Nick Courtney Class: Sophomore Hometown: Coppell, TX High School: Coppell Height / Weight: 6-1 / 170 Position: Defender

About Courtney: Possesses great quickness, size, mobility and skill which will serve him well playing in the back... quality defender with an attitude to match... capable of winning balls and contributing immediately.

Prep/Personal: Three-year letterwinner at Coppell HS for head coach John Lawhon... helped Coppell to the Texas 5A State Championship in 2004 and a runner-up finish in 2005 ... team was ranked fifth in the NSCAA/adidas High School Boys Winter National Rankings... named district Most Valuable Player, all-area and Texas All-Tournament team in 2005... earned all-district in 2004... plays club soccer for FC Texas and head coach Charles DeLong... member of his church youth group and high school band... four-time regional band member... born in Grapevine, Texas on November 30, 1987... son of Evelia Soto and Felix Courtney... chose Wake Forest over SMU, Brown and Tulsa.