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2021 Men's Soccer Roster
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Jersey Number 2
Esai Easley
- Position:
- Defender/Midfielder
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Kona, Hawaii
- High School:
- Berean Christian
- Major:
- Finance
Bio
Grand Canyon
Club
Personal
2021 | Senior
- Became GCU's highest MLS SuperDraft pick after being drafted in Round 1, 22nd overall to Sporting Kansas City.
- Named WAC Defensive Player of the Year.
- Earned All-WAC First Team honors.
- Selected to the United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region Second Team.
- Ranked as the No. 22 player in the country by TopDrawerSoccer.
- Scored the lone goal on Los Lopes Night to lead GCU to the 1-0 victory over Saint Mary's.
- Earned spots on the College Soccer News and TopDrawerSoccer National Teams of the Week announced on September 15th after scoring the game-winning goal against Saint Mary's.
- Named WAC Defensive Player of the Week on September 13th.
- Started in all 15 games he appeared in.
- Picked up two assists on the season.
Spring 2021 | Junior
- Earned first team All-WAC
- Named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Far West Region first team
- Earned Top Drawer Soccer Best XI third team honors
- Landed the No. 28 spot in the Top Drawer Soccer National Top 100
- Earned Academic All-WAC honors
- Started all 10 games and played the second most minutes on the team (873)
- Recorded an assist in the final home game of the season against Dixie State
2019Â | Sophomore
- Named All-WAC Honorable mention.
- Started in 15 games for the Lopes and appeared in all 17.
- Named WAC Defensive Player of the Week for the week of September 9-15 for his performance in the Lopes 1-0 win over Oregon State.
- Earned WAC Student-Athlete of the Month Honors for September.
2018 | Freshman
- Returned from injury to start the final seven matches of the season on defense which included a 6-0-1 record, a WAC title and just three total goals allowed.
- The Lopes allowed 0.43 goals per game in his seven starts and 1.00 goals per game when he did not start.
- One of two GCU freshmen (Calvin Kissi)Â to score a goal in 2019.
- Scored first career goal in the regular season finale at UNLV on Nov. 2. His first-half goal proved to be the game-winner.
- Assisted on Sam Gardner's golden goal in overtime of GCU's first ever Division I postseason win in the WAC Tournament quarterfinal against Utah Valley on Nov. 7.
Club
- Has trained and played with the De Anza Force, Seattle Sounders Academy, Manchester Youth Academy and Chievo Verona Youth Academy.
Personal
- Parents are Taylor and Felicia Easley.
- Father, Taylor, was a golfer at Ole Miss in 1992.
- Outside of soccer, enjoys surfing.
- At Age 10, chose to pursue competitive soccer rather than surfing.
- Hopes to use his platform in soccer to inspire other Hawaiians to get more involved with the sport.
- Chose GCU because "it provides an amazing academy and athletic environment in a fashion I have never seen before. The campus and excitement around athletics blew me away when I visited."
- Favorite professional sports teams are the Seattle Sounders and Manchester City.
- Top athletes to watch growing up include Kaká, Clint Dempsey and Steven Gerrard.
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