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• 2007 Captain • 2007 Hermann Trophy Candidate • 2007 Lowe's Senior CLASS Award Finalist

As a Junior (2006): Became UConn’s 10th NSCAA First Team All-American honoree ... Also named to First Team All-Northeast and BIG EAST Teams ... Collected BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year accolades for the second consecutive year ... Named to M.A.C. Hermann Trophy candidate list for second-straight season, finishing as a semifinalist in 2006 ... Played and started in all 19 games at center back ... Scored two goals, including the game-winning tally at Marquette (10/19) ... Also scored the team’s lone goal in the Huskies’ NCAA Tournament loss to Fairfield (11/11) ... Played 1,728 minutes on the season, averaging 91 minutes per contest - the second-most of any field player.

As a Sophomore (2005): Earned NSCAA Second Team All-American honors, as well as First Team New England accolades ... Named BIG EAST Defender of the Year, as well as a candidate for the M.A.C. Hermann Trophy ... Received First Team All-BIG EAST honors ... Named conference Defensive Player of the Week twice (9/26, 10/31) ... Played and started in all 21 games ... Helped anchor defense that allowed an average of just 0.56 goals per game, while posting 14 shutouts ... Huskies gave up just two goals at home during the regular season ... Scored two goals, one against George Mason (9/9) and another on the road vs. Notre Dame (10/8) ... Averaged 91 minutes of play per game.

As a Freshman (2004): Earned second team All-BIG EAST honors, as well as first team All-New England and _College Soccer News_All-Freshman All-American accolades ... Singled out as BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week after helping the Huskies to a 173-minute shutout streak with wins versus Boston University (10/12) and Rutgers (10/16) ... Played and started all 23 games for the Huskies in first collegiate season ... Tallied goals against Rutgers (10/16) and Syracuse (10/27) ... Led the team in minutes played with an average of 86 per contest.

Prior to UConn: Attended St. Anthony’s College in Westmoorings, Diego Martin … Helped St. Anthony’s to the 1999 North League Championship … Played for the Trinidad and Tobago Under-17 Team that traveled to Brazil, Haiti, the United States and the Caribbean.

Personal: Resource economics major … Born July 9, 1984.