2008 NSCAA/adidas ALL-AMERICA FIRST TEAM 2009: A Preseason All-America First Team selection by College Soccer News...the second straight season he is a Preseason First Team All-American and third consecutive year he is a Preseason All-American. 2008: Unanimous First Team All-American as selected by NSCAA/adidas and College Soccer News...joined Baggio Husidic as the first All-America First Team selections in program history...semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic Club Hermann Trophy awarded to the nation's top college soccer player...garnered All-Great Lakes Region First Team honors for the third straight season...named Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year and an All-Horizon League First Teamer...started all but one game...posted a 0.63 goals-against average that ranked 18th nationally...allowed just 14 goals in 21 matches, recording 10 shutouts and helping the Flames register 11 total clean sheets...blanked 2007 national runner-up and 17th-ranked Ohio State on Oct. 8...recorded clean sheets in both of his NCAA Tournament starts, blanking Dayton on Nov. 21 and No. 4 Michigan State on Nov. 25 and making key penalty kick stops to help the Flames advance on both occasions...now has an NCAA postseason goals-against average of 0.35, allowing just three goals in eight career NCAA Tournament matches. 2007: NSCAA/adidas All-Great Lakes Region First Team selection...earned All-America Second Team honors from College Soccer News...selected a Second Team MVP by Soccer America...voted the area's college player of the year by UMBRO/Chicagoland Soccer News...All-Horizon League First Team honoree...Horizon League All-Tournament team selection after surrendering just one goal on a penalty kick in three matches...finished year with a goals-against average of 0.56, which ranked atop the Horizon League list while rating ninth nationally...owned a save percentage of .797...broke his own school record for shutouts in a single season with 12 clean sheet...surrendered just 14 goals in 24 matches this season and has yet to allow more than two goals in a contest in a UIC kit...held Saint Louis scoreless through regulation and overtime and then stopped three penalty kicks and converted one of his own to help the Flames advance past the Billikens in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament...posted clean sheets in NCAA Tournament wins over Northwestern and Creighton. 2006: Enjoyed a standout rookie campaign, earning Horizon League Goalkeeper of the Year, NSCAA/adidas All-Great Lakes Region First Team, All-Horizon League First Team, All-Horizon League Newcomer Team, College Soccer News All-Freshman Team, Soccer America All-Freshman Second Team and Top Drawer Soccer Men's College Fourth Team accolades...ranked fourth in the nation with a 0.373 goals-against average...rated third nationally with a .905 save percentage...allowed just eight goals in over 1,900 minutes of play...started all 21 matches...posted a school-record 10 shutouts while playing in all 13 of UIC's team shutouts...helped UIC earn the honor of the nation's top defense in 2006 and post the fourth-best team goals-against average in NCAA history (0.36)...also helped the Flames earn the team statistical title in save percentage (.908), which stands as the NCAA record...posted a clean sheet in his collegiate debut in the Flames' 1-0 win at then-No. 25 Saint Louis on Aug. 26...made a career-high eight saves at No. 12 Notre Dame in the NCAA Second Round on Nov. 15...earned first collegiate assist on a deep ball that set up Tonci Skroce's goal vs. Cleveland State on Oct. 8. 2005: Sat out the season as a medical redshirt after recovering from surgery to repair a torn ACL, retaining four years of eligibility. Prep/Personal: Played keeper for VI Belgradian High School...played for the BPI Pekar club for coach Boban Zivkovic in Belgrade...appeared in 40 matches (17 official and 23 friendlies) with the U-16 and U-17 Serbia and Montenegro National Teams...born September 29, 1986...son of Branko and Branka Bubonja...double-majoring in criminal justice and sociology. JOVAN BUBONJA'S CAREER STATISTICSGP Minutes GA GaAvg Saves W L T Sho 2006................ 21 1930:15 8 0.37 76 12 3 5 10 2007................ 24 2258:21 14 0.56 55 12 5 6 12 2008..................21 1993:12 14 0.63 57 12 3 6 10 TOTAL............... 66 6181:48 36 0.52 188 36 11 17 32
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