Honors and Awards:
2016 Summit League Goalkeeper of the Year…2016 Summit League First Team...Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (11/6/17).
Career:
Played in 57 career matches, starting 56 of those…Kept a 0.65 goals against average, making 98 saves en route to a 42-9-5 career record…42 wins passed Matt Bredehoft for the Denver Division I career record…Kept 26 career cleansheets, good for the Denver Division I record…Part of a senior class that finished 61-12-10, recording the fifth-most wins in the country over the four-year span, while recording the second-highest points-won rate in the country at 77.5%....Won seven Summit League trophies in his career, helping the program to its first College Cup appearance in 2016, and turning in the top grade point average in the country each of the last three years.
2018:
Played in 11 matches, starting 10 of them in his senior campaign….Kept a 0.75 goals against average, while recording an 8-0-2 record with four shutouts….Assisted on a goal in Denver’s 4-0 win over North Florida.
2017:
Started all but one (18) matches for the Pioneers, seeing 1662:33 of action. Did not play at New Mexico (10/25)…Made 34 saves and allowed just 14 goals on the season for a 0.76 goals against average…Finished 11-6-1…Kept seven cleansheets.
2016:
Played and started in 23 matches, missing the regular season match at Omaha (10/29) with an injury…Allowed 13 goals for a 0.54 goals against average…Made 35 saves for a .729 save percentage…Compiled a record of 20-1-2 and kept 13 cleansheets. NCAA Rankings: 5th in goals against average (0.542), 2nd in minutes played (2158:31).
2015:
Redshirted.
2014:
Started five matches, allowing three goals against for an impressive 0.60 GAA...Made his Pioneers debut on October 31st, a 1-0 loss at IUPUI...Won three consecutive crucial starts for the Pioneers, posting a shutout against Western Illinois in the final game of the regular season, a shutout versus Fort Wayne in the Summit League semi-finals and allowed just a penalty kick goal in DU's 3-1 Summit League championship game versus Western Illinois...Stopped four shots in 1-0 NCAA tournament loss at Oregon State.
Before Denver:
Plays club soccer for Charlotte Soccer Academy...Helped lead club team to 2012 US Development Academy U16 Finals Week...Three-time CISAA All-Conference selection during high school...Two-time All-Regional selection...Two-time All-State selection with MVP honors in 2013.
Personal:
Born August 20, 1995 in Charlotte, N.C...Son of Steve and Karen Gardner...Has one sister, Maggie...Chose Denver because of great location, outstanding academic reputation, beautiful campus, and solid relationship with coaching staff...Hopes to pursue a career in education or coaching...Also recruited by South Carolina, High Point, and Radford.
