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2009 Men's Soccer

19 Kwaku Nyamekye

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Geneva, Switzerland
  • Highschool International School of Geneva

Biography

Senior (2009):
Started all 19 games ... Named to NSCAA All-Northeast Region firstteam ... Honored unanimously to All-Ivy League first team ...Scored in opening minutes 2-1 win over Dartmouth (Oct. 31).

Junior (2008):
NSCAA All-Northeast Region third team ... All-Ivy League firstteam ... Scored game-winner in 59th minute in 1-0 victory over Yale(Oct. 4); selected to Ivy League honor roll (Oct. 6) for effort ...Tallied a second-half goal in 4-1 win at Brown (Oct. 18) ... Scoredin second half in victory over Columbia in regular-season finale(Nov. 8).

Sophomore (2007):
NSCAA All-Northeast Region third-team selection ... Named toAll-Ivy League second-team ... Scored on a corner kick in a 3-2victory against then-22nd-ranked Rhode Island in the season openeron Sept. 1 ... Scored a game-tying goal against 14th-ranked Brownon a corner kick (Oct. 13) ... Assisted on the game-tying goal andscored the game winning goal against Princeton (Oct. 20) ... Namedto Ivy League honor roll (Oct. 22) ... Scored a goal in Harvard''s5-1 win over Columbia (Nov. 3).

Freshman (2006):
Started all 18 games in his first season ... Started upfront early in the season but has settled in as the defensivebackbone of the Crimson defense after not having played defensivelyprior to the season ... Recorded points in each of the first fourgames of the season ... Honorable Mention All-Ivy League ... Nearlyscored 35 seconds into collegiate career only to be turned away ona spectacular save by Old Dominion''s Evan Newton ... Ranked amongHarvard''s leading scorers with three goals and five assists ...Teamed with Andre Akpan to give Harvard two freshmen scorers indouble figures for the first time since 1993 ... Selected as theIvy League Rookie of the Week twice during the season, on Sep. 11and Oct. 23 ... Named to the Harvard Invitational All-TournamentTeam ... Had a late game-tying goal and then assisted on thegame-winner in overtime of a 2-1 win at then-19th-ranked Fairfieldon Oct. 9 ... Scored the game-winning goal in his second careergame versus Villanova at the Rhode Island Soccer Classic on Sep. 5.

High School:
Five-year letterwinner in both soccer and basketball at theInternational school of Geneva in Switzerland ... Two-time teamcaptain ... Invited to play in the European International SchoolsChampionship in 2004 and 2005, earning all-star status in 2005 ...Guided his team to an international championship as a senior andmade five trips to the championships after winning four Swiss Grouptitles ... Earned his school''s Alumni Award.

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Historical Player Information

  • 19

    2007Sophomore

    Defense/Forward
    6'1" 190 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2008Junior

    Midfield/Forward
    6'1" 190 lbs
    19
  • 19

    2009Senior

    Defender/Forward
    6'1" 200 lbs
    19