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Jordan Chirico |
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Senior Year (2005)
Started all 22 matches in the midfield ... started 19 matches at the defensive midfield position and three matches wide in the midfield ... was named to fifth team of Top Drawer Soccer's National Teams of the Season ... took over the position held by 2004 Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy winner Danny O'Rourke ... finished the season with a career-best 12 points on three goals and six assists ... the six assists ranked fifth in the Big Ten Conference ... had a career-high three points on a goal and an assist at Wisconsin (10/14) and against Butler (10/19) ... assisted on the game-winner as the Hoosiers knocked off then-No. 1 Akron (11/3) on Senior Night ... scored the game-winner in the 14th minute, punching a ball just inside the near post against Wisconsin in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament ... registered assists against IUPUI (10/2), Michigan (10/5) and Oho State (10/23) ... named IU Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Oct. 24 for his work in the classroom ... earned adidas/IU Credit Union All-Tournament team honors after helping the Hoosiers pick up shutout victories over then-No. 10 Wake Forest (9/2) and then-No. 7 SMU (9/ 4) ... Academic All-Big Ten selection.
Junior Year (2004)
Played in 19 matches, starting 13 wide in the midfield ... has started the final 11 matches of 2004 wide in the midfield for the Hoosiers ... assisted on the Hoosiers' eventual game-winner against Oregon State in the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic ... played important minutes off the bench with the Hoosiers a man down in a 2-1 victory over then-No. 19 Michigan ... gave the Hoosiers a 1-0 lead at Saint Louis with his first goal of the season in the 14th minute ... took 15 shots on the season ... scored the eventual game-winner in the 47th minute against Tulsa in the NCAA Quarterfinals.
Sophomore Year (2003)
Saw action in 21 matches and started five times ... tallied one of IU's five goals in the third-round NCAA victory over Virginia Commonwealth on Nov. 30 ... scored the first goal of his career, a game-winner, on Sept. 14 against Fresno State ... assisted on one of Ned Grabavoy's goals in the 2-1 victory over then-No. 5 Saint Louis on Oct. 24 ... attempted a total of 11 shots ... an academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Freshman Year (2002)
One of two true freshmen to see time for the Hoosiers ... played in 18 games and started once ... attempted 12 shots ... saw his playing time increase in the defensive midfield while former Hoosier Danny O'Rourke was out with an injury.
Prep/Personal
NSCAA/adidas New York State Player of the Year and an NSCAA/adidas High School All-American in 2001 ... named the Gatorade Player of the Year in New York ... during his senior year, added 46 goals and 32 assists to bring his career totals to 132 and 83, respectively ... was the Section V Player of the Year ... shares the Section V career-high scoring record with Indiana alumnus Aleksey Korol ... part of the American host family with whom Korol lived when in America ... named to the NSCAA All-State team for three years ... the All-Greater Rochester Player of the Year during his final two seasons.
