15 Benny Eck
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- Birth Date:
- 06/25/1980
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- Height:
- 6-1
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- Weight:
- 170
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- Year:
- Senior
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- Hometown:
- Ottendorf, Germany
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- High School:
- Friedrich-Fischer-Schule
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- Position:
- D
2003 - Senior Season
Scored on a penalty kick in a 4-2 loss to UW-Milwaukee on Sept. 26...started all 17 games played on the back line...missed two games after being sent off against UIC on Sept. 20 and Wright State on Oct. 4.
2002 - Junior Season
Played in all but one game, starting 19 times...team's top defender, also emerged as an offensive threat, scoring three goals...tallied first two-goal game of career versus IPFW (9/14)...scored other goal against Akron (10/20).
2001 - Sophomore Season
Started all but one contest (yellow card accumulation)...played at left back and was one of the squad's top defenders.
2000 - Freshman Season
Played in all 17 games, starting 16 times...team defensive MVP...scored lone goal of the season on Oct. 15 at Butler...picked up assist against UW-Green Bay on 10/19.
High School
Played forward and midfield in the Bayernliga league...named team MVP in 1998, as squad went 18-4 and won the league championship...invited to tryout for the Under 19 National Team...also played tennis.
Personal
Majoring in finance with hopes of becoming an investment banker...son of Diethard and Michaela Eck...has two younger sisters, Katherine and Franziska...Athletic Academic Excellence Award recipient... Dean's List honoree...born June 25, 1980.
