2018 Men's Soccer Roster
Brad Dunwell
- Height:
- 5-8
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Grand Rapids, Mich.
- High School:
- Forest Hills Northern HS
2015 ACC All-Freshman Team
2016 Third Team All-ACC
2016 College Cup All-Tournament Team
2016 All-ACC Academic Team
2017 MAC Hermann Trophy Preseason Watch List
2017 Third Team All-ACC
2017 All-ACC Academic Team
2018 TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI First Team
2018 Senior CLASS Award Finalist
2018 Second Team All-ACC
2018 United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-America
2018 TopDrawerSoccer Postseason Best XI Third Team
Career Summary
Brad Dunwell started all 91 games since arriving on campus in 2015, the third-most starts in program history ... Led the Deacs to a 73-11-7 record in his four seasons, more wins than any other Division I program in that time ... Finished his career with 16 points on a goal and 14 assists ... Played more than 7,600 career minutes ... Took 21 total shots, seven of them on target ... Earned All-ACC honors each season.
2018 (Senior)
Started all 21 games, finishing the year with a pair of assists ... Those assists came in back-to-back wins over No. 8 NC State (Sept. 7) and Georgia Southern (Sept. 11) ... Served as a team captain ... Was rated by TopDrawerSoccer as the No. 3 player in the country preseason and No. 8 at midseason ... Helped the defense post seven shutouts ... Played more than 60 minutes in every game, including seven games of 90+ minutes.
2017 (Junior)
Started all 23 games in the midfield for the Demon Deacons ... Recorded four points on four assists ... Assists came against Saint Louis (Sept. 2), No. 8 Louisville (Sept. 9), App State (Sept. 12) and Virginia Tech (Nov. 5) ... Helped Wake Forest record 13 shutouts in 23 games ... The Deacs had a top-five goals-against average in the nation ... Wake Forest had three shutout streaks of more than 300 minutes, including for 672:31 from Oct. 6 to Nov. 8, second-longest in program history ... Played the full 90 minutes or more 16 times.
2016 (Sophomore)
Started all 25 games for the Demon Deacons, giving him starts in all 47 games Wake Forest has played to date since he arrived before the 2015 season ... Had three assists on the season, assisting on Jacori Hayes' goal against Cleveland State (9/3), Jon Bakero's goal against Duke (9/16) and Hayden Partain's goal in the ACC Semifinals against Louisville (11/9) ... For his efforts in his defensive midfield position, was named a Third Team All-ACC honoree ... Helped Wake Forest set the program record for most consecutive shutouts and scoreless minutes, as the Deacs posted seven shutouts in a row in September and went 855:46 between goals in September, shattering the previous record of 639:59 in 1992 ... Named to the College Cup All-Tournament Team.
2015 (Freshman)
Started all 22 games at midfield in his first season with the Demon Deacons ... Scored one goal and had five assists, tying for third-best on the team in the category ... Tallied assists in three of his first four career games ... Scored his first collegiate goal against Georgia State (10/20) ... Named to the ACC All-Freshman Team ... Was named to Top Drawer Soccer's Midseason Top 100 Freshmen in the Nation list, checking in at No. 23, and finished the season ranked No. 29 on the list ... Was named to the All-ACC Academic Team after the season.
Background
Attended Forest Hills Northern High School in Grand Rapids, Mich... Earned All-Conference and All-District honors as a freshman ... Played in the Chicago Fire Academy ... Played in the 2011 and 2012 Development Academy Select Games ... Attended the 2013 National Combine in Portland, Ore. ... Played for the United States U-15 National Team in Croatia.
Personal
Born Dec. 31, 1996 in Grand Rapids, Mich. ... Parents are Jay and Amy Dunwell ... Has a brother Scott ... Cousin Kevin Vannatta plays basketball at UNC Asheville ... Brother Scott played soccer at Memphis.
