Byard Ebling

2011 BGSU Men's Soccer - Aug 18 2011 BGSU marketing & communications

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-10
Weight:
null
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Naperville, Ill.
High School:
Central
Prev School:
Galaxy SC

2011
Played in 17 matches, making 14 starts at an outside defender spot ... after playing just 46 total minutes over the first three matches of the season (sitting out the third game entirely), started both games in the Pitt Tournament, playing every minute vs. both Duquesne (Sept. 9) and Pittsburgh (Sept. 11) ... played sparingly in each of the next two contests, before stepping back into the starting lineup at Detroit (Sept. 21) ... remained in the starting XI for the final 11 games, playing every second of those 11 contests ... wound up fifth on the team in minutes played.

2010
Saw action in five matches off the bench ... played in five-straight games, beginning with the home contest vs. top-ranked Akron (Sept. 11) ... played a season-high 19 minutes vs. Valparaiso (Sept. 19) ... also saw action in the home matches vs. Wright State (Sept. 22) and Lipscomb (Sept. 26), as well as the Falcons' win at Detroit (Sept. 15) ... had four shot attempts in 51 minutes of action on the year.

2009

Played in all 18 matches ... started a total of nine games, including three of the six MAC matches ... had five points on two goals and an assist ... was third on the team in goals, and tied for third in points ... scored against Kentucky and Florida Atlantic ... the latter goal was BG's second in a 3-0 win over FAU at Cochrane Field ... was named to the all-tournament team at the UK Invitational in Lexington, Ky. (Sept. 4-6) ... made eight consecutive starts from Sept. 11 to Oct. 6, and also started the Hartwick match of Oct. 25 ... had an assist on Chuko Evwaraye's goal against IPFW ... played a total of 789 miutes on the year, including a season-high 80 in that IPFW match ... played 77 minutes vs. both Richmond and Valparaiso.

2008
Played in nine matches, making seven starts ... tied for third on the team with two goals ... his four points deadlocked him for fourth on the Falcons ... scored the Falcons’ first goal of the match in a 3-3 tie at Marshall (Sept. 27) ... after goalkeeper Paul Shoemaker’s free kick hit the crossbar, knocked the rebound home for his first points as a Falcon ... that MU game was just the second in which he had seen action, and was his first collegiate start ... also scored in BG’s 3-0 home win over Wright State (Oct. 22), on a give-and-go play with Gavin Dozier ... had a total of 12 shots, wih six of those on goal ... beginning with the Marshall match, started five-straight contests ... also drew the start in back-to-back regular-season games vs. WSU and Northern Illinois (Oct. 25) ... missed the last three regular-season matches and the MAC Tournament contest due to injury ... wore uniform number 9 in his first season at BGSU.

HIGH SCHOOL
A three year letterman at Naperville Central ... in his three seasons with the RedHawks, helped the team to a 43-19-8 career record ... had seven goals and five assists in both his junior and senior seasons ... helped team to a Dupage Valley Conference title in the latter year ... as a sophomore, scored six goals while assisting on three ... RedHawks won a pair of regional champonships during his tenure ... a three time academic all-conference selection ... in 2007, was named second team all-city and all-conference as well as honorable mention all-sectional ... captained the team that season ... a high honor roll member.

PERSONAL
Full name is Byard Daniel Ebling ... son of Byard and Barbara Ebling ... oldest of four children including three younger sisters, Rebecca, Zoe and Amanda ... born Jan. 13, 1990 ... a marketing major who finished with a cumulative GPA of 3.03 ... mother played collegiate basketball at Drexel ... spent summer of 2008 interning with Challenger British Soccer.

BYARD EBLING - BGSU CAREER STATISTICS
OFFENSE               GP-GS     G    A Pts Shots Shot% SOG SOG% GW PK-Att
2008................   9-7      2    0    4    12 .167    6 .500   0   0-0
2009................ 18-9      2    1    5    26 .077   12 .462   0   0-0
2010................   5-0      0    0    0     4 .000    2 .500   0   0-0
2011................ 17-14     0    0    0     2 .000    1 .500   0   0-0
TOTAL............... 49-30     4    1    9    44 .091   21 .477   0   0-0

SINGLE-GAME HIGHS:
Points: 2, 4 times
Goals: 1, 4 times
Assists: 1, IPFW -- Sep 20, 2009
Shots: 7, IPFW -- Sep 20, 2009