Auburn University at Montgomery Athletics

2014 [Freshman]: Earned First-Team All-South Region honors from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as a true freshman … was also named to the All-Southern States Athletic Conference First Team and the league’s All-Freshman Team … earned SSAC Defensive Player of the Week honors for the week of Oct. 13-19 … saw action in all 20 matches, earning the starting nod in 19 … averaged a team-high 89.2 minutes per contest … played 1,784 minutes during the season … attempted four shots, three of which were on goal … recorded four blocks, a mark which ranked third on the team … tallied a pair of assists … recorded his first career point with an assist against Wayland Baptist on Aug. 30 … also notched an assist against Belhaven on Nov. 8 in the SSAC Tournament.

Prep: Attended Ludwig-Erhard-Schule in Frankfurt am Main, Germany … played club soccer for TS Darmstadt 98, FSV Frankfurt and Bad Vilbel … was most recently a member of TS Ober-Roden, which competes in the sixth level of the Verbandsliga … also played two years in the U19 division of the Hessenliga … helped the team to the Regional Cup Championship, as well as a runner-up finish of the U19 State Cup.

Personal: Born on April 24, 1994 … is the son of Mladen and Ljuba Budic … has an older sister, Jelena … is majoring in business.