Matt Eliason Class: Junior Hometown: Lombard, Ill. High School: Glenbard East Height / Weight: 5-11 / 165 Position: F

2008: Top Drawer Soccer second-team All-American ... Second-team adidas/NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region honoree ... First-team All-Big Ten selection ... Big Ten All-Tournament Team pick after scoring the tying goal late in regulation and assisting on the game-winner in a 2-1 double-overtime win over Penn State (11/13) ... Team leader with 12 goals and 25 points ... The 12 goals rank as a tie for the second-highest season total in school history ... Ranked first in the Big Ten with six game-winning goals ... Named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week and to College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week after recording a hat trick in a win over Eastern Illinois (9/12) ... Tallied both goals in a 2-1 victory at Wisconsin (10/12) to earn second selection of the season to College Soccer News and Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week ... Academic All-Big Ten.

2007: Second on the team with 16 points and five goals ... Started all 20 matches as a true freshman ... Tied for fourth in Big Ten with three game-winning goals ... Tallied the match's lone goal against Loyola Sept. 26 ... First career goal was the game-winner 19 seconds into overtime against Bucknell Sept. 2 to give NU the title at the Lakeside Classic ... Named to Lakeside Classic and adidas/Baymont Inn Invitational all-tournament teams ... Also tallied goals at Yale and vs. Butler ... Contributed assists against Colgate, UMKC, No. 16 Michigan State and both wins over Wisconsin.

High School: Led Glenbard East High School to a 29-8-4 record in his junior and senior years -- the most successful two-year run in Glenbard East's history ... Led high school to its highest school ranking in history when they were ranked No. 7 in Chicago Tribune state poll in 2006 ... Tallied 39 goals and 21 assists in two years on the varsity ... A 2006 Illinois All-State selection ... One of Chicago Sun-Times top 50 players in 2006. Club/ODP: Played club soccer for Chicago Wind Nationals ... Caught coaches' attention as a two-time all star at the College Soccer Training Center at Northwestern in 2005 and 2006.

Personal: Born Matthew Robert Eliason ... Son of Ron and Bev Eliason ... Father, Ron, played tennis at Knox College ... Also considered Colgate, DePaul and Lafayette.