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Stuart Ford - Men's Soccer - University of Kentucky Athletics 01

StuartFord

  • height 5-10
  • Weight 166
  • class Senior
  • Hometown Cleveland, Ohio
  • High school St. Edward
BIO Stats
2017 (Senior)
SEC Academic Honor Roll

2016 (junior)
Has played every minute of every match — 757 minutes in eight matches … Has kept five clean sheets … Through eight matches has allowed four goals, none from the run of play … Conference USA Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 26 after keeping clean sheets against a red-hot ETSU side and No. 21 New Mexico to lead UK to back to back wins … Started all 19 matches … Had nine clean sheets … Only let in five goals in 11 matches at The Bell … Finished with a .733 save percentage … Final record of 11-5-3.
 

2015 (sophomore)
Played in one match, 12 minutes of a 6-0 clean sheet performance against Eastern Illinois.

2014 (redshirt freshman)

Played in one match, 10 minutes of a 5-1 win at Evansville.

2013
Redshirted season.

Pre-College
Played at St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio for coaches Tony Dore, Jim Duffy and Tim Broadbent … Totaled 104 saves and a 0.63 goals-against average as a junior and 99 saves with a 0.70 goals-against average as a senior, totaling 20 shutouts in two years … Set the career record for saves (203) and wins by a goalkeeper (15) … Played club for Everest Soccer Club and the Cleveland Blues Soccer Club … Was coached in club by Dan Zemanski and Jared Bernstein … Played with the Blues from 20001 and Everest from 2006 … Led team to the district championship in 2012 and the district finals in 2011 … Earned three varsity letters and was named all-region in 2012 … Was named first-team All-Ohio and All-Greater Cleveland in 2012 … Was named to the all-star team in 2012 and as the player to watch by the Cleveland Plain Dealer … Named second-team All-Greater Cleveland … Was named MVP and best defensive player at St. Edward … Helped led his team to a win over four-time state champion St. Ignatius in the district championship in 2012 … Led Everest to the Disney Showcase Championship in 2012 … A three-year member of the academic honor roll. 

Personal
Full name is Stuart Aston Jones Ford … Bornin Shaker Heights, Ohio … Son of Scott J. Ford, Jr. and Evette Ford … Has a brother, Brendon and a sister, Chelsea … Active in the community, serving as a leader at the freshman leadership retreat … Also volunteered in tutoring inner-city youth and as a soccer coach.

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