Joe Copland

Class: Senior
Position: Midfielder
Hometown: Solihull, England
High School:

AS A JUNIOR (2008): Held down the Tritons' outside back position, appearing in 18 games and starting 17...Tallied two assists and two points...Named an NSCAA Academic All-South Region honoree...Assisted on Anthony Arico's game-winning goal in the season opener at USC-Aiken (8/30/09).

HIGH SCHOOL: Copland attended Arden High School where he played and lettered in varsity sports for 5 years. He received an award for county soccer. He also played rugby and basketball.

PERSONAL: Son of Andrew and Heather Copland, who he thanks for always being for him and supporting every decision he makes … born on December 29th … majoring in Business Management … has two brothers, Chris and Tom … a fan of Kenwyne Jones and Sunderland AFC, he enjoys playing Wii golf and watching Joe Illet’s beard grow and annoying Colin Kuhn … feels that his height will help the Tritons during his time playing for them … when he graduates from Eckerd he wants be the best he can be at whatever he does, and to retire young … he chose Eckerd simply because of photographs he saw.