Garrett Bireline

2010 BGSU men's soccer - photo by Michael Nemeth

Position:
Midfielder/Defender
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Marion, Ind.
High School:
Marion

2010
Played in one match off the bench ... played in the second half of BGSU's match vs. #1-ranked Akron (Sept. 11) at Cochrane Field.

2009
Was named BGSU's Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the Athletic Honors Night in April of 2010 ... the award is given to just one male and one female student-athlete in the junior class each year ... played in 17 of BGSU's 18 matches, making five starts ... started the first five contests of the season ... played a season-high 74 minutes at Kentucky, and saw 68 minutes of action off the bench at Michigan ... played 67 minutes against Louisville.

2008
Was a recipient of the team’s Lee & Marge Meserve Award (top GPA) ... played in five matches off the bench ... had two points on the season ... scored first collegiate goal at Detroit (Nov. 4), as BGSU rallied from a three-goal deficit for a 3-3 tie with the Titans ... scored at the 70:33 mark of that game to get the Falcons within a single goal ... played in two of the first three matches of the year, vs. South Florida (Aug. 30) and College of Charleston (Sept. 7) ... also saw action in the final regular-season games, vs. Michigan State (Oct. 29), Buffalo (Nov. 1) and UDM.

2007
Played in seven matches, starting two ... made first collegiate start at Cincinnati (Oct. 10), playing all 90 minutes ... other start game in the Michigan game (Oct. 17) ... made his collegiate debut at Florida Atlantic (Sept. 2).

HIGH SCHOOL
An adidas/NSCAA All Region Scholar and adidas/NSCAA All America Scholar while at Marion under coach Jorge Berry ... earned four letters ... County Player of the Year for the Giants ... helped his team to the North Central Conference title in 2003 ... MHS advanced to two sectional championship games, winning one title ... a two-time All-NCC First-Team selection, and an Academic All-NCC honoree ... team MVP as both a junior and a senior ... also earned letters in basketball (two), track and football (one each).

PERSONAL
Born June 23, 1988, in Seattle, Wash. ... exercise science major at BGSU ... finished with a stellar 3.91 grade-point average ... son of David and Gail Bireline ... has a younger sister ... played club ball for the Indy Burn, leading that team to an Indiana Premier League first-place finish ... team also placed sixth in the Region II National and trained at the Liverpool Academy in Liverpool, England ... father played college basketball at Seattle Pacific and is the director of athletics at Taylor (Ind.) University ... grandfather, Delbert Bireline, played collegiate baseball at Bradley.

GARRETT BIRELINE - BGSU CAREER STATISTICS
OFFENSE     GP-GS     G    A Pts Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att
2007......   7-2      0    0   0     2 .000    1 .500   0   0-0
2008......   5-0      1    0    2     1 1.000    1 1.000   0   0-0
2009...... 17-5      0    0    0     0 .000    0 .000   0   0-0
2010......   1-0      0    0    0     0 .000    0 .000   0   0-0
TOTAL..... 30-7      1    0    2     3 .333    2 .667   0   0-0