JordanWilson

2016: NSCAA First Team All-Southeast Region, First Team All-Conference USA, Preseason Mac Hermann Award Watch List
2015: NSCAA First Team All-Southeast Region, First Team All-Conference USA
2014: NSCAA First Team All-Southeast Region, First Team All-Conference USA,
2013: Conference USA All-Tournament Team, SEC First-Year Honor Roll

Career Capsule: A big, strong, dominant central defender – one of the best to ever play at UK … A perennial all-conference and all-region selection … Played in the heart of UK’s top-20 nationally ranked defense the last three seasons … Chipped in game-winning goals against Charlotte and ODU to go along with his winner in the de facto SEC Championship game in 2015 as a junior … A four-year starter, making the first 11 in all 73 games he played in … A weapon in the box on set pieces, scored four career goals, and assisted four times … Scored three game-winner against highly-ranked Charlotte as well as ODU … C-USA Defensive Player of the Week after the Charlotte match.

2016 (Senior)
First Team All C-USA … NSCAA All-Region … Key player at the center of a defense that finished the season as a top-20 national defense again …  Scored a career-high four goals, three of them game winners including a header in the dying minutes of the second overtime against a highly-ranked Charlotte side, and also ODU … C-USA Defensive Player of the Week after the Charlotte match.

2015 (Junior)
First Team All C-USA … NSCAA All-Region … Key player at the center of a defense that conceded one goal in league play … C-USA Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 19 after he played great in defense and scored his first career goal, which was the winner in a win over then-No. 17 South Carolina  … Won close to all of his aerial duels, and had a high rate of intercepted passes and clearances in the final third … Played every minute of UK’s C-USA-best seven shutouts this season … Led a defensive line, which rankedhas the best goals-against average of any C-USA team (0.56) … Has a goal and two assists … Went off injured in the C-USA first-round loss to FIU and did not play the NCAA Tournament game v Drake.

2014 (Sophomore)
One of the nation’s best defenders helping to form the spine of one of the nation’s best defenses … First-team All-Conference USA?… C-USA Defensive Player of the Week (10/13) … Ranked fifth on the team in minutes played (1,866) … Missed one game, at Ohio State, as UK planned his fifth caution, requiring a suspension, for a non-league game … Played the full-time in 19 of UK’s 20 games, missing the OSU?game and missing six minutes vs. No. 17 Indiana. 

2013 (Freshman)
Started all 17 games he played as a true freshman … Logged 1531 minutes, which ranked fourth on the team, despite missing three games … Was a key member of the back line for the Wildcats that only allowed 20 goals in the games he played in … Fired four shots with three of them coming on target … Named to the Conference USA All-Tournament Team … Member of the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.

Pre-College
Played with the Scottish National Team, participating in the European qualifies against Serbia, also attending national training camps … Played club for the Glasgow Rangers Football Club (Youth Academy) with coaches Billy Kirkwood, Jimmy Sinclair and Tommy Wilson from 2009-13 … Attended high school at Dollar and Bearden Academies … Transferred from club team Falkirk F.C. (Youth Academy) for coach Gordon Dick. 

Personal
Full name is Jordan Wilson … Son of Kenny and Tracey Wilson … Born in Glasgow, Scotland … Has two brothers, Adamand Josh and sister, Laura  … Father Kenny played professional soccer for Scottish teams Queens Park, St. Johnston, Stirling Albio and Kilmarnock … Major is finance