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BLOOMINGTON, IN - September 23, 2022 - defender Brett Bebej #19 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the game between the Michigan State Spartans and the Indiana Hoosiers at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

Photo by: Dalton Wainscott/Indiana Athletics

Brett Bebej

Weight:
153
Height:
6-0
Position:
Defender
Year:
Senior +
Hometown:
Shorewood, Ill.
High School:
Minooka Community

CAREER
Two-time NCAA College