CHASE BETENSON JEREMY DAOUK FALCON NEWCOMERS BETENSON DAOUK

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1 CHASE BETENSON FORWARD 6-0 FR./FR. TWINSBURG, OHIO (TWINSBURG) A four-year letterwinner at Twinsburg H.S. ( 14)... led the Tigers in both goals and assists in all four years... earned OSSCA All-State First-Team honors as a senior after being named to the second team the previous year... helped the team to a combined record of in his four years, with career totals of 52 goals and 37 assists... earned All-Northeast Ohio Conference honors in all four years, and earned All-Greater Cleveland First-Team accolades three times after being named to the second team as a freshman... had a career-high 17 goals in 2012, when the Tigers went overall and captured the NOC championship... captained the team as a senior. BETENSON 19 Chase Edward Betenson was born on Dec. 12, 1995, in Murray, Utah... son of Alex and Jennifer Betenson... has an older brother and a younger sister... plans to major in marine biology at BGSU... played club ball with Everest Soccer Club and Twinsburg AC. JEREMY DAOUK MIDFIELDER 5-10 JR./JR. LA RICHE, FRANCE (CIPECMA) PRIOR TO BGSU Has experience playing with the U16 and U17 National Teams in France... also has played with La Rochelle... attended Cipecma from Jeremy Jamal Daouk was born on Sept. 12, 1990, in Chambray-les- Tours, France... son of Abel and Vivienne Daouk... has a brother and a sister... plans to major in business at BGSU. DAOUK BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM

2 FLYNN 11 PAT FLYNN FORWARD 6-0 SO./SO. NAPERVILLE, ILL. (CENTRAL) (DEPAUL UNIV.) 2013 at DePAUL Played in 15 matches, making five starts, for the Blue Devils... had five points, including a pair of goals and an assist... scored in his collegiate debut, vs. Green Bay, and also found the back of the net in a win over UIC... his assist came in another win, over Loyola (Ill.)... had a total of eight shot attempts, with five on frame. Named an All-American his senior year at Naperville Central ( 13), after scoring 30 goals and adding 10 assists... Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Herald Player of the Year that season... set school season and career records for both goals and points... helped the Redhawks to a state runner-up finish in the Class 3A tournament. Son of David and Kathy Flynn... has two brothers... an accounting major at BGSU, with a cumulative GPA through the Spring 2014 semester... played club ball with Galaxy Soccer Club, helping that team to a national championship. IAN HASKIN MIDFIELDER 5-7 FR./FR. CHESTERFIELD, MICH. (ANCHOR BAY) A three-year letterwinner at Anchor Bay H.S. ( 14) under coaches Don Dzuik and Nate Williams... led the Tars with six goals as a freshman... despite playing in a total of just 10 games over the next two years, scored eight goals in that time... that total included six goals in six games as a junior... did not play as a senior... was a kicker on the Anchor Bay football team. Ian James Haskin was born on Dec. 18, 1995, in St. Clair Shores, Mich.... son of Gary and Jeanine Haskin... has an older sister and two younger brothers... sister, Olivia, is on the women s soccer team at Tiffin Univ.... plans to major in a medical-related field at BGSU... played club ball with Waza FC, helping that club to the 2013 Michigan State Cup championship. HASKIN BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM

