| Kirk Dinnal |
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IN 2003: Started 19 of the 20 games he appeared in ... scored two points resulting from two assists (both were game-winners) ... recorded 32 shots on the season (third on the team) ... dished-out the game-winning assist on Adam Cristman's game-winning goal against American (9/5) in the Maryland Soccer Classic ... tallied the game-winning assist on Adam Cristman's game-winning goal in Virginia's 2-1 victory over #3 Wake Forest (9/13) ... converted a penalty kick in the pk shoot-out with #2 Maryland following a 1-1 tie as Virginia won the ACC Championship Title (11/16) ... took a season-high four shots against #13 Saint Louis in the Virginia Soccer Classic (8/31) and against American in the Maryland Soccer Classic (9/5) ... lettered.
IN 2002: Recorded 818 minutes of playing time after starting eight of the 18 games he appeared in ... half of his starts (four out of eight) were against Top-25 teams - Kentucky, Clemson, North Carolina and Wake Forest ... scored five points resulting from three assists and one goal ... recorded his first point of the season when he dished-out an assist on Ryan Gibbs' goal against #13 Wake Forest (9/14) ... scored his first goal of the season and dished out two assists to record four points in Virginia's 6-0 shutout victory over Temple (11/8) ... started both games of the Virginia Soccer Classic against #25 Kentucky (8/30) and Rhode Island (9/1) ... took two shots in the ACC Championship game against Maryland (11/17) ... lettered.
IN 2001: Recorded 1,021 minutes of playing time after starting 12 of the 20 games he appeared in ... scored three points resulting from three assists ... scored his first collegiate point after posting an assist when he sent a cross to teammate Alecko Eskandarian for the game-winning goal in Virginia's 2-0 victory over East Carolina (10/24) ... dished-out two assists to teammates Chris Megaloudis and Eric Solomon in Virginia's 7-1 victory over UNC-Greensboro (10/30) ... started at forward in the ACC Championship game against Clemson (11/18) ... started his first collegiate game in a Cavalier uniform in UVa's 2-1 victory over Liberty in the Virginia Soccer Classic (8/31) ... started as a defender (WFU) and as a forward (UNC) to help Virginia record back-to-back shutout victories over ACC foes Wake Forest (9/17) and North Carolina (9/22) ... made his first career start at forward and played 62 minutes in UVa's 1-0 shutout victory over Wake Forest (9/17) ... played 65 minutes in UVa's 2-2 tie against UCLA in the Virginia Soccer Classic (9/2) ... started both games as a midfielder in the Maryland/Fila Classic in Virginia's 4-2 win against American (9/7) and in the Cavaliers' 3-2 victory over Creighton (9/9) ... lettered.
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter for coach Mike Haynes and played the forward and midfielder positions at Beaver Country Day ... logged most of his time as a striker ... member of the U.S. U-18 National Team ... played on the Olympic Development Program Region I Team ... named All-State, All-Region and All-District his sophomore, junior and senior years ... selected as a team captain at Beaver Country Day ... member of National Honors Society ... served as a high school mentor and also worked with soccer summer camps.
PERSONAL: Born on July 19, 1983 in Boston, Mass ... enjoys listening to music ... chose Virginia for its academics and soccer program ... played on the U.S. U-18 National Team for UVa head coach George Gelnovatch with UVa teammates John Hartman and Jeff Tuman.
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