Team captain ... earned CoSIDA Academic All-American status for the second consecutive season, landing on the first team ... All-MAC First Team ... Academic All-MAC ... named to All-Ohio team ... started all 23 games for the Zips at central defender ... helped lead Akron to 11 shutouts on the year while limiting opponents to one or fewer goals in a game 19 times ... was named to Top Drawer Soccer's National Team of the Week twice during the regular season (Sept. 12 and Oct. 17) ... named to the MAC All-Tournament Team.

as a Sophomore (2010): Academic All-America Second Team ... All-MAC First Team ... Academic All-MAC ... started all 25 games ... logged 2,254 minutes, which led the team ... recorded the game-winning team save in the final minutes of the NCAA championship game against Louisville; a match UA won 1-0 to clinch its first team national championship in any sport ... finished with two goals and an assist from his center back position ... recorded his first goal of the season against Cal State Northridge (Sept. 17) ... scored again in a 5-0 rout at Oakland (Oct. 6) ... recorded his lone assist, and second of his career, in a 7-1 win against Michigan (Oct. 19) ... was called up by the U.S. U-20 National Team at the end of March for a pair of competitions.

as a Freshman (2009): Soccer America All-Freshman Second Team ... College Soccer News All-Freshman Second Team ... started all 25 games ... his first career goal was a game-winner against Bowling Green (Sept. 26) … key contributer on a defense unit that set school records for goals-against-average (0.27) and shutouts (19) ... UA's 19 shutouts represented the second-highest, single-season total in NCAA history while its GAA and shutout percentage (.760) were ranked third all-time ... recorded first collegiate assist in a 2-0 victory over Stanford in the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 29)… College Soccer News Freshman Top 100 list.

Prior to Akron: Starred on multiple U.S. national teams, including the U-18s, U-17s and U-15s ... 10th-best high school prospect in the country, according to Top Drawer Soccer ... 2008 Parade All-American ... two-time NSCAA Youth All-American ... 2008 all-state second team honoree for Div. I at Olentangy High School ... competed in the Developmental Academy League, sponsored by U.S. Soccer ... member of the Academy National Finals U-18 Columbus Crew Academy team ... part of the No. 1-ranked college recruiting class in the nation, according to ESPN Rise.com ... member of the National Honors Society.

Personal: Born Feb. 25, 1991 ... parents are William and Darlene Barson ... has two older brothers, Brent and Ryan ... majoring in biology.