2016 Men's Soccer Roster

Ryan Ballinger

12 Michael Bryant

  • Class Year '18
  • Position Forward
  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 180
  • Hometown Portola Hills, CA
  • Secondary School El Toro

Biography

Honors & Records
2016 Empire 8 Conference Player of the Year
2016 NSCAA All-East Region Second Team
2015 NSCAA All-East Region Third Team 
2015 & 2016 Empire 8 All-Conference First Team Forward 
2013 Empire 8 All-Conference Second Team Forward
2015 ECAC Upstate First-Team All-Star 
2015 Empire 8 All-Tournament Team
Corvias ECAC Upstate Offensive Player of the Week (9/15/15)
Empire 8 Conference Men's Soccer Player of the Week (9/19/16)
Empire 8 Offensive Player of the Week (10/19/15, 9/14/15, 9/16/13)
Elmira College Athlete of the Week (9/16/13, 9/7/15,10/19/15, 9/19/16)
Ranked sixth in program history with 31 career goals.
Ranked sixth in program history with  69 career points. 
Ended the 2015 season with the program’s seventh-highest single-season point total (39).
Finished the 2015 campaign with the second-most goals in EC single-season history with 18.

2016 Season
Saw action in 15 games, 12 of which were starts…Became the first Soaring Eagle in program history to win the Empire 8 Conference Player of the Year Award, following a season in which he led the team in points (18) and goals (8), and tied for the team lead in assists (2)…Paced the Empire 8 in goals per game (.533) and finished second in points per game (1.20)…Ranked 16th in the nation in shots per game (4.87)…Recorded two game-winning goals…Tallied the game winner in a 2-1 victory on the road against Hilbert (9/10)…Scored a season-high six points on a pair of goals and two assists in a 6-1 triumph over Utica (9/17)…Netted both goals in a 2-0 defeat of Marywood (9/27)…Scored a goal in EC’s 3-2 come-from-behind win over Skidmore (10/5)…Logged a goal in a 1-1 draw against Kings (PA).
 
2015 Season
Made 16 starts in 17 total appearances...Led Elmira with 39 points on three assists and a team-high 18 goals...Led the Empire 8 in points per game (2.25) and goals per game (1.06)...Produced four game-winning goals...Recorded an eight-game point streak from 9/26 to 10/24...Registered five multi-goal games.

Ranked in the Top-25 in six major NCAA statistical categories:
5th in goals per game
6th in shots on goal per game
9th in shots per game
11th in total goals
16th in points per game
25th in total points
 
2014 Season
Did not play
 
2013 Season
Started in 16-of-17 games...Finished with 12 points on two assists and a team-high five goals.
 
Before Elmira
Played varsity soccer for two years...Named Offensive MVP in his junior year...Second Team All-League Honoree...Awarded the Golden Boot Award, Offensive MVP, and was an All-County All-Star...Earned First Team All-League, All-County, and All-Conference honors during his senior year...Named the league MVP his senior season.
 
Personal
Michael is a Business major. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 12

    2013Freshman

    Forward
    6'0" 175 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2015Junior

    Forward
    6'2" 180 lbs
    12
  • 12

    2016Senior

    Forward
    6'2" 180 lbs
    12