3 JINA 2 PRAYAG JINA MIDFIELDER 5-8 FR./FR. AURORA, OHIO (AURORA) A four-year letterwinner at Aurora H.S. ( 14) under coach Chris Gentile... helped the Greenmen to three consecutive district championships, including a regional title and a state semifinal appearance in had nine goals and 35 assists in his AHS career, and earned All-Chagrin Valley Conference, all-district and All-Greater Cleveland honors during that time... also earned academic allconference honors... captained the team as a senior... National Honor Society member. Prayag Jina was born on June 25, 1996, in Birmingham, England... son of Shashi and Ranjan Jina... has an older brother... plans to major in business or physical therapy at BGSU... has extensive Olympic Development Program experience, having played on the ODP Region II team for four years... was invited to the US Soccer ID2 Camp under the direction of the US National Coaching staff... played club ball with Everest Soccer Club, helping that team to a state championship in BILLY LARSEN GOALKEEPER 6-0 FR./FR. ST. CHARLES, ILL. (NORTH) A three-year letterwinner at St. Charles North H.S. ( 14) for coach Eric Willson... an All-Area First-Team selection for the North Stars as a senior, and earned Academic All-Upstate Eight Conference accolades in each of his final three years... a two-time team captain. William James Larsen, Jr., was born on Oct. 11, 1995, in St. Charles, Ill.... son of Bill and Lisa Larsen... the oldest of three boys... plans to major in pre-medicine at BGSU... played club ball with Campton United, helping that team to a pair of State Cup semifinal appearances along with an Illinois state championship in LARSEN BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM

4 BRAD MACOMBER FORWARD 5-6 FR./FR. MUSKEGON, MICH. (REETHS-PUFFER) A three-year letterwinner at Reeths-Puffer H.S. ( 14) for coach Keith Knapp... was an all-state honorable-mention selection as a junior... earned all-conference (O-K Black), all-district and all-region first-team honors that season as well, helping the team to a 15-6 record... the Rockets posted double-digit win totals in each of his three seasons... did not play high-school soccer as a senior, instead playing for his club team... National Honor Society member. Bradley Richards Macomber was born on Oct. 25, 1995, in Muskegon, Mich.... son of Larry Macomber and Lisa Bayne... has three sisters, one older and two younger... plans to major in biology at BGSU... played club ball with Alliance Academy. MACOMBER 9 MARTIN 6 JAKE MARTIN MIDFIELDER 5-10 JR./JR. MAUMEE, OHIO (ST. JOHN S) (OWENS CC) 2013 at OWENS CC Played in 19 matches, starting all led the team in goals, with 13, and finished second on the club in points, with had four assists... earned All-Ohio Community College Athletic Conference (OCCAC) First-Team honors, and also was named to the All-Region XII First Team... had seven game-winning goals on the season, including the winner in the Region XII Tournament semifinals... the Express finished , posting the third-highest win total in program history... a two-time OCCAC Player of the Week, and also was named the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) D-I Player of the Week on Sept had two multi-goal games, scoring twice in a 4-3 win over Jackson College (Aug. 31) and in a 2-1 OT win vs. Morton College (Sept. 14) at OWENS CC Started 17 games at a midfield position... earned All-OCCAC Second-Team honors. A two-year letterwinner at St. John s Jesuit H.S. ( 12), playing for Titan coaches Dan Weisenberger and Tim Concannon (a BGSU men s soccer alum)... attended St. Francis as a freshman and sophomore, earning a pair of letters for the Knights... captained SJJ as a senior... also earned four letters in wrestling. Jacob A. Martin was born on Feb. 9, 1994, in Toledo, Ohio... son of Jeffrey and Rebecca Martin... has an older brother... plans to major in education at BGSU... father played football at Findlay... grandfather, David Slough, golfed at BG... played club ball with Pacesetter... competed on the Pacesetter Villa Super 20 team, helping the club to the national finals. 32 BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM

