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Ray De Leon

Class: Senior Hometown: Grand Prairie, Texas High School: South Grand Prairie

Height / Weight: 5-8 / 152 Position: Midfielder

Career: 2011-12 BIG EAST All-Academic Team

2012 (Junior): Played and started in 12 matches in the 2012 season... assisted on a goal in DePaul's match against Cincinnati, which ended in a tie... played the entire time in nine of 12 matches he competed in.

2011 (Sophomore): Played in four matches with two starts before sustaining a season-ending injury... took a shot against SIU-Edwardsville.

2010 (Freshman): Leading freshman player competed in all 19 matches with 17 starts... scored first two goals of his career in final two regular-season games... scored insurance goal in 2-0 win over Rutgers that clinched a spot in the BIG EAST Conference Championship... scored the goal in 1-1 tie with Cincinnati... had one assist and finished with five points... launched 22 shots with seven on goal... BIG EAST Conference Rookie of the Week.

High School: De Leon squared off against fellow DePaul freshman Mauricio Velasco in the District 8 semifinals in Texas... De Leon scored 17 goals in his senior season and was named to the SportsDay All-Area team... equally proficient in the classroom, he graduated with a 3.9 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale... competed on the nationally renowned Dallas Texans club team with another DePaul freshman, Jared Blincow.

Personal: Son of Ray De Leon and Lourdes Lopez... has four siblings, Christian, Ryan, Roman and Kennedy... plans to major in Communications.

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