Fernando Pina

Height:
6-0
Weight:
180
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
High School:
Challenge Early College HS

Honors
All-MAC (First Team, 2013)

as a Sophomore (2013): All-MAC First Team honoree... started the first 18 matches of the season, finishing with arecord of 14-3-1 and posting eight shutouts and a GAA of 062 in1,731 minutes ... logged three-game shutout streaks twice duringthe fall ... notched clean sheets against Bowling Green (Sept. 21),Ohio State (Sept. 24) and West Virginia (Sept. 29) in consecutivefashion, then did so again against No. 15 Wake Forest (Oct. 15),Buffalo (Oct. 18) and No. 17 Michigan State (Oct. 23) ... recordeda season-high five saves in a 1-0 victory against the Demon Deacons... also matched that number in a 2-1 win at Michigan (Oct. 30) ...named MAC Player of the Week on Sept. 30 after posting back-to-back1-0 shutout wins against Ohio State and West Virginia.

as a Freshman (2012): Redshirted.

Prior to Akron: Ranked 10th-best recruit in the country byTop Drawer Soccer … is also ranked No. 2, behind fellowZips' recruit Koroma, in the state of Texas … ranked No. 18by ESPN RISE and No. 26 by College Soccer News … isconsidered the top goalkeeper recruit in the nation (TDS) …was one of the leading keepers for the U.S. U-17 team …competed in the 2011 U-17 World Cup, alongside fellow UA recruitsKoroma, Serna and Souders … started three games, allowingjust two goals in 298 minutes during the 2011 CONCACAF U-17Championship … earned a shutout in a 1-0 win over Panama… made seven International appearances in 2011 and allowedjust six goals … regular in U.S. U-15 national team camps in2009 and was invited into U-17 residency that fall … waspart of the U-14 and U-15 Boys' National Team programs beforejoining Residency … has played with the Houston Dynamo ofthe U.S. Soccer Development Academy since 2009.

Personal: Born Jan. 29, 1994 ... one of six kidsin his family, three boys and three girls.