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Uchenna Uzo
Uchenna Uzo

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Lagos, Nigeria

High School:
Whitesands School

Last College:
Houston Baptist

Height / Weight:
6-0 / 199

Position:
Defender


• 2012 NSCAA Second Team All-South Atlantic Region
• 2012 Second Team All-Big South
• 2012 All-Big South Tournament Team

2012 (Sophomore):
NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region second team ... Second team All-Big South ... Big South All-Tournament team ... Named to the College Soccer News Nation Team of the Week (Nov. 19) and the Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Oct. 22) ... Two-time Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Week honoree (Oct. 23 and Sept. 18) ... Named to both the Wolstein Classic and CCU Invitational all-tournament teams ... Appeared in each of Coastal's 25 games, staring the final 23 ... Logged 2,237 minutes along the backline ... Held Elon's Chris Thomas, the nation's leading goal scorer, to only one shot attempt in two meetings ... Scored four goals and added an assist to tally nine points ... Recorded the game-winning goals on headers in the regular season meetings against Elon and Winthrop ... Netted a goal in the Big South Championship game ... Helped lead the Chanticleer backline that conceded only 22 goals in 25 games ... Helped the Chants to 12 shutouts - the third most in program history ... Led the Coastal backline to a 0.85 goals against average, which ranked 27th in the NCAA and tops in the Big South ... With Uzo in the back, the Chants allowed only two goals in conference play ... Attempted 24 shots on the season.

Prior to Coastal Carolina: Attended Houston Baptist University, but did not compete in intercollegiate athletics ... Member of the U17 Nigerian National Team ... Captained the Whitesands School team ... Named the Whitesands School Sportsman of the Year ... Led Whitesands to the Elite Cup championship.

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