Ruben Duran

Height:
5-10
Weight:
165
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Las Vegas, NV
High School:
Players SC

United States National Team
Trained with United States Under-17 National Team residency program at the IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.) and toured with the side to Spain in 2011.

2015 (Redshirt Junior)
Named to the All-Big West Conference second team after helping Cal Poly's defense record eight shutouts ... scored two goals, the first during a 1-1 draw at Gonzaga (Sept. 3) and the second the opener in a 3-2 home win versus No. 13 UC Santa Barbara (Oct. 17) ... also matched career high two shots attempts versus UCSB ... earned assist in 1-1 draw at UC Irvine (Oct. 3) ... started all 20 matches in which he appeared and averaged 87.6 minutes per match.

2014 (Redshirt)
Redshirted year after sustaining a preseason injury.

2013 (Sophomore)
Appeared in 16 of 21 matches with 18 starts after moving from midfield to central defense ... helped Cal Poly achieve a pair of shutouts: in 3-0 triumph at UCLA (Sept. 5) and 2-0 win versus San Francisco (Sept. 20) ... averaged 70.6 minutes per appearance.

2012 (Freshman)
Started during 11 of 13 appearances as a true freshman and scored first college goal and recorded first assist during 3-2 overtime win versus UC Irvine (Oct. 7) ... totaled career-high two shot attempts during 2-1 victory against Harvard (Sept. 21) and 3-2 overtime loss at UC Riverside (Sept. 30) ... averaged 63 minutes per appearance and played 70-plus minutes in a match four times.

Eldorado HS / Players SC
Named 2011-12 Gatorade Boys Nevada High School Player of the Year after scoring 27 times and registering 16 assists to lift program to an 18-3-1 mark, a Northeast League championship and a berth in the Nevada Class 4A state semifinals ... also named Northeast League Player of the Year, Las Vegas Review-Journal Boy's Soccer Player of the Year and to the All-Southern Nevada team as a senior ... rated as the No. 22 player in the CollegeSoccerNews.com class of 2012 ranking, the No. 45 player by TopDrawerSoccer.com and the No. 53 player by ESPNHS ... member of the Nevada Olympic Development Program squad.

Personal
Son of Ruben and Maria Duran ... has one brother (Edgar) and one sister (Brianna) ... majoring in kinesiology ... aspires to become an orthopedic surgeon ... enjoys drawing and painting during downtime ... received an advanced honors diploma from Eldorado HS ... Ruben Meliton Duran was born on March 30, 1994 in Portland, Ore.