Greg Macnamara

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-11
Weight:
163
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Arlington, Va.
High School:
Gonzaga College

Note: Voted team tri-captainby teammates for second consecutive season.

Coaches' Comments: "Greg has become the conduit for the coaching staff to illustrate the conviction, vision and execution of winning ways. He is the consummate leader who never takes a play off in training, in matches, or in his academic endeavors."

2011: Named to All-Southern Conference first team and NSCAA All-South Region third team ... named to the Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America team and NSCAA Scholar All-South Region Second Team ... SoCon Fall Academic All-Conference ... Lowe’s Senior Class Award candidate ... started all 19 games, leading the defensive unit to nine shutouts ... scored game-winning goal off a penalty kick at Campbell … scored second goal of the season at Georgia Southern … had one assist against College of Charleston

2010: Named to the All-Southern Conference second team and All-SoCon Tournament team … elected to the ESPN Academic All-District second team … played in and started 19 matches … stayed on the field for the duration of all but one match, including five shutouts … recorded the game-tying goal in 2-2 draw against No. 13 UC Santa Barbara … assisted on lone goal in loss to No. 10 Duke … played exceptional defense to preserve a scoreless draw with UNCG and to hold Wake Forest to nine shots … part of starting backline that held opponents to single-digit shot attempts in seven contests … named to Davidson adidas Classic All-Tournament team ... voted team co-MVP by teammates.

2009: Started all 16 contests he played in … frequently played the entire match … totaled four shots, one on goal.

2008: Named to the 2008 Southern Conference All-Freshman Team ... saw action in all 19 matches during his rookie campaign, the only freshman to accomplish this feat ... made nine starts, with his first career starting nod coming against South Carolina ... scored his first career goal, which was also the game-winner, in the Wildcats’ 1-0 victory over eventual SoCon tournament champion UNC Greensboro ... recorded a pair of assists on the year, against Furman and Wofford ... his four points was tied for the fifth-most on the team ... took a total of nine shots overall, four of which were on goal ... was on the field for a freshman-best 1,075 minutes of action.

Before Davidson: First-team all-conference performer ... defensive MVP as a senior ... led the Eagles to the WCAC Regular Season and Tournament title as a senior ... club team was a finalist at “Score at the Shore” and the Surf Cup ... an AP Scholar with Distinction and member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Son of Ed and Ruth Macnamara … has two sisters, Ellen and Caitlin, and one brother, Shane … with the PDL’s Northern Virginia Royals in the 2010 summer ... with the PDL's Real Maryland FC for the 2011 summer... member and treasurer of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity … math and economics double major.