Tanner Beason Season 2016

In The News

• 11/29/18: Tanner Beason anchors defense as Stanford pursues fourth straight soccer title - Tom FitzGerald (San Francisco Chronicle)
• 10/2/18: My Stanford Story: Tanner Beason [VIDEO] - Cardinal Channel
• 12/5/17: Stanford's Beason excited about another trip to the College Cup - John Dell (Winston-Salem Journal)
• 12/12/16: Tanner Beason helps Stanford to national championship - John Dell (Winston-Salem Journal)
• 9/27/16: Patience pays off: After redshirting, FCD graduate Tanner Beason is thriving for Stanford soccer - Kegan Lowe (Winston-Salem Journal)
• 5/6/15: Tough decisions have led FCD's Beason to success...and the other side of the country - Brant Wilkerson (Winston-Salem Journal)

Career Accolades | Career Statistics and Single-Game Highs

• Three-time NCAA champion (2015-17)
• Four-time Pac-12 champion (2015-18)
• Pac-12 Tom Hansen Conference Medal (2020) 
• Two-time MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist (2018-19)
• Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team (2018-19)
• Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team (2019)
• Senior CLASS Award Finalist (2019)
• Two-time Top Drawer Soccer Best XI (2018-19)
• Two-time College Soccer News All-America First Team (2018-19)
• Two-time United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team (2018-19)
• Three-time All-Pac-12 (2017-19)
• Pac-12 Player of the Year (2018)
• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year (2018)
• Two-time College Cup All-Tournament Team (2016-17)
• Three-time Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 9, 2018; Nov. 6, 2018; Sept. 17, 2019)
• Four-time Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 28, 2017; Nov. 6, 2018; Nov. 20, 2018; Dec. 10, 2019)
• Four-time College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 27, 2017; Oct. 8, 2018; Nov. 19, 2018; Nov. 25, 2019)
• Three-time Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention (2016-18)

As a Redshirt Senior (2019) | Game-by-Game Stats

• United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team
• College Soccer News All-America First Team
• Senior CLASS Award All-America First Team
• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI Third Team
• MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
• United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
• All-Pac-12 Second Team
• Top Drawer Soccer Preseason Best XI First Team
• Senior CLASS Award Finalist
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Dec. 10)
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 25)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Sept. 17)
• Team captain
• Started 14 games at center back
• Missed eight games in the middle of the season due to injury
• Ranked second on the team in goals (5) and fifth in points (11)
  • First three goals of the season were from penalty kicks
• Scored twice in the NCAA Tournament, notching Stanford's only goals against No. 20 Seattle (Nov. 24) and No. 3 Clemson (Dec. 6)
  • Also scored twice in penalty kick shootouts against both teams to help Stanford advance to the College Cup, extending the team's penalty shootout streak advancements to nine
• Scored in each of the season's first two matches, at Penn State (Aug. 30) and at No. 3 Akron (Sept. 2)
• Notched the game-winner against Denver (Sept. 13)
• Added one assist on the year, against UC Irvine (Sept. 9)
• Totaled 13 shots on the year, including nine on goal
• Part of a defense that was 10th in the country in team goals against average (0.688) and tied for sixth in shutouts (11)

As a Redshirt Junior (2018) | Game-by-Game Stats • Pac-12 Champions

• United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team
• Pac-12 Player of the Year
• Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
• Top Drawer Soccer Best XI First Team
• College Soccer News All-America First Team
• MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
• United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region First Team
• All-Pac-12 First Team
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 20)
• Pac-12 Player of the Week (Oct. 9)
• Two-time College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Oct. 8; Nov. 19)
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Team captain
• First in conference history to be voted both Pac-12 Player and Defensive Player of the Year
• Started all 21 games at center back
• Second on the team in goals (8) and points (21) and tied for third in assists (5)
• Posted career highs in every offensive category
• Led the Pac-12 in both goals (6) and points (15) in conference matches
• Finished fourth overall in the conference in points (21), tied for fourth in goals (8) and tied for seventh in assists (5)
• Converted all five penalty kicks against Cal (Oct. 7), Washington (Oct. 14), San Diego State (Nov. 1), UC Irvine (Nov. 18) and No. 16 Akron (Nov. 30)
• Three goals not from the spot came against Cal (Oct. 7), Oregon State (Oct. 18) and Washington (Oct. 21) 
• First career brace came in a 4-2 win at Cal (Oct. 7)
• First game with multiple assists (2) came in a 3-0 home victory against UCLA (Sept. 30)
• Also assisted goals in wins over No. 15 UMass Lowell (Sept. 14), Delaware (Sept. 16) and San Diego State (Sept. 27)
• Defensively, Stanford was eighth in the country in team goals against average (0.625) and fifth in shutouts (12)

As a Redshirt Sophomore (2017) | Game-by-Game Stats • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions

• All-Pac-12 First Team
• College Cup All-Tournament Team
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (Nov. 28)
• College Soccer News National Team of the Week (Nov. 27)
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Started all 23 games at left back
• Tied for sixth on the team in goals (4) and points (11) to go along with three assists
• Scored all four goals via penalty kicks in wins over SMU (Sept. 7), Yale (Sept. 17), Oregon State (Oct. 22) and Coastal Carolina (Nov. 26)
• Tallied assists against Northeastern (Sept. 2), Oregon State (Oct. 15) and UCLA (Nov. 2)
• Converted the decisive kick in Stanford's 4-1 shootout win over Pacific (Nov. 19) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
• Part of a defense that tied a school record with 16 shutouts, the second-highest total in the country
• As a team, Stanford's 0.382 goals against average set school and conference records and was second nationally
• The Cardinal did not allow a tournament goal for the second consecutive year and upped its NCAA-record postseason shutout streak to 12 matches (1,214:20)
• Stanford's defense ended the season with a shutout streak of 689:15

As a Redshirt Freshman (2016) | Game-by-Game Stats • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions

• College Cup All-Tournament Team
• Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention
• Started all 23 games at left back
• Tied for fourth on the team in goals (3) to go along with a pair of assists
• Fifth on the team with eight points
• Scored his first career goal in a 3-1 victory over Harvard (Sept. 16)
• Also found the back of the net in wins against Omaha (Sept. 18) and No. 17 UCLA (Oct. 16)
• Tallied assists in back-to-back matches against Saint Mary's (Aug. 28) and Notre Dame (Sept. 2)
• Led Stanford off in College Cup penalty shootouts against No. 10 North Carolina (Dec. 9) and No. 2 Wake Forest (Dec. 11) and converted both
• 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 Freshman (2015) • NCAA Champions • Pac-12 Champions

• Redshirted

Prior to Stanford

• A 2015 graduate of Forsyth Country Day School in Lewisville, N.C.
• Lettered in soccer during his eighth grade and freshman years
• NCISAA All-Region Second Team and 3A All-State (2011)
• PACIS All-Conference (2011)
• Team was 2010 NCISAA 3A state semifinalists in 2010
• Captain of 2014-15 North Carolina Fusion U-18 Academy Team
• Started all 34 games in which he played for the Fusion in 2014-15, scoring twice
• Started and played every minute of all 39 matches for U-18s in 2013-14
• On the Fusion's U-16 Development Academy Team in 2011-12

Personal

• Full names is James Tanner Beason
• Born in Winston-Salem, N.C.
• Son of Tracey and Stewart Beason
• Older brother, Chase, attended Duke University and also has a younger sister, Sydney, at Furman
• Father was a goalkeeper while at Virginia Tech and uncle, Ted, was a defender for the Hokies