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2018 Men's Soccer

Don Felice
Don Felice

8 Gavin Barger

  • Height 5-10
  • Weight 155
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Fallston, Md.
  • Highschool Loyola Blakefield (Baltimore Celtic)

Biography

Career Matches/Matches Started: 50/39
Career Stats: 1 goal, 3 assists, 5 points

2018: Team quad-captain ... Battled through injury to appear in five matches ... Played a season-high 33 minutes off the bench in Penn's 0-0 draw with Drexel (Sept. 3.) ... Registered a shots at Marquette (Sept. 7) and at Yale (Oct. 20). 

2017: Team tri-captain ... Appeared in 16 matches, earning 12 starts ... Totaled 1,265 minutes on the year ... Tallied an assist at Drexel (Sept. 24) ... Notched a season-high three shots at La Salle (Sept. 20) ... Went the distance in eight matches, including the full 110 minutes vs. Cornell (Sept. 30) ... Totaled five shots on the year, including one on goal ... Contributed in one shutout as a member of the defense. 

2016: Appeared in 16 matches, earning the starting nod in 14 ... Played a total of 1,391 minutes ... Went the distance in nine contests, including surpassing the 90-minute mark on six different occasions ... Recorded an assist on a corner kick in a 2-2 double-overtime draw vs. Delaware (Oct. 5) ... Contributed in three shutout victories as a member of the defense ... Notched 10 shots on the year, including a season-high three at Seton Hall (Sept. 5) ... 2016 Fall Academic All-Ivy team.

2015: Appeared in 13 matches, making the start in each ... Played a total of 1,024 minutes, averaging 79 minutes per match ... Played 90+ minutes in eight matches ... Played every minute in seven contests ... Part of three shutouts with the defensive group ... Started collegiate career with a role in clean sheet against No. 7 Washington in scoreless draw (Sept. 4) ... Notched first career point with an assist at Saint Joseph's (Sept. 29) ... Earned Ivy League Co-Rookie of the Week honors after his assist and role in shutout of Cornell (Oct. 3) ... Scored first collegiate goal at Columbia (Oct. 10).

High School: Invited to the U18 US Youth National Team Training Camp ... Selected to play in the High School All-American Game ... Named to the "Best XI" at the High School All-American Game by TopDrawerSoccer.com ... Four-year letterwinner at Loyola Blakefield ... Served as team captain ... Won two Maryland state championships at Loyola Blakefield (2012, 2014) ... Twice named first-team All-State (2013-14) ... Named first-team all-conference three times (2012-14) ... Twice named All-Metro (2013-14) ... National Honor Society member ... St. Ignatius Scholarship recipient ... National Society of High School Scholars member.

Personal: Son of Kristin and Joseph Barger ... Father played soccer at Loyola (MD) ... Mother played lacrosse at Loyola (MD) ... Cousin Riley played soccer at Maryland ... Enrolled in Wharton School of Business ... Club teammate of fellow Quaker, Erumuse Momoh.

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 8

    2015Freshman

    B
    5'10" 0 lbs
    8
  • 8

    2016Sophomore

    B
    5'10" 155 lbs
    8
  • 8
    C

    2017Junior

    B
    5'10" 155 lbs
    8
    C
  • 8
    C

    2018Senior

    D
    5'10" 155 lbs
    8
    C