Will Traynor (born February 24, 1989, in

St. Charles, Missouri Saint Charles (commonly abbreviated St. Charles) is a city in, and the county seat of, St. Charles County, Missouri, United States. The population was 65,794 at the 2010 census, making St. Charles the ninth-largest city in Missouri. Situated on t ...

) is an American

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player.

Career

College and amateur

Traynor attended

Francis Howell North High School Francis Howell North High School is a secondary school located in St. Charles, Missouri. The school's mascot is Norm the Knight. History After Francis Howell High School alone could no longer support the burgeoning population of its part of St. ...

, played in the Region II Olympic Development Program and Missouri state teams, and played club soccer for the Scott Gallagher club, before going on to play four years of

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at the University of South Carolina. He earned Second Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III accolades as a sophomore in 2008, won the team's Bill Lauritzen Memorial Award and the Coaches' Award, was named to the Conference USA All-Academic Team as a junior in 2009, and was named to the All-Conference USA First-Team, the ESPN Academic All-District III First Team, the ESPN Academic All-American Third-Team, the C-USA All-Academic Team, the Conference USA All-Tournament Team and the NSCAA All-South Third Team following his senior year in 2010. He finished his collegiate career with 10 goals and two assists in 76 games for the Gamecocks.

Professional

Undrafted out of college, Traynor signed his first professional contract on February 22, 2011, when he signed with

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club

Rochester Rhinos Rochester New York FC, formerly known as the Rochester Rhinos, are an American professional soccer team based in Rochester, New York, United States. Founded in 1996, as the Rochester Raging Rhinos, they changed their name to Rochester Rhinos to ...

. He made his professional debut on May 27, 2011, in a 1–1 tie with the Wilmington Hammerheads.http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/scripts/runisa.dll?M2:gp:140636.5741:72013+Elements/Display+E+47107+Stats/+2175642

Personal life

Will's brother, Jack Traynor, is also a professional soccer player. Will is married to his college sweet heart, All-American for University of South Carolina's Women's Soccer, Brittiny Rhoades.

References

External links

Rochester Rhinos profile
American men's soccer players USL Championship players Rochester New York FC players South Carolina Gamecocks men's soccer players 1989 births Living people Soccer players from Missouri Men's association football defenders Sportspeople from St. Charles, Missouri {{US-footy-defender-stub