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CharlesPettys

  • height 5-11
  • Weight 165
  • class Senior
  • Previous School UC Santa Barbara
  • High school Bexley

2010
Came on strong late in the year, seeing time on the backline and in the midfield … Played in 14 of UK’s 19 games with 11 starting assignments … Totaled one goal and one assist, firing 18 shots, including five on goal … Logged 899 minutes … First career goal came in a 1-1 tie with Memphis in Lexington … Added an assist on the game-winning goal in UK’s 1-0 win over FIU on Oct. 24 … Finished his season on a 11 game consecutive starting streak … Logged a season-high 100 minutes in a 1-1 tie with Indiana and totaled 90 frames in a 2-1 win over South Carolina in the regular-season finale.

2009
Helped lead UC Santa Barbara to the Big West Championship as a freshman … Played for coach Tim Vom Steeg at UCSB … Played in five games, making one start in 2009, totaling one shot.

Pre-College
Spent two years playing varsity soccer at Bexley High School in Columbus, Ohio, where he led the team in goals and assists for two straight years … Named player of the year in 2008 … Played for club team Blast FC and coach Edward Vardanashavelli from 2000-2007 … Club team named Super Y National Team from 2006-08.

Personal
Full name is Charles Danforth Pettys … Son of Jeff Pettys and Maria Pilar Pettys … Has a younger brother, Adam (16) … Born April 25, 1990 … Family relocated from Columbus to Pasadena, Calif. in 2008.

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