Brian Nana-Sinkam Season 2013

In The News

• 12/7/16: Stanford keeps clean sheet on path to college cup - Vytas Mazeika (Palo Alto Daily News)
• 11/30/16: Lancaster County natives set to compete in NCAA men's soccer Elite Eight - John Walk (Lancaster News Press)
• 11/9/16: My Stanford Story: Brian Nana-Sinkam [VIDEO] - Cardinal Channel
• 10/19/15: Lancaster County grads spark Stanford men's soccer - Bill Arsenault (Lancaster News Press)

Career Accolades | Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs

• 22nd overall pick by the Seattle Sounders in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft
• 2016 College Cup All-Tournament Team
• 2016 NSCAA All-Far West Region Second Team
• 2016 All-Pac-12 First Team
• 2016 Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American
• 2016 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 6, 2016)
• 2015 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• 2014 Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Appeared in 71 matches and made 67 starts, playing 6,070 minutes
• Scored one goal and had two assists
• Totaled 21 shots and five shots on goal
• Stanford went 56-15-15 (.783) during his career

As a Senior (2016) | Game-by-Game Stats

• College Cup All-Tournament Team
• NSCAA All-Far West Region Second Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Senior CLASS Award Second Team All-American
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 6)
• Team captain
• Started all 22 games in which he played at center back alongside Tomas Hilliard-Arce
• Had assists in home wins over Omaha (9/18) and Cal (10/2)
• Converted in the College Cup semifinal penalty kick shootout against No. 10 North Carolina (12/9)
• Part of a defense that posted 13 shutouts, tied for third in the country and the program's most since 2000 (16)
• As a team, Stanford's 0.56 goals against average was fourth nationally and tied for the second-best mark in school history
• The Cardinal did not allow a goal throughout the entire NCAA tournament and became the third program to win a title while posting a 0.00 postseason goals against average
• Stanford's defense ended the season with a shutout streak of 548:29

As a Junior (2015) | Game-by-Game Stats

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Started all 23 games at center back alongside Tomas Hilliard-Arce
• Converted for the Cardinal in its penalty shootout win against Akron in the NCAA semifinals (12/11) 
• Tied a career high with three shots against VCU (9/6)
• Stanford's defense surrendered just 15 goals, its lowest total since 2001 (13)
• The Cardinal finished sixth nationally in goals against average (0.62), the sixth-best mark in program history

As a Sophomore (2014) | Game-by-Game Stats

• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Started all 18 games in which he appeared on Stanford's back line
• Scored his first collegiate goal in Stanford's 3-2 win at California (11/16)
• Goal in Berkeley came in the 35th minute, was Stanford's second and helped the Cardinal clinch its first Pac-12 Championship since 2001
• Season-high three shots came in 1-1 home draw with UCLA (10/12)
• Stanford’s Pac-12 championship defense allowed just 17 goals, its lowest total since 2007, and led the Pac-12 with a 0.85 goals against average
• Cardinal topped the league in goals against average for the first time since 2002 (0.61)
• Team goals against average ranked 38th in the nation

As a Freshman (2013) | Game-by-Game Stats

• Made eight appearances and four starts
• Played full time in his first three starts against Maryland (8/30), Santa Clara (9/7) and Grand Canyon (9/13)

High School/Club

• A 2013 graduate of Manheim Township High School in Lancaster, Pa.
• Earned three letters in soccer and one each in basketball and tennis
• Named All-Lancaster-Lebanon League Second Team All-Star in 2011
• Played for PA Classics from 2009-13
• U-16 team finished sixth at USSDA Finals week in 2012
• Saw action with the Philadelphia Union reserves (MLS)

Personal

• Born in Lancaster, Pa.
• Parents are Samuel and Peggy Nana-Sinkam
• Has three older siblings, Christopher, Samuel and Alexandra
• Christopher played basketball for Swarthmore College, Samuel played football for Bucknell and Alex attends Stanford and was a Stanford Dolly