HONORS & AWARDS
• Drafted in the first round (No. 16 overall) in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft by the New York Red Bulls
• 2018 United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
• 2018 Preseason All-Big West Conference team
• 2017 United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region Second Team
• 2017, 2018 Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Year
• 2017, 2018 All-Big West Conference First Team
• 2015, 2016 All-Big West Conference Honorable Mention
• 2015 Big West Conference All-Freshman Team
• 2015 Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 Freshmen (No. 92)
• Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 16, 2017; Sept. 10, 2018)
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Oct. 18, 2017)
2018: Started all 20 matches on the back line for the Aggies, playing nearly every minute of the season... Finished with a goal against San Jose State on Aug. 31... Finished with a single shot attempt in seven different matches.
2017: Started all 21 matches, leading the team in minutes played... Scored his only goal of the season at Cal Poly on Oct. 25... Finished with 14 shots on the year, including a season-high three (two of those on frame) against CSUN on Sept. 30... Helped lead a defensive unit that allowed a league-low eight goals in 10 league matches and a conference-best 0.70 goals against average in Big West play, posting five shutouts.
2016: One of eight players to appear in all 20 matches and one of three to start every contest... Placed six of his 12 shot attempts on frame... Tied a career high with three shots against UC Riverside on Oct. 6.
2015: Named as one of the top 100 freshmen (No. 92) in the nation according to the website TopDrawerSoccer.com at the end of the season... One of only seven first-year players to make one of the three All-Big West squads and only the fourth UC Davis player to be named to the league's all-freshman team... One of eight Aggies to appear in all 21 matches, playing every minute of 20 starts on the back line after coming off the bench for 13 minutes in the season opener against Seattle on Aug. 28... A force in the air on set pieces, finished third on the team in scoring with nine points on four goals and an assist... Scored his first career goal as part of a 6-0 win over Pacific on Sept. 20 and, later, added the game-winner win a 2-0 shutout at UC Riverside in the Big West opener on Oct. 1... Added a brace against Cal Poly on Oct. 14, scoring twice in a 3-2 win over the Mustangs... Tallied his lone assist at home against Sacramento State on Oct. 17 in a 1-1 draw... Finished with a season-high three shots against CSU Bakersfield on Sept. 4, and put eight of his 14 shots (.533) on frame for the year.
2014: Redshirted.
RANCHO COTATE HS '14: A four-year varsity letter winner for the Cougars, who had his senior season cut short due to injury... Helped the Cougars to a berth in the North Coast Section quarterfinals and a 14-5-3 record in 2012... Named to the All-North Bay League First Team and the Press Democrat All-Empire Large Schools Second Team as a junior... Three-time all-league first-team selection... Also played basketball and football as sophomore.
PERSONAL: Born in Accra, Ghana... Parents are Botwe and Princella... Has three siblings: Benedicta, Keziah, and Davlyn... Helped his club team, Santa Rosa United, to a Cal-Cup title and a State Cup in 2013.
