Will Meyer

Height:
6-2
Weight:
174
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Solon, Ohio
High School:
Solon
Prev School:
Louisville

2021: Started all 18 games for Akron...registered 45 saves en route to posting a 1.06 goals against average and six shutouts...recorded a season-high six saves in a 2-1 Akron victory past No. 3 Pittsburgh (Sept. 6)...tallied six saves in a 1-1 double-overtime draw versus No. 3 Indiana (Sept. 10)...earned clean sheets tallying one, five and two saves, respectively, helping the Zips to a 1-0 win over Yale (Sept. 25), a 0-0 double-overtime draw at No. 3 West Virginia (Sept. 30) and a 2-0 triumph past Georgia Southern (Oct. 7)...tallied three stops in a 0-0 draw against Michigan (Oct. 18)...also garnered clean sheet with one save in a 4-0 win over Cleveland State (Oct. 26)...rated 36th in the NCAA in shutouts (6), 37th in goalie minutes played (1,696.54) and 58th in goals against average (1.06)...ranked fourth in the MAC in save percentage (.692) and saves per game (2.50) and fifth in goals against average (1.06), saves (45), shutouts (.333)...in conference-only contests, he led the league in shutouts (.333), while ranking fourth in goals against average (1.59), saves (17) and saves per game (2.83) and fifth in saves percentage (.630).

2021 ACCOLADES: 10th selection of the second round (38th overall) in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft by Nashville SC...Third-Team United Soccer Coaches All-North Region honoree...honored as a First-Team Scholar All-North/Central Region award recipient by the United Soccer Coaches...Academic All-MAC selection...First-Team All-Ohio honoree...recognized as First-Team Academic All-Ohio recipient...tabbed as National Player of the Week by College Soccer News (Sept. 14)...named MAC Player of the Week (Sept. 13)...selected to TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Week (Oct. 5).

2020: Started all nine games he appeared in for Akron...registered 27 saves en route to posting a 1.53 goals against average on the strength of a pair of shutouts...made a season-best eight saves at Bowling Green (April 11)...rated 69th in the NCAA in goalie minutes played (882:00)...ranked fourth in the MAC in shutouts (2) and saves per game (3.00), fifth in saves (27) and sixth in goals against average (1.53)...in league-only affairs, ranked second in the MAC in saves per match (3.43), third in saves (24), shutouts (2) and shutouts per outing (.286), fifth in save percentage (.649) and sixth in goals against average (1.74).

LOUISVILLE (2017-19): Joined the Zips after playing his initial three campaigns at Louisville, where he appeared in 15 career matches for the Cardinals, including 13 starts, posting 31 saves, nine shutouts and a 0.77 goals against average...as a redshirt freshman in 2017, he started and made three saves in net en route to earning a shutout in a 0-0 double-overtime draw with Akron in the Elite Eight, a contest which the Zips advanced to the College Cup on penalty kicks...posted a 0.37 goal against average in three NCAA Tournament games in 2017, including garnering shutouts versus Colgate and Akron.

PRIOR TO AKRON: Played four years at Solon High School, including 56 matches overall and was named first-team All-Ohio, Cleveland.com Goalkeeper of the Year, first-team All-Cleveland, Conference Player of the Year and first-team All-Conference as a senior.

PERSONAL: Majoring in political science...son of Eric and Catherine Meyer.

7-18-22