5 BECK NEBERGALL MIDFIELDER 5-10 FR./FR. GENEVA, ILL. (GENEVA) A three-year letterwinner at Geneva Community H.S. ( 14) for coach Ryan Estabrook... earned All-Upstate Eight Conference honors in each of those three seasons... earned all-sectional accolades in both 2012 and 13 after earning honorable mention in captained the Vikings as a senior. Beck Dmitri Nebergall was born on Aug. 10, 1996, in Novgorod, Russia... son of Scott Nebergall and Joy Pierson... has an older sister... plans to major in business at BGSU... played club ball with Campton United, helping that team to an Illinois state championship in NEBERGALL WINKLER 25 REYNOLDS 14 KEATON REYNOLDS FORWARD 6-0 FR./FR. NOBLESVILLE, IND. (NOBLESVILLE) A four-year letterwinner at Noblesville H.S. ( 14) for coach Brian Prange... helped the Millers to three sectional championships and one regional title... had 15 career goals, including eight as a senior when the team advanced to the regional finals... earned all-conference (Hoosier Cross Roads) and all-county honors... NHS went a combined over his last three seasons, including a mark and a trip to the state semifinals in his sophomore year... scored two goals that season, and five more as a junior. Keaton Bradley Reynolds was born on Oct. 24, 1995, in Indianapolis, Ind.... son of Brad and Leslie Reynolds... has a younger brother... plans to major in business at BGSU... father played basketball at California Baptist Univ.... played club ball with Carmel United Elite, helping the team to the State Cup finals in BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM

6 TY SMITH FORWARD 5-11 FR./FR. BROOKLIN, ONTARIO, CANADA (DONALD A. WILSON SECONDARY) Attended Donald A. Wilson SS ( 13), playing for coach Kevin Kerr... played just one year for the Gators, serving as team captain... member of the honor roll... an Ontario Scholar. Ty William Ioannou Smith was born on Jan. 18, 1995, in Scarborough, Ontario... son of Gary and Nancy Smith... has a younger sister... plans to major in business at BGSU... played club ball with Sigma FC for seven years, helping the club to numerous championships including the 2013 Ontario Soccer League Provincial Elite League title. SMITH 8 A large contingent of BGSU men s soccer alumni came back to Bowling Green for the first game under the lights in program history, as the Falcons took on Hartwick College on Oct. 22, That group of alums included Gary Kovacs (left photo, second from right), who was a major donor in the Cochrane Field lights project. Kovacs was recognized on the field at the Hartwick match, and was joined by (left to right) Mickey Cochrane, Eric Nichols and then-bgsu Director of Athletics Greg Christopher. 34 BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM

7 THE MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE 35 BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM

8 THE MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE MEET THE MAC Since its inception in 1946, the Mid-American Conference has progressively grown and developed into one of the most aggressive Division I conferences in the country. One of only ten football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) conferences, the MAC named Dr. Jon A. Steinbrecher as its eighth commissioner in March of HISTORY OF THE MAC Based in Cleveland since July 1999 following a 15-year stay in Toledo, Ohio, the MAC has established historic measurements in both football and men s and women s basketball since moving to Northeast Ohio. The MAC was founded as a five-school league on February 24, 1946 in Columbus, Ohio with Ohio, Butler, Cincinnati, Wayne State and Western Reserve admitted as charter members. The Mid-American Conference membership consists of 12 universities across five states (Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York and Ohio) as well as affiliate members in several sports, including men s soccer (West Virginia University). Comprising the East Division is the University of Akron (joined in 1992), Bowling Green State University (1952), University at Buffalo (1998), Kent State University (1951), Miami University (1947), Ohio University (1946) and Temple University (2007). The West Division members are Ball State University (1973), Central Michigan University (1971), Eastern Michigan University (1971), Northern Illinois University ( , 1997), University of Toledo (1950) and Western Michigan University (1947). In 1946 men s basketball was the first competitive sport in the MAC, which now sponsors a total of 23 sports. Women s sports were brought into the conference s structure in SPORTS For men, championships (11) are sponsored in football, basketball, baseball, cross country, soccer, swimming and diving, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field, wrestling, golf and tennis. MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE 24 Public Square, 15th Floor Cleveland, OH (216) MAC STANDINGS School (Overall) MAC Pts. 1. Akron (17-4-1) Western Michigan (9-9-1) Hartwick (5-9-4) West Virginia (7-7-5) Bowling Green (6-7-6) Buffalo (3-11-4) Northern Illinois (4-13-1) For women, championships (12) are sponsored in basketball, softball, volleyball, cross country, field hockey, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, gymnastics, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and tennis. (Text and information courtesy MAC office) The Falcons score vs. Kentucky in the 1996 MAC Tournament s championship match at Cochrane Field. BGSU went on to win the match, for the second of three-straight league tourney crowns 36 BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM

9 SERIES INFORMATION Opponent W L T Pct. GF GA 1st/Last Mtg. Adelphi /1985 Akron /2013 Alabama A&M /1987 Ala.-Birmingham (UAB) /1993 American /2007 Appalachian State /2010 Ball State /1981 Belmont /2011 Bradley /1999 Brooklyn /1990 Bucknell /1999 Buffalo /2013 Butler /2010 Canisius /2007 Cedarville /1966 Centenary /2008 Central Arkansas /2008 Central Connecticut St /1996 Central Florida (UCF) /2003 Central Michigan /1994 Coll. of Charleston /2008 Cincinnati /2007 Cleveland State /2013 Coastal Carolina /2011 Colgate /1997 Cornell /1980 Creighton /2000 Dartmouth /1990 Davidson /2013 Dayton /2009 Denison /1972 DePaul /1999 Opponent W L T Pct. GF GA 1st/Last Mtg. Detroit /2013 Duquesne /2011 Eastern Illinois /2006 Eastern Michigan /1999 Evansville /2006 Fairleigh Dickinson /1991 Findlay /1982 Florida Atlantic /2012 Florida International /2007 Fresno State /1996 Furman /2008 George Mason /2007 Georgetown /1989 George Washington /1996 Hartwick /2013 Heidelberg /1969 Illinois at Chicago (UIC) /1991 Illinois State /1988 Indiana /1997 IPFW /2013 IUPUI /2011 Iona /1987 James Madison /1989 Kent State /1978 Kentucky /2009 Kenyon /1966 Lafayette /1992 Lehigh /1991 Liberty /1991 Lipscomb /2011 Louisville /2009 Loyola (Md.) / Senior Night at Cochrane Field 37 BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM

10 SERIES INFORMATION Opponent W L T Pct. GF GA 1st/Last Mtg. Malone /2013 Marquette /2013 Marshall /2013 Massachusetts /1985 Memphis (State) /1997 Miami /1998 Miami (Varsity) /1998 Miami (Club) /1970 Michigan /2013 Michigan State /2013 UNLV /1985 New Hampshire /2003 New Mexico /1990 North Carolina /1986 Northeastern /1997 Northern Illinois /2013 Northern Kentucky /2013 Northwestern /1986 Notre Dame /1994 Oakland /2004 Oberlin /1967 Ohio State /2013 Ohio /1980 Ohio Wesleyan /2001 Oneonta State /1984 Penn State /1999 Pittsburgh /2011 Richmond /2009 Sacramento State /2006 Saint Bonaventure /2012 Saint Francis (Pa.) /2008 Saint Louis /1992 Saint Mary s (Calif.) /2006 Last season s home games vs. Michigan (pictured) and Ohio State saw a combined total of more than 5,000 fans pass through the Cochrane Stadium gates. Opponent W L T Pct. GF GA 1st/Last Mtg. San Diego State /1985 Siena /1990 South Alabama /1997 SIU-Edwardsville /1988 South Florida (USF) /2008 Southern Indiana /1994 Southern Methodist (SMU) /1999 Southwest Missouri St /2000 Stetson /2003 Syracuse /1990 Toledo /1981 Toledo (Varsity) /1981 Toledo (Club) /1978 Towson (State) /1975 Tulsa /1999 Valparaiso /2010 Vanderbilt /2000 Vermont /1996 Western Illinois /2006 Western Kentucky /1999 Western Michigan /2013 West Virginia /2013 Wheaton /1981 Wilmington /1965 Wisconsin /1995 UW-Green Bay /2003 UW-Milwaukee /2013 Wofford /2012 Wooster /1983 Wright State /2013 Xavier / includes forfeit victory (originally a 4-2 WVU win) 38 BOWLING GREEN 2014 MEN S SOCCER BGSUFALCONS.COM