2025 Men's Soccer Roster
Basit Umar
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kumasi, Ghana
- High School:
- Right To Dream Academy
- 2023 United Soccer Coaches Top-25 Midfielders
- 2023 A-10 All-Preseason Team
- 2022 A-10 Rookie of the Year
- 2022 United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-Southeast Region
- 2022 First-Team All-Ohio
- 2022 First-Team A-10 All-Rookie Team
- 2022 Second-Team All-A-10
- 2022 TopDrawerSoccer Best Freshman XI First-Team
2024 (Junior)
Appeared in 22 matches with 16 starts, recording 10 points from four goals and two assists .. Led the Deacs with three-game-winning goals … Started the final 16 matches of the season … Made his season debut in a 1-1 draw at No. 21 UCF (Aug. 31) … Earned his first start against Syracuse (Sept. 27), scoring the game-winning goal in a 2-1 result against the Orange … Scored a goal in a 4-1 victory against UNCW (Oct. 15) … Scored the game-winning goal in Wake Forest’s 1-0 victory over No. 12 NC State (Nov. 1) in the regular season finale … Tallied the winning strike in a 5-1 victory over Virginia (Nov. 14) in the semifinals of the ACC Tournament … Logged an assist on the winning goal in a 2-1 overtime result against defending National Champion Clemson (Dec. 1) in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.
Spent two seasons at Dayton, appearing in 29 matches with 23 starts to record 14 points off five goals and four assists … During debut campaign with the Flyers in 2022, was named A-10 Rookie of the Year, second-team All-A-10, the A-10 all-rookie team and was selected to TopDrawerSoccer’s Freshman XI first-team … Also was named a United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast second-team selection … In collegiate debut, played 86 minutes and logged an assist in a 5-0 victory over Cal Poly … Also recorded goals in victories over West Virginia and VCU along with striking in a 2-2 draw at No. 2 Kentucky as a freshman … Played all but four minutes in Dayton’s last eight matches of the 2022 campaign … As a sophomore, was named to the United Soccer Coaches’ top-25 midfielders to watch list … Appeared in 12 matches with 10 starts to record six points off two goals and two assists … In his final match of the 2023 season, collected a career-high four points with two assists and a goal in just 38 minutes against Loyola Chicago … In total, he earned 90 or more minutes of action nine times at Dayton.
Personal
Son of Siba and Faisal Umar … Graduated from the Right to Dream Academy … Trained with Manchester City and FC Nordsjaelland ... Major is Communication.
