Player Bio: Johanes Maliza

  Johanes Maliza
Johanes Maliza
Player Profile
Hometown:
Chicago, IL
High School:
The Latin School
Height / Weight:
5-8 / 160
Position:
Midfielder
Experience:
4V

Stanford: Johanes looks to improve upon a stellar, All Pac-10 junior year ... Clever, competitive and incredibly fit ... Could be the engine for this year's Cardinal midfield ... Will look to take on a greater leadership role in 2002 ... Should be one of the nation's top players this fall.

2001: A 2001 Second Team All-Pac-10 selection... All-Academic Pac-10 First Team... Played in 19 games and started 13... Chipped in with seven shots in Stanford's NCAA College Cup match... Tied for third on the team with seven goals scored and fifth on the club with five assists ... Third on the club with 19 total points and 38 shots (16 were on goal)... Led the team in goals scored (5) and points (12) among conference opponents... Had a team-high four shots (two on goal) in the 1-0 NCAA quarterfinal win over Saint Louis ... Pac-10 Player of the Week and Soccer America Team of the Week selection for matches played during Oct. 23-Oct. 29... Tallied either a goal or an assist in seven of the last 10 games... Scored his first goal of the season in a 4-1 win over Saint Mary's on Oct. 7... Recorded a season-high four shots in wins over Washington on Nov. 16 and Oregon State on Oct. 26.

2000: An Honorable Mention All-Conference performer ... Appeared in 20 games ... Pac-10 All-Academic Second Team selection ... Ranked seventh on the team with 13 points and fifth with six goals ... Scored the first goal of his career in the second match against Western Kentucky ... Named to the All-Tournament Team at the Stanford/Nike Invitational after scoring two goals in a span of 30 seconds against Seton Hall and tallying an assist against Cincinnati ... Scored the only goal of the match in Stanford's 1-0 victory over then-No. 1 UCLA.

1999: Played in 14 games, including the NCAA First Round match against Santa Clara... Took six shots on the season, two against the Broncos in the postseason contest.

High School: 1999 graduate of The Latin School of Chicago, which he helped to conference titles in 1997 and `98... Established school records with 79 career goals and 44 career assists... Named a Parade Magazine High School All-American... Selected to the 1998 All-State Teams by both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Chicago Tribune... Three-time member of the All-Conference Team... Three-year performer on the Illinois State ODP Team... Garnered NSCAA All-State and All-Midwest accolades... Led his club team, the Chicago Sockers, to three Illinois State Cup Championships (1996, '97, '98)... A member of the U.S. National Under-18 Team.

Personal: Parents are Sazavale and Carol Maliza... History major.