Cody Stanley

Height:
5-11
Weight:
170
Position:
D
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Lansing, Ill.
High School:
Mt. Carmel

2010: Joined Matt Eliason as the only Wildcats to start all 18 matches ... Notched first collegiate goal at Saint Mary's (Calif.) ... Posted an assist at No. 25 Indiana (10/31).

2009: Appeared in 17 matches, all starts ... Tied for second among defenders with eight shots ... Part of a defense which recorded three straight 1-0 shutout victories over SIU Edwardsville (9/27), Ohio State (10/4) and Northern Illinois (10/7).

2008: Started all 23 matches ... Member of a defense that allowed only 13 goals all season and ranked sixth in the country with a 0.55 goals-against average ... Helped the Wildcats post a school single-season record 13 shutouts ... Posted 11 shots, including three in an NCAA tournament win over Akron (11/30).

2007: Saw action in five matches.

High School: Led Mount Carmel High School to a 16-6-3 record as a senior captain and its first-ever sectional title ... Led high school to 19-5-1 record as a junior and first-ever Catholic League Championship ... Tallied 33 goals and 27 assists in four years as a starting defender ... IHSSCA All-State selection ... Catholic League Player of the Year (first in school history) ... Sun-Times All-Area Player of the Year ... Sun-Times, Daily Southtown and Chicago R.I.S.E Magazine All-Area first-team selection ... Chicago Tribune All-State Team. Club/ODP: Twice invited to the adidas ESP for nation's top 130 players ... Three-time Super Y-League National Team selection (2005-07) ... Named Super Y-League Nationals MVP in 2004 ... Four-year club team captain for the Chicago Magic, the nation's No. 1 ranked club, leading them to five consecutive state championships from 2002-06, two Super Y-League National Championships, two U.S. Club National Championships and a Dallas Cup Championship ... Played on the Magic with fellow NU recruits Jason Drews and Jack Hillgard.

Personal: Born Cody William Robert Stanley ... Son of Robert and Susan Stanley ... Also considered New Mexico, Michigan, Michigan State and Boston University ... Major is learning and organizational change with a minor in business institutions.