2012: Saw action in seven matches, making five starts ... Played a total of 342 minutes ...  Started the season-opener against Fairfield, playing 49 minutes (8/31/12) ... Started in Columbia's 2-0 victory over Manhattan (9/5/12) ... Tallied a shot in a 1-1 tie at Yale (10/17/12) ... Started and played 65 minutes in Columbia's 1-0 shutout of Harvard (11/3/12).

2011: Played in 15 games, making seven starts ... Scored one goal and added an assist for three points on the season.

2010: Did not play due to injury.

2009: Solid and consistent defender was only field player to start all 17 matches of the season ... played team-high 1,425 minutes at right back ... recorded five shots for second straight season.

2008: Stalwart in the back all season as a first-year, starting 15 contests and playing in all 17 ... recorded five shots, three of which came against Ivy League competitors.

Piedmont High: Four-year letterwinner ... also played golf as a senior ... captained soccer in his senior year ... first player in school history to be named to all-league team all four years ... league MVP as a senior ... first team All-Bay Area as a senior ... totaled eight goals and 17 assists during senior season ... under-18 club team, Mustang United, was California Youth Soccer Association North state cup champion in 2007 ... plays under-21 club ball for Bay Oaks soccer club in NorCal Premier League.

Personal: French major ... son of Blanche McKnight and Jesse Young ... National Merit Scholar ... works as a camp counselor during summers ... b. December 25, 1989 in Berkeley, Calif.