1 Zach Bennett
	Class: Freshman Hometown: Plano, Texas High School: Plano Height: 6-3 Position: GK

2012: Finished with a .764 save percentage and 0.99 GAA for his freshman campaign ... Owned a 9-4 record in 13 starts during his freshman season ... Fourth in the Big Ten in GAA (0.99), third in save percentage (.764), and fifth in shutouts (3)... Only allowed multiple goals in a game once during the regular season (10/14 at Penn State), where the second score for the Nittany Lions was an MSU own goal ... Earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors on October 22 after shutting out Oakland (1-0) and Wisconsin (2-0) the previous week ... Named to Big Ten All Freshman Team... Season high of six saves in the Big Ten championship game ... Allowed 10 goals in his first 12 collegiate starts.

Prior to MSU: Enrolled at MSU in January after graduating a semester early from high school ... Will provide an immediate impact with the Spartan goalkeeping corps ... Joins the Michigan State program after lettering three years at Plano High School ... As a freshman, helped guide the Wildcats to a 5A State Championship as well as back to back Regional Finals as a sophomore and junior ... Listed No. 128th among the nation's top prospects ... Bennett earned All-District and All-Conference honors for his efforts as a junior ... Had a very impressive club career competing with the Solar Chelsea club out of Dallas, Texas. Bennett was a three year starter on both the under 16 and under 18 US Soccer Developmental Academy squads ... Member of the National Honor Society.