2016 Men's Soccer Roster
Sep 12 (Fri)
7:30 p.m. PT
Roster
Handwalla Bwana
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Seattle, Wash.
- High School:
- Ballard
2017 Season (Sophomore): Earned All-Pac-12 and United Soccer Coaches NCAA Division I All-Far West Region First-Team recognition ... appeared in 19 matches, making 16 starts ... ranked second in the Pac-12 in goals (8), points (22), and shots (57) and was fourth in assists (6) ... earned Pac-12 Player of the Week honors on Sept. 19 after recording program's first hat trick since 2003 with a trio of goals against Santa Clara ... tallied a brace at Oregon State in the team's regular-season finale including converting on his first PK of the season ... had a hand in nine of Washington's 19 goals scored over the Huskies' six-game winning streak from 9/14 - 10/5 including five goals and four assists.
2016 Season (Freshman): Named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year ... tied for team-lead with four goals ... led the squad with seven assists and 15 points ... recorded 32 shots on the season.
High School/Club: Local product from Ballard High School and the Seattle Sounders Academy ... originally from Kenya where he grew up in Mombasa, before he moved with his family to a refugee camp in Kakuma in the Northwest Region of Kenya to seek a new beginning and a chance to move to the United States ... named to the 2015 Washington State Championships Best XI for the Under-18 Boys, playing for the Seattle United B96 Copa A ... played for the Seattle Sounders Academy U-18’s, one of the top clubs in the country.
Clark on Bwana: “Handwalla might be the most under the radar recruit in the country. He has the talent to be one of the best players ever to play at UW, as his skill set that is second to none. He’s a great attacking player that reminds a lot of Darlington Nagbe at a younger age. He still has a long way to go if he’s ever going to reach the same heights as Nagbe, but his ability to run with the ball makes him really fun to watch.”
