Kofi Sarkodie

Height:
5-9
Weight:
155
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Datyon, Ohio
High School:
Edison Academic Center

as a Junior (2010): ESPN Academic All-America of the Year ... NSCAA All-America First Team ... Hermann Trophy semifinalist ... Soccer America Player of the Year ... Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Season First Team ... College Soccer News All-America First Team ... College Cup Most Outstanding Defensive Player ... College Cup All-Tournament Team ... All-MAC First Team ... recorded a career-high eight goals and six assists in 22 games from his outside back position ... finished with five game-winning goals, the second-highest total on the team ... recorded the game-winner with a header in the 74th minute to defeat Michigan (2-1) in the NCAA semifinal (Dec. 10) ... also posted his first career hat trick against the Wolverines during the regular season in a 7-1 rout (Oct. 19) ... netted the decisive blow in a penalty-kick shootout against Cal in the NCAA quarterfinals (Dec. 4) ... also recorded game-winners against Bowling Green (Sept. 11), No. 2 Tulsa (Sept. 24), Florida Atlantic (Oct. 1) ... College Soccer News Preseason All-American ... team tri-captain.

as a Sophomore (2009): CoSida Academic All-America First Team ... Soccer America MVP Second Team ... College Soccer News All-America Third Team ... All-Mid-American Conference First Team ... All-Great Lakes Region First Team ... MAC Academic Team ... Soccer America National Team of the Week (Sept. 8) ... College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Sept. 8) ... University of Akron All-Tournament Team (Sept. 18-20) ... College Soccer News Preseason All-America Team ... started 24 of 25 games … 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 ... scored the game-winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Tulsa (Dec. 5) in the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Tournament … recorded two assists in games against Saint Louis (Sept. 20) and UIC (Oct. 7).

as a Freshman (2008): Soccer America All-Freshman first team honoree ... Top Drawer Soccer All-Rookie First Team ... All-Great Lakes Region Team ... Ohio Soccer Coaches Association All-Ohio selection ... All-MAC First Team ... started all 23 games ... burst onto the scene by netting the game-winning goal in his first career game, a 3-0 upset of No. 3 Notre Dame (Aug. 29) ... notched assists against Florida Atlantic (Sept. 19) and Western Michigan (Oct. 25) ... registered five shots on goal and six shots overall ... central part of the nation's top defensive unit, posting a GAA of 0.45, that allowed one or fewer goals in 22 of 23 games, including 13 shutouts ... named to Soccer America's National Team of the Week (Sept. 2) ... named defensive MVP of the Akron Soccer Tournament (Sept. 7) ... named to the IU Credit Union Classic All-Tournament team (Aug. 31).

Prior to Akron: Named to the 2008 Parade All-American team ... has represented the U.S. Youth National team at the U-20, U-18, U-17 and U-15 levels ... currently the captain of the 1991 age group ... two-time NSCAA/adidas Youth All-American ... spent the summer of '08 competing in South America with the U-18 national team ... was invited to the Elite Soccer Program camp in '07 ... was one of just five U.S. players born in 1991 to play in the U-17 World Cup, starting and playing 90 minutes against Tajikistan in the opening match ... assisted a goal in a U.S. win (2-1) over Canada in the summer of '06 ... spent several years playing for the Ohio FC Mutiny based out of Dublin, Ohio ... was his high school’s valedictorian.

Personal: Parents are Amaning and Olivia Sarkodie and are originally from Kumasi, Ghana ... has two brothers, Kwame (24) and Ofori (21), and a sister, Mimi (11) ... Kwame was a starter in the midfield at the University of Cincinnati ... Ofori completed his senior year as a defender at Indiana University in 2009 ... majoring in biology.