#7 Kip Critchlow - BYU Men's Soccer
Kip Critchlow
Kip Critchlow, Defender
Height:
5-9
Weight:
140
Year in School:
Freshman
Hometown:
Sandy, Utah
High School:
Hillcrest
Mission:
Plans to go in the fall of 2010
Why choose BYU?:
So Chad Sackett would leave me alone. Just kidding. I am enjoying the Program they run.
Soccer Experience:
Played for the Nighthawk Club from 2002-2007 and played high school soccer at Hillcrest.
Hobbies:
Playing the piano, composing music, reading
Who has influenced you:
Ben Staples and Nate Murphy (Nighthawks competitive team coaches); Brett Davis, (high school coach). These men taught me as much about life as they did about soccer.
Other Facts:
Pronounced CRITCH-lo...Will serve an LDS mission in the fall of 2010...Won the State Cup in 2004 and team was a finalist in 2002, 2005, and 2007...Four-year varsity starter at Hillcrest..2007 All-State honorable mention...Born on January 20, 1990...Has practiced with Real Salt Lake ...Grandfather shoots a cow in the movie “Napoleon Dynamite”... Played on the same men’s league team as teammate Jantzen Romney (Olympique Montreux FC)...Also played on Rush FC in the men’s league with BYU assistant coach, Chad Sackett...Already enrolled at BYU...Scored two goals in 15 games for Hillcrest in 2008...Led Hillcrest to the 5A State Semifinals in 2008...As a junior in 2007 helped anchor a defense that gave up a mere nine goals in 25 games...Brother Cade played rugby for Southern Utah...Born in Pleasant Grove, Utah...Graduated from Hillcrest in 2008, attended Salt Lake Community College (didn’t play soccer for the school) and will transfer to BYU...
