Grant Lillard

Weight:
195
Height:
6-4
Position:
Defender
Year:
Senior
Hometown:
Hinsdale, Ill.
High School:
Hinsdale Central

2017 (SENIOR)
MAC Hermann Trophy finalist ... First-Team All-America by United Soccer Coaches ... Top Drawer Soccer First-Team Best XI ... First-Team All-America by College Soccer News ... Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year ... First-Team All-Big Ten ... First-Team United Soccer Coaches All-Midwest Region ... College Cup All-Tournament Team ... Big Ten All-Tournament Team ... Academic All-Big Ten ... started all 25 matches for the Hoosiers ... totaled two goals, two assists and six points on the season .... part of the IU defense that led the NCAA in shutouts (18) and goals allowed (7) ... Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week on Nov. 21 ... scored the match-winning goal against No. 25 Old Dominion in the second round of the NCAA Tournament ... tallied an assist in IU's 2-0 win over No. 19 Kentucky ... scored the match winner in the team's 5-0 win over Santa Clara ... named the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic Most Outstanding Defensive Player ... also named to the All-Tournament Team ...Mike Berticelli All-Tournament Team ... tallied an assist in win over Cal Poly ... MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List for the second-straight season ... First Team Preseason Best XI by Top Drawer Soccer ... First-Team Preseason All-America by College Soccer News ... named to Big Ten Preseason Honors List.

2016 (JUNIOR)
Second-Team All-America by College Soccer News ... Second-Team Best XI by Top Drawer Soccer ... First-Team All-Big Ten ... First-Team NSCAA All-Midwest Region ... Second-Team NSCAA Scholar All-America ... NSCAA Scholar All-North/Central Region Team ... Academic All-Big Ten ... started all 18 matches in which he appeared ... scored three goals to go with one assist on the season ... part of Indiana defense that recorded a goals-against average of 0.70 and posted a Big Ten-best 11 shutouts on the year ... scored a goal against No. 20 Virginia Tech in the NCAA Tournament ... recorded an assist in 5-0 win over Saint Louis ... netted a goal in Indiana's 2-1 win at No. 2 Louisville ... scored his first goal of the season in a victory over UC Irvine ... MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List ... First-Team All-America by Top Drawer Soccer ... Second-Team Preseason All-America by College Soccer News ... named best defender in the nation in a preseason poll conducted of coach by TopDrawerSoccer.com.

2015 (SOPHOMORE)
First-Team All-Big Ten … First-Team NSCAA All-Midwest Region ... Academic All-Big Ten ... started all 21 matches for the Hoosiers … second on the team with four goals and five assists … member of the IU backline that recorded 10 shutouts on the season … assisted on game-winning goal in 1-0 win over St. John’s …. tallied his first goal of the season in a 2-0 win against No. 24 USF …. had a goal and an assist in a 3-0 victory over Evansville …. recorded an assist in a 3-2 win at No. 18 St. Louis …. notched an assist in a 2-1 win against Louisville …. scored a goal in a 1-0 win against Michigan …. recorded an assist in a 1-0 victory over Wisconsin.

2014 (FRESHMAN)
Made his first career start and had one shot in a 1-1 tie with No. 9 Georgetown ... also had a shot and helped set up the game-winning goal in a 1-0 win over No. 12 Marquette ... named to the adidas/IU Credit Union Classic All-Tournament Team ... named to the Top Drawer Soccer Team of the Week for Sept. 2 ... started both matches at the Mike Berticelli Memorial, a 1-0 win over Kentucky and 1-0 win over Dartmouth ... had one shot in a 0-0 double overtime tie with Butler ... had one shot in a 2-1 win at Rutgers ... recorded his first collegiate goal with a header in a 4-2 win over UCF ... had one shot in a 1-1 tie with Northwestern ... was key in the air for the Hoosiers defensively in a 3-1 win over No. 8 Saint Louis ... recorded his second goal of the season and first game winner with a header off a Jamie Vollmer throw-in as IU topped No. 18 Louisville, 3-0 ... had one shot on frame and helped IU to its sixth shutout of the season in a 1-0 win over No. 1 Notre Dame ... scored his third goal of the season and assisted on Tanner Thompson's score in a 3-1 win at Michigan ... scored his fouth goal of the year and second game winner in a 2-0 win at Evansville ... also helped anchor IU's seventh shutout of the season ... two shots, one on goal, in a 3-2 loss to Michigan State ... tallied one shot in 90 minutes in a 2-1 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament semifinal ... tallied his fifth goal of the season in the NCAA Tournament match vs. Xavier ... had two shots on the day ... named Big Ten Freshman of the Year ... also second-team All-Big Ten and a unanimous pick for the Big Ten All-Freshman team ... started all 22 matches ... second-team All-Midwest Region team.

PREP/PERSONAL
Played prep soccer with Chicago Fire Academy (U16 and U18) ... while living in Arizona played with Scottsdale Soccer Club 96 Blackhawks ... won Arizona State Championships in 2009, 2010 and 2011 ... played with Brophy College Prep in 2011, winning the 2011 Arizona State High School championship ... member of the U.S. Soccer U-20 National Team pool ... parents are Len and Karen Lillard ... has two brothers (Matthew, Daniel) ... born Dec. 5, 1995.