Ricky Garbanzo Bio - Coastal Carolina Official Athletic Site

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Ricky Garbanzo

	Class: Junior
	Hometown: Rock Hill, S.C.
	High School: Northwestern HS

	Height / Weight: 5-7 / 140
	Position: Forward

• 2012 First Team All-Big South
• 2011 Big South All-Freshman Team

2012 (Sophomore): First team All-Big South ... Two-time Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week honoree (Sept. 23 and Oct. 29) ... College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 29) ... NCAA.com National Player of the Week (Oct. 15) ... Big South Conference Attacking Player of the Week (Oct. 29) ... Named to the Ohio State-hosted Wolstein Classic all-tournament team ... Scored a career-high 13 goals and added five assists to total 31 points ... His 13 goals ranked 18th in the NCAA ... Ranked 20th in the country in total points with 31 ... Turned in three multi-goal games ... Scored his first career hat trick to lead Coastal over South Carolina, 3-2 ... Netted two goals in the opening 23 minutes at Liberty ... Found the back of the net twice in Coastal's 8-0 romp at VMI ... Counted a team and Big South-high six game-winning goals ... Recorded a goal in five straight games from Oct. 24 - Nov. 9 ... Attempted 55 shots with 25 coming on frame ... Starter in 17 of 25 games played ... Averaged 1.24 points per outing ... Provided the assist on three game-winning goals ... Had a hand in each of Coastal's first three goals against VMI (2g/1a) ... Attempted a season-high six shots against Presbyterian College in the first round of the Big South Tournament ... Saw 1,294 minutes of play.

2011 (Freshman): Drew starts in 19 of 22 games played ... Finished the season ranked fourth on the team in points with 19 (6g/7a)... Named to the Big South All-Freshman Team.... Named CCU Invitational Offensive MVP after scoring two of Coastal's four goals including the game-tying score against No. 16 Virginia Commonwealth ... Named to the 2011-12 Big South Presidential Honor Roll.

At Northwestern HS: Four-year letterwinner at Northwestern High School under head coach Dom Wren ... Member of a team that was region, upper state and state champions from 2007-09 ... Helped guide his team to a national championship as a sophomore following a 24-0-0 undefeated record ... Had at least one goal in all three South Carolina State Championship games ... Named all-region as a freshman ... Was an ESPN Rising All-American Honorable Mention as a sophomore ... Tabbed all-state and was the High School Sports Report Player of the Year as a junior ... Named an ESPN Rising All-American as a junior ... Selected to the 2010 NSCAA All-South Team ... Scored 93 goals and 38 assists in his first three years in high school ... Member of the ODP team for South Carolina and Region III in 2008 and 2009 ... Helped lead his club team to the Disney Soccer Showcase Championship in 2009 and 2010 ... His club team was the Region III Premier League East Champion in 2008 and the Region III Champion in 2009 ... Led his club team to a third place showing at the ODP National Championships in Boston, Mass.