Drafted by Minnesota United FC with the 18th overall pick in the first round of the 2021 Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
HONORS & AWARDS
• 2019 United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region Second Team
• 2019 All-Big West Conference First Team
• 2019 Top Drawer Soccer 2019 Midseason Top 100
• 2019 Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week (10/14)
• 2019 College Soccer News National Team of the Week (9/4)
• 2019 All-Big West Preseason Team
• 2018 Preseason All-Big West Conference Team
• 2017 United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region Third Team
• 2017 Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI Second Team
• 2017 Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 Freshmen (No. 17)
• 2017 All-Big West Conference First Team
• 2017 Big West All-Freshman Team
• 2017 Big West Conference All-Academic Team
• Big West Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 2, 2017)
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week Honorable Mention (Nov. 6, 2018)
2019: Started all 20 games played… Anchored the Aggies’ backline — one of the toughest units to score on in the nation… UC Davis’ 0.63 GAA was the fifth-lowest in the nation; its 13 goals allowed was the lowest in the Big West and one of the lowest totals among all Division I schools… Scored the game-tying goal at Sacramento State (10/5); his header was the last shot recorded in regulation… Six of his 20 shots were on goal..,. Took a season-high four shots at Marquette (9/1)… A season-high two shots on goal were recorded vs. UC Santa Barbara (10/23).
2018: Appeared in 14 matches, making 13 starts... Finished with an assist at Oregon State on Sept. 10... Attempted a season-high two shots in three different matches en route to 12 shot attempts on the season.
2017: Appeared in 14 of the team's 21 matches, making 11 starts... Collected his first career point with an assist at Saint Mary's (9/21)... Scored his first career goal -- and game-winning strike -- at Sacramento State (10/14)... Also scored in the Aggies' Big West Tournament semifinal victory over CSUN on Nov. 4... Finished with 20 shots on the season, including a season-best four against the Hornets on the road.
2016: Appeared in four matches, making three starts, for the Aggies before suffering a season-ending injury against San Diego on Sept. 9... Granted a medical hardship waiver following the season... Came off the bench to make his Division I debut in the season-opener against San Jose State on Aug. 26, then started the next three matches, including his first career start at Pacific on Sept. 1... Took single shots in each of his first three matches of his career, putting two on frame.
COSUMNES OAKS HS '16: Two-year varsity letter winner for the Wolfpack before focusing on competition with the Sacramento Republic FC U-17/18 Academy team… Selected for the United States U-19 Men's National Team for the Slovakia Cup, helping the Red, White, and Blue, to the title, with a 2-1 win over Russia in the finals… Named to U.S. Soccer Development Academy Starting XI for the Western Conference, helping the Sacramento Republic FC Academy team to a berth in the quarterfinals at the U.S. Soccer Development Academy playoffs in the program's first season… His academy team finished 17-8-7 overall and allowed the third-fewest goals in the Northwest Division, finishing second to eventual tournament runner-up Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-17/18… Was a two-time all-conference first team selection in 2013 and 2014 in high school… Helped lead the Wolfpack to the 2013 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Division II title, ending the season 18-0-4, and a semifinal berth in 2014… Won a pair of league titles in the Sierra Valley and Capital Valley conferences… Named defensive MVP in 2014… Two-time scholar-athlete honoree.
PERSONAL: Parents are Herbert and Sela… Has an older sibling, Malaika… Lists his proudest personal accomplishment as being selected to the U.S. U-19 Men's National Team, and his career sports highlight as winning the Slovakia Cup… If he could play another sport at UC Davis, it would be tennis… Lists his sports hero as Kobe Bryant and Martin Luther King, Jr., as his non-sports hero.
