Joseph Wear

Height:
6-3
Weight:
195
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
High School:
Heaton Manor

TULSA - A four-year letterwinner and three-year starter . . . started 47 of 58 career games . . . career numbers include seven goals and one assist for 15 points.

SENIOR (2006) - Started 11 of 16 contests . . . attempted four shots from his defender position . . . notched two goals against UAB, including the game-winner . . . helped TU post shutouts against #24 Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Florida International, #11 South Carolina and UCF . . . named TU's "Man of the Match" vs. UAB and South Carolina.

RED-SHIRT JUNIOR (2005) - Started 15 of 16 games and accounted for three goals for six points . . . scored the game-winning goal against No. 3 Creighton . . . tallied one goal each against Marshall and South Carolina . . . scored all three of his goals off corner kicks . . . named TU's "Man of the Match" against Marshall.

JUNIOR (2004) - Did not play . . . received a red-shirt season.

SOPHOMORE (2003) - Started 19 of 20 games played . . . missed TU's NCAA Tournament second round game against #1 UCLA due to an injury . . . scored two goals and added an assist for five points on the season . . . produced one goal each against Drury and Eastern Illinois . . . recorded his lone assist of the year vs. #5 Santa Clara.

FRESHMAN (2002) - Played in six games . . . earned starting assignments against Vanderbilt and #5 SMU . . . named TU's "Man of the Match" against the Mustangs.

PRIOR TO TULSA - Attended Heaton Manor High School . . . played club soccer for Hartlepool United from 1999-2002 . . . named to the Premier League Inter-county team in 1998-99 . . . led the Northumberland Boys team to the National County Tournament in 1999 . . . helped the Walberd Boys Club win four league championships and was the Newcastle Upon Tyne U11 table tennis champion.

PERSONAL - An exercise sports science major . . . born January 10, 1982 . . . one of three children of Michael and Heather Wear.