name: Zach Wells position: GK height: 6-2 weight:187 Birthdate: February 26, 1981 Hometown: Costa Mesa, CA

date	clubs	video description
08/02/08	Wizards @ United	Zach Wells' clean sheet

MLS Experience

2004: Served primarily as backup for Jonny Walker…Saw action in two games while Walker was with the National Team…He played in the team's 3-1 loss at San Jose on 6/12 and he played during the Metros' 2-1 victory over LA on 6/19…

INTERNATIONAL

Member of the U.S. Under-20 National Team pool ... Recorded a 1.00 GAA in two games played with the U-20s.

COLLEGE

2003: Sports Illustrated On Campus National Player of the Year ... First team All-Pac-10 selection ... Set the UCLA school record for single-season goals against average with a 0.52 ... Set a new school record for career saves with 269 ... Earned 49 career victories ... Second team CoSIDA Academic All-American ... First team CoSIDA Academic All-District and Pac-10 All-Academic selection

2002: College Cup Defensive MVP ... College Soccer News Honorable Mention All-American ... Second team NSCAA All-Far West and All-Pac-10 selection ... Also named to the Pac-10's All-Academic second team with a 3.19 GPA ... Ranked second in the conference in goals against average (0.76) ... Ranked amongst the Top 20 in the nation in GAA ... Named the Pac-10 Player of the Week twice (Oct. 8 and Oct. 29) ... His 17 victories ranked tied for fifth on UCLA's single-season charts

2001: Second team All-Pac-10 selection ... Set single-season school record with 101 saves ... Ranked second amongst Pac-10 starters with a 0.85 goals against average ... Earned a Pac-10-high nine shutouts ... Held a shutout streak of 541 minutes from Oct. 21-Nov. 11 ... Held a save percentage of .828 ... Defensive MVP at the UCLA Pacific Soccer Classic ... Named the Pac-10 Player of the Week and selected to Soccer America's Team of the Week for Oct. 30-Nov. 6

2000: Played in four games and earned three shared shutouts

1999: Redshirted due to injury

HIGH SCHOOL/CLUB

Talented two-sport athlete who excelled in soccer and volleyball ... Won four letters in soccer and two in volleyball at Newport Harbor HS ... Set a school record as a freshman with 82 saves, one of them coming on a penalty kick which sent Newport Harbor into the CIF quarterfinals ... Broke his own saves record the next year with 104 saves ... Recorded a goals against average of 0.75 as a freshman and 0.76 as a sophomore ... Played at sweeper his junior year due to a broken thumb and scored one goal ... Scored three goals his senior year as a field player and played three games in goal after recovering from torn shoulder ligaments ... Three-time All-Sea View League selection ... Named the team's Impact Player of the Year as a senior ... Played club soccer with the Irvine Strikers, which he captained to the Coast League championship and the 1999 Celtic Cup ... Played on the ODP U-17 Regional team ... Lettered two years in volleyball as an opposite hitter ... Led his team to league championships as a junior and senior ... Played club volleyball with the Balboa Bay Volleyball Club ... Won a silver medal with the volleyball team at the U.S. Junior Olympics.

PERSONAL

Enjoys surfing ... Admires Iker Casillas of Real Madrid ... Lists his biggest athletic thrill as winning the national championship ... Served as chairperson of the Bruin Athletic Council in 2001-02 ... Full name is Zachary Stephen Wells ... Born February 26, 1981 in Costa Mesa, CA ... American Literature & Culture major while at UCLA.