UNC Greensboro

All-American candidate this season... has started 65 of UNCG’s 71 matches over the last three seasons since his transfer from Wake Forest... 2006: All-Southern Conference selection and All-SoCon Tournament selection... anchor of UNCG defense that recorded three straight shutouts in SoCon Tournament... honored with the Southern Conference’s Coleman Lew and Associates Leadership Award... 2005: Earned his second straight first-team All-Southern Conference selection... second-team CoSIDA Academic All-District selection... SoCon Academic Honor Roll selection... started all 21 matches that he appeared in... member of UNCG defense that led the SoCon in scoring defense and was among the nation’s leaders in shutouts with 11... 2004: A first-team all-SoCon selection in his first season with the Spartans... started 22 matches as the anchor to the Spartans’ defense... Prior to UNCG: Transferred from Wake Forest after the 2003 season...appeared in an exhibition contest during his rookie season, but no regular season games (under new NCAA rule, he regains that year as a redshirt season)... a U-16 and U-18 adidas All-American... was a member of the U-16 National Team... played for the ’85 regional team and the ’85 North Carolina State team and led that team to four regional championships and a national ODP Runner-Up in 2001... brother of former UNCG player Adrian Worthen (graduated in 2005)... Personal: David Ryan Worthen... son of Mark and Olga Worthen... biology major with a minor in chemistry.