Steve Birnbaum
Steve Birnbaum

Player Profile
Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Irvine, Calif.

High School:
Northwood HS

Height / Weight:
6-2 / 180

Position:
Defender

Birthdate:
01/23/1991

Experience:
2V

01/12/2012

Birnbaum Claims JSR All-America Status

Cal Defender Lauded for Second Straight Season

01/03/2012

Casiple, Foulk Earn Calls to U.S. Training Camps

Birnbaum Wins Silver Medal With the U.S. at the Pan Am Maccabi Games in Brazil

12/21/2011

Steve Birnbaum to Represent U.S. at Maccabi Games

Junior Defender Heading to Sao Paulo, Brazil, for the Dec. 26-Jan. 2 Competition

11/21/2011

Bears Earn Pac-12 All-Academic Acclaim

Conference Honors Tony Salciccia, Steve Birnbaum and Kyle Marsh for Classroom Efforts

11/15/2011

Casiple Claims Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Award

Birnbaum Earns First-Team All-Conference Spot; Salciccia on Second Team

Steve Birnbaum News:

Soares, Grimes Claim Top Pac-10 Awards - November 16, 2010

Bears Gain 9 Spots on Pac-10 All-Academic Teams - November 11, 2010

Steve Birnbaum Named Pac-10 Player of the Week - November 2, 2010

Steve Birnbaum Training at U.S. U-20 National Team Camp - June 28, 2010

2010 Quick Hits
- Scored his first career goal against Oregon State
- Finished fourth on the team with five assists
- Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention

2009 Quick Hits
- Started the most games (8) of any true freshman on the team

High School: Competed for the U.S. U-18 and U.S. U-20 national team squads in tournaments in Portugal and Mexico in 2008...a finalist in the 2008 Milk Cup, facing Manchester United in the final...also named to the Southern California Starting XI for the USSF Development Academy...for nine years, he was the captain of the premier team for the Irvine Strikers and Pateadores...also a member of the Cal South ODP team in 2007.

Personal: Social welfare major...mother is Peggy Schmidt...mother played volleyball at Missouri...sister, Jessica, attended Missouri...also played volleyball and lacrosse in high school...born Jan. 23, 1991, in Newport, Calif.

Birnbaum's Career Statistics
Year	G	GS	Shots	Goals	Assists	Points
2009	17	8	7	0	0	0
2010	20	20	15	1	5	7
Total 	37	28	22	1	5	7
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