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Jersey Number 23
Connor Coward
- Year:
- Redshirt Senior
- Position:
- Midfielder/Forward
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-1 / 200
- Hometown:
- Centreville, Va.
- High School:
- Centreville
- Previous:
- Annandale United FC
- Major:
- Kinesiology
2016 as a Redshirt Senior:
- Tallied a goal and an assist in a 3-2 losing effort to NC State [8/28]
- Played in 15 games, including 12 starts, serving as the main target for the JMU attack
2015 as a Redshirt Junior:
- Appeared in all 19 games, starting 15
- Led the Dukes in goals (5) and points (10)
- Played a total of 1,346 minutes
2014 as a Redshirt Sophomore:
- Appeared in 17 games, starting 14 of them
- Came off the bench in his first three games before starting the final 14 contests he played in
- Tallied five goals and four assists for 14 points
- Tied for the team-high in goal scored (5) assists (4) and points (14)
- Notched the game-winner in the CAA Finals Nov. 16 against Delaware to lift JMU to its first conference title since 2001
- Scored the game-winning goal, the first goal of his career, Sept. 23 against West Virginia in double overtime
- Notched the only goal in a 1-1 draw Oct. 11 against then-No. 25 UNCW
- Scored against College of Charleston to help lead JMU to a 2-0 win Oct. 22
- Tallied in JMU’s 2-0 win Nov. 8 against Hofstra in the CAA Quarterfinals
- Had three points in a game on three different occasions
- Named to the CAA All-Tournament Team
2013 as a Sophomore:
- Redshirt year
2012 as a Freshman:
- Appeared in two games
High school and club:
- All-State Honorable Mention as a senior
- All-Concorde District First Team as a junior and senior
- All-Concorde Second Team as a sophomore
- Washington Post All-Metro Second Team as a junior
- Washington Post All-Metro Honorable Mention as a senior
- Team's leading scorer as a sophomore, junior and senior and team assist leader as a junior and senior
- Team's MVP as a junior and senior
- Team captain as a senior
- Three-year starter
- His Annandale United team was state Under-16 and Under-17 champion and state Under-18 runner-up
- Annandale United Under-17 team was ranked as high as #2 by gotsoccer.com
- Also played football, earning All-State First Team honors at defensive back as a senior
- All-Concorde District First Team as a defensive back/wide receiver/running back
- All-Concorde District Second Team as a punter as a senior
- Set Centreville football records for most touchdowns in a game (5) and longest interception return for a touchdown (99 yards)
- Scholar Athlete Award as a senior
Personal:
- Connor Alexander Coward
- Majoring in kinesiology
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