Brad Peetoom

Position:
Defense
Height:
6-1
Weight:
180
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
High School:
Abbotsford Christian

2007 team captain.

Senior Year (2007): Named to the Lowe’s Senior All-America Second Team and was finalist for the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award … Selected to the All-BIG EAST Third Team … SU co-Defensive MVP with Karol Wasielewski … Winner of the team’s Frank Schantz Award … Team captain … One of six players to start all 18 matches … Center back on an SU defense that posted a 0.98 goals-against average and registered six shutouts … Had an assist versus Penn State in the season opener and helped SU to shutouts against the Nittany Lions and Ohio State on his way to Wolstein Classic All-Tournament Team honors … BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 3) … Named to the Soccer America National Team of the Week (Sept. 5) … Made a defensive save to help preserve a 1-1 draw versus James Madison.

Junior Year (2006): Team captain … Named the team’s Defensive MVP for the third straight season … Started all 13 games he played in … Missed the final three games of the year due to injury … Named to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (Aug. 28) for his performance in a 3-1 victory against Niagara … Central defender in four of SU’s five shutouts … BIG EAST Academic All-Star … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters.

Sophomore Year (2005): One of eight players to start all 19 matches … Team’s Defensive MVP … Finished the season with one goal and one assist for a total of three points … Scored the game-winning goal against Loyola … Notched the first assist of his career at Providence … Named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 5) after netting the winning goal versus the Greyhounds … Member of an SU defense that recorded six shutouts and held its opponents to a 0.89 goals against average, the fifth-best team goals against average in school history … Participated in a training camp for 2008 Canadian Olympic hopefuls … Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll both semesters … BIG EAST Academic All-Star.

Freshman Year (2004): One of three players to start all 17 games … Named the team’s Defensive MVP … Part of all three Orange shutouts … Led the team in scoring with eight points on four goals … Tied for the team lead with two game-winning goals … Named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week on Oct. 25 … Scored his first career goal in SU’s 1-0 win at Oneonta … Notched the Orange’s second goal in its 2-0 win versus Rutgers … Tallied the final two goals in SU’s 3-2 double-overtime win at Pittsburgh in the season finale … Played with the Canadian U-20 National Team that qualified for the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship … Named to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll in the spring.

Prior to Syracuse: Member of the U-17 Canadian National Team … Played defense for the Abbotsford Mariners since 1993… Was a member of the Provincial All-Star Team from 2001-03 … Named Abbotsford’s Player of the Year in 2003 and 2004 … Helped the Mariners to a pair of club national championships.

Personal: Brad Peter Peetoom … Born March 2, 1986 in Mission, British Columbia … Son of Len and Leona Peetoom … Majoring in sport management.