Brandon Silva

Brandon Silva v Hartwick - Bianca Garza photo

Photo by: Bianca Garza, BGSU Marketing and Communications

BGSU men's soccer - Aug 20 2013 - Michael Nemeth photo

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
5-10
Weight:
null
Class:
Redshirt Senior
Hometown:
Columbus, Ohio
High School:
Worthington Kilbourne
Prev School:
Univ. of Akron / Columbus Crew Academy

SILVA AND THE FALCONS
A three-time team captain and an Academic All-American in his final season ... played a total of 74 games during his four-year career at BGSU, starting all 74 ... missed just one career match (due to injury) ... had 17 points on six goals and five assists in his Falcon career.

2013
BGSU's first Academic All-American in four years, as he was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team ... a first-team selection to the Capital One Academic All-District squad ... was the male recipient of BGSU's Falcon Medal of Honor Award ... the Falcon Medal of Honor is the highest award given by the BGSU Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, and is given to one male and female student-athlete each year who embody the essence of the qualities BGSU Athletics holds important for all student-athletes -- scholarship, athletics, leadership and service ... was an All-MAC Second-Team selection ... also was accorded all-league second-team honors by the College Sports Madness web site ... named to the Academic All-MAC First Team ... earned OCSA Academic All-Ohio second-team honors ... a team tri-captain for the third consecutive season ... one of three Falcons to start all 19 matches ... played 1846 of BGSU's 1866 minutes on the season ... had a total of six points on two goals and a pair of assists ... finished tied for fourth on the team in both goals and points, and deadlocked for third on the Falcons in assists ... both assists came in conference matches, in draws vs. Hartwick (Oct. 26) and West Virginia (Nov. 8) ... goals came vs. Malone (Aug. 30) and IPFW (Nov. 5) ... BGSU was 2-0-2 when he scored at least one point ... played primarily at a defensive midfielder spot, and helped the Falcons record eight shutouts on the season ... the only time he spent on the bench came in the blowout wins over Malone (5-0) and IPFW (8-0) ... was named to the All-Tournament Team at the Panther Invitational, hosted by Milwaukee (Sept. 6-8) ... had an assist in the Falcons' exhibition win over Cincinnati at Cochrane Field (Aug. 24) ... was named to the Preseason All-MAC Second Team by the College Sports Madness web site.

2012
A team tri-captain ... was named BGSU's Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year at the Athletics Honors Night ceremony in April of 2013 ... the award is given to just one male and one female at the University each year ... earned honorable mention on the Academic All-MAC Team ... one of four Falcons to start all 20 matches ... played a total of 1,866 of the season's 1,874-plus minutes ... had three points on a goal and an assist ... converted a penalty kick in the season opener, BG's 3-0 win vs. Saint Bonaventure at Cochrane Field (Aug. 25) ... assisted on Anthony Grant's winning goal in another 3-0 victory at Cochrane, against Buffalo (Oct. 13) ... was on the bench for roughly nine minutes of the Wofford match (Sept. 7), and played every second of each of the other 19 matches ... helped BGSU post seven shutouts on the year ... his 11 total shot attempts included four on goal.

2011
A team tri-captain ... named to the Academic All-MAC Team ... also selected to the Academic All-Ohio Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA) ... played in 17 matches on the season, starting them all ... played a total of 1,483 minutes ... tied for fourth on the team with seven points ... had three goals and an assist ... scored his first collegiate goal against Cleveland State (Sept. 3) ... that goal came in the 69th minute, and he hit the post with another shot later in the match ... also scored goals at Belmont (Sept. 16) and Detroit (Sept. 21), with both coming on penalty kicks ... picked up an assist on Colin Armstrong's goal at Lipscomb (Sept. 18) ... played every minute of 14 matches, including the first three and the last nine of the season ... the lone match he missed was due to injury ... was injured in the second minute of the Duquesne match (Sept. 9), and missed the remainder of that game as well as the Pittsburgh contest (Sept. 11) ... played 79 minutes in wins over UDM and IUPUI (Sept. 30), and played every second of every other match ... for all intents and purposes, had a four-game point-scoring streak in September ... after scoring vs. CSU, suffered that injury just 1:45 into the DU contest ... returned to action vs. Belmont and scored another goal, then had the assist in the Lipscomb game and the PK goal at UDM ... had 18 shot attempts, including eight shots on goal, on the year.

2010
One of five Falcons to start all 18 matches ... played 1,660 of a possible 1,688 minutes, ranking third on the team ... had one assist on the year ... his first collegiate point came on Ryan Comiskey's second-half goal at Michigan (Oct. 27) ... after playing 98 minutes in the season opener at Appalachian State (Sept. 3), played every second of the next nine matches ... in his first weekend of collegiate action, was named to the all-tournament team at the Davidson adidas Classic ... saw 74 minutes of action at Butler (Oct. 13), with that match marking the only time all year that he spent any time on the bench ... then played the entirety of each of the final seven contests ... had 19 shot attempts on the year ... enrolled at BGSU in time for the spring 2010 semester, and participated in spring practices with the team.

2009 AT AKRON
Did not see match action for the Zips.

HIGH SCHOOL
A three-year varsity starter at Worthington Kilbourne H.S. ... was a team captain and helped the team to a pair of trips to the regional finals ... earned team MVP and all-district first-team honors as a senior in 2008, scoring four goals and adding three assists ... had 13 career goals, including five game winners, along with seven assists ... four-year academic honor student ... National Honor Society.

PERSONAL
Son of Napoleon and Kathleen Silva ... has a younger brother ... was enrolled in graduate school in the 2013-14 academic year, as a kinesiology major ... had a perfect 4.000 cumulative GPA through the Spring 2014 semester ... earned his undergraduate degree (also with a perfect 4.000 cumulative GPA) from the University in May of 2013, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and a minor in Spanish ... member of the Academy National Finals U-18 Columbus Crew Academy team.

SILVA, Brandon

Season	GP-GS	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	Shot%	SOG	SOG%	PK-Att
2010	18-18	1660	0	1	1	19	.000	5	.263	0-0
2011	17-17	1483	3	1	7	18	.167	8	.444	2-3
2012	20-20	1866	1	1	3	11	.091	4	.364	1-1
2013	19-19	1846	2	2	6	15	.133	9	.600	1-1
TOTAL	74-74	6855	6	5	17	63	.095	26	.413	4-5