UNC Greensboro

At NC State:  Spent the last three seasonsat NC State... earned his undergraduate degree at NC State andenrolled in graduate school at UNCG... missed all of 2007 with aninjury an d was a starter the last two years... appeared in 18matches with 16 starts as a redshirt freshman... finished hisfreshman year with eight points (2g, 4a), recording three of hisfour assists in the last three games... finished third on the teamin scoring in 2009 with 13 points (5g, 3a)... appeared in 22matches with 21 starts last season as the Wolfpack advanced to theNCAA tournament... had a goal and an assist in season-opening winagainst Winthrop... ACC All-Academic selection... played for theCarolina Dynamo this past summer.

High School: NCISAA all-state selection twice atCharlotte County Day… all-conference selection... Member ofthe ’88 North Carolina ODP 5 years, ODP Region Team 2002,2004 and Super Y National Select Team 2005, 2006... North CarolinaODP National Championship semifinalist 2004 and member of the ODPNational CO-Championship team in 2006… Played tournaments inBrazil, France, Germany and England... Trained at InternationalSoccer Academy in Oakham, England, and IMG Soccer Academy inBradenton, Fla… Attended the 2006 Adidas Elite Soccer campand selected to the all-star team... Played for the Triangle FutbolClub... Member of the National Junior Honor Society...

Personal: Kristopher Leach Byrd... born Dec. 14,1988 in Richmond, Va... son of Harry and Kathleen Byrd... takinggraduate classes in business at UNCG's Bryan School.