Joe Iding

Class:
Redshirt Sophomore
Position:
D
Height:
5-11
Weight:
175
Hometown:
Lansing, Mich.
High School:
Lansing Catholic Central

At Michigan... Two-time Academic All-Big Ten Conference (2002-03) ... Two-Time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2002-03) ... First Three-time team captain in program history (2001-04) 2003 Michigan Team Player Award recipient.

5th Year/Senior (2003)... Selected as team tri-captain ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement ... Michigan Team Player Award recipient ... Saw game action in 21 of U-M's 22 matches with career-best 18 starts ... Anchored Michigan's defensive unit in its 6-2 victory over Saint Peter's (Nov. 26) in second round and helped U-M advance past No. 3 Notre Dame in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Championship as a mainstay in the backfield ... Helped Michigan defense earn a program single-season best six shutouts ... Posted first career shot on goal against Dayton (Sept 5) ... Registered three shots, one on goal.

Senior/Junior (2002)... Selected as team tri-captain ... First two-time captain in program's three-year history ... Academic All-Big Ten Conference ... U-M Athletic Academic Achievement … Started 17 of the 18 games as a defender ... Registered first shot on the season in Michigan's 3-2 victory at Wisconsin (Oct. 20).

Junior/Sophomore (2001)... Michigan co-captain ... Started in 15 matches ... Anchored a defense that posted six shutouts ... Recorded two shots on the season ... Had one shot each against Butler (Sept. 21) and Indiana (Nov. 9) in the semifinal round of the Big Ten Conference Championship.

Sophomore (2000)... Redshirted.

Prep... Lansing Catholic Central High School (1999) ... Four-year varsity letterwinner ... Four-time all-regional team ... Three-time Capital Circuit first team (1996-98) ... 1998 all-state first team ... Three-time team captain (1996-98) ... 1998 team Most Valuable Player ... 1997 all-state third team.

Club/Junior Team... West Michigan Edge (2001) ... Vardar III soccer club ... Three-year member (1998-00) ... Three-time state champion (1998-00) ... Two-time regional champion (1999, 2000) ... 2000 National Championship fourth-place ... 1999 National Championship runner-up ... 1998 state cup fair play award ... Olympic Development ... Two-year state team member (1997, '98) ... Regional pool team (1998) ... Lansing Locomotives (1998).

Personal... Enrolled in Division of Kinesiology, majoring in sports management and communications.

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