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- 2008 C-USA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll
2008
Talented player saw action in 15 games with three starts, logging 378 minutes ... Notched
two assists and fired two shots, with one coming on goal ... Started the
first three games of his UK career, logging a season-high 86 minutes against
Detroit ... Got first career assist at Cincinnati ...Notched second
career assist against FIU, hooking up Masumi Turnbull for a golden goal in
overtime.
Pre-College
Four-year letterwinner at Etowah High School for coach Chris Stahler ... Played
club soccer for the Concorde Fire Elite and coach Gregg Blasingame from 2006-08,
the same club team as fellow UK freshmen Patrick Martineau and Taylor White ... Played
with the Atlanta Silverbacks from 2001-05 ... During his four-year high
school career, totaled 58 goals and 27 assists ... Finished with a career-high
20 goals as a senior, adding four assists ... Tallied a career-high 10
assists as a freshman ... Scored 18 goals and added seven assists as a
sophomore, netting 10 goals and dishing out six assists as a junior ... The
2008 Cherokee County Player of the Year ... In 2006, club team advanced
to the US Youth Soccer National Finals after claiming regional championship ... Fire
Elite won the Georgia State Championship from 2005-07, claiming the Region
III Premier League Championship in 2006-07 ... Fire Elite earned the Jefferson
Cup Championship and finished as a Surf Cup Semi-Finalist in 2006 ... Helped
lead high school team to the Elite 8 in the 2005 State Championship, as well
as advancing to the 2008 playoffs ... 2005-08 First Team All-County, the
2006 County Player of the Year and the varsity MVP from 2006-07 ... Named
Etowah High School MVP ... Received Physical Science Award freshman year... National
Society of High School Scholars... In 2007 and 2008 named Who's
Who Among American High School Scholars ... United States Army Reserve
National Scholar/Athlete Award ... A four-year honor roll student ... Played
basketball freshman year ... Graduated with honors and distinction.
Personal
Full name is Mark Alan Lavery ... Son of Mark and Kathy Lavery ... Has
twin brothers Rylan (9) and Reese (9) and two sisters McKenna (16) and Madigan
(12) ... Father played football and baseball for William Jewell University ... Born
on July 26, 1990 in Bedford, Texas.
