Anthony Grant

Anthony Grant v Malone - BGSU ath comm photo

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

Anthony Grant v Michigan - BGSU ath comm photo

Photo by: BGSU Strategic Communications

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

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-8
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Kingston, Jamaica
High School:
Jamaica College
Prev School:
McKendree Univ.

GRANT AND THE FALCONS
Finished his BGSU career with 31 points in 39 matches ... had 12 goals and seven assists as a Falcon, and seven of those 12 goals were game-winning goals.

2013
Named to the All-MAC Second Team by the College Sports Madness web site ... named to the OCSA Academic All-Ohio Second Team ... earned honorable mention on the Academic All-MAC Team ... played in all 19 of BGSU's matches, making 15 starts ... finished second on the team in goals, assists and points ... had 11 total points, on three goals and four helpers ... led the team with 66 total shots and 31 shots on goal, and tied for the BG lead with two game-winning goals ... was second in the MAC in shots, and led the league in shots per game (3.47) ... tied for 10th in the conference in both goals and points scored ... deadlocked for fifth in the MAC in GWG ... scored a 'Golden Goal' in BGSU's overtime victory over Northern Illinois at Cochrane Field (Oct. 12) ... also had the winning goal in the season opener, vs. Malone (Aug. 30) ... scored four points, matching the highest total of his Falcon career, in BG's 8-0 win over IPFW (Nov. 5) ... had a goal and a pair of assists in that match ... also scored vs. Detroit (Oct. 8), and had an assist in that Malone match for a three-point evening ... played a total of 1360 minutes on the year ... played a season-high 103 minutes against Ohio State (Sept. 13), firing a total of nine shots ... had at least five shot attempts in six different matches, and had four total shots on four other occasions ... had a goal in the Falcons' exhibition win over Cincinnati at Cochrane Field (Aug. 24) ... was named to the Preseason All-MAC First Team by the College Sports Madness web site.

2012

Named to the All-MAC First Team, and was a co-recipient of the MAC's Newcomer-of-the-Year award ... also was accorded all-league first-team honors by College Sports Madness ... was named to the All-Ohio Second Team by the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association (OCSA) ... played in all 20 matches, starting 18 ... led the Falcons with eight goals and 20 points, and tied for second on the team with four assists ... led the entire MAC with five game-winning goals, the highest total by a BG player since 1997 ... had assists on two other GWGs on the year, meaning that he was involved in the scoring of seven of BGSU's eight winners ... in conference play, started all seven matches and had team-high totals of four goals and nine points ... had the GWG in each of BGSU's three MAC wins ... had an assist on the Falcons' first goal of the season, Danny Baraldi's game-winning marker vs. Saint Bonaventure (Aug. 25) ... made it two assists in as many matches to start his BG career, with a helper on Zach Lemke's goal vs. Michigan State (Aug. 29) ... his first goal as a Falcon, scored in the 15th minute, proved to be the game winner in a 1-0 triumph at Cleveland State (Sept. 14) ... scored the first goal of the match in BG's double-OT victory over Milwaukee (Sept. 25) ... recorded the game winner vs. Western Michigan, scoring with just over 14 minutes remaining in a 2-1 home win (Oct. 5) ... for his efforts in that match, was named the MAC's Male Scholar-Athlete of the Week on Oct. 10 ... had his first two-goal game as a Falcon against Buffalo (Oct. 13), scoring the first two goals of the match in that 3-0 victory ... had a whopping eight shots, including seven on goal, vs. the Bulls ... had a goal at IPFW (Oct. 16) ... scored the GWG with under two minutes gone in the second half as BGSU won at Michigan (Oct. 23) ... had yet another winner three nights later, with a three-point game at Florida Atlantic (Oct. 26) ... scored the first goal of the match in the 13th minute, then assisted on Baraldi's goal midway through the first half in a 2-0 BG win ... after totalling five points in the U-M and FAU matches, was named the MAC Player of the Week on Oct. 30 ... that evening (Oct. 30), had the primary assist on a Ryan James goal in overtime, giving the Brown and Orange a 3-2 win over Wright State.

SUMMER 2012
Played for the Michigan Bucks of the Premier Development League during the summer of 2012, and played a key role as the Bucks advanced to the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup ... the team's run included a pair of wins over professional teams, the Pittsburgh Riverhounds (4-1) and the Chicago Fire of Major League Soccer (3-2 in overtime) ... scored the Bucks' goal in a 2-1 loss in overtime against the Dayton Dutch Lions in the fourth round ... earned honorable mention on the PDL's Team of the Week on June 7 ... in the league, the Bucks were crowned regular-season champions with a 13-1-2 record (41 points), the best of all 73 teams in the eight-division league ... led the team in goals, with seven, and was second on the Bucks in points (17).

AT BGSU
Enrolled at BGSU in January of 2012, and participated in spring practices with the Falcons.

PRIOR TO BGSU
Attended McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill., during the fall of 2011 ... set school records for goals and points in a season ... his 53 points included a total of 23 goals ... amassed those totals in 18 games ... the Bearcats set a school record for wins, going 17-1-0 on the year ... recorded three hat tricks, and had five other games with two goals ... was held without a goal just six times, and was held without a point only twice all season ... had five game-winning goals on the season ... his season total of seven assists included a pair of two-assist matches.

HIGH SCHOOL
Attended Jamaica College ('09), playing for coach Alfred Henry ... scored a team-high 17 goals there, helping lead the team to the Manning Cup and the Oliver Shields Charity Cup titles in 2007 ... attended Jamaica College from 2007-09 after attending Calabar High from 2001-07.

PERSONAL
Anthony Grant was born on Aug. 4, 1989, in Kingston, Jamaica ... son of Anthony Grant and Donette Shepherd ... a geography major at BGSU, with a cumulative GPA of 3.590 through the Spring 2013 semester ... played club soccer at the Univ. of the West Indies near Kingston, Jamaica ... in the summer of 2012, as mentioned above, played for the Michigan Bucks ... was a Jamaica National U-23 Team invitee for the Olympic qualifying matches for London 2012.

GRANT, Anthony (BGSU stats only)

Season	GP-GS	Minutes	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	Shot%	SOG	SOG%	GW	PK-Att
2012	20-18	1478	8	4	20	47	.170	22	.468	5	0-0
2013	19-15	1360	4	3	11	66	.061	31	.470	2	0-1
TOTAL	39-33	2838	12	7	31	113	.106	53	.469	7	0-1

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points: 4, IPFW -- Nov 05, 2013 ; Buffalo -- Oct 13, 2012
Goals: 2, Buffalo -- Oct 13, 2012
Assists: 2, IPFW -- Nov 05, 2013
Shots: 9, Ohio State -- Sep 13, 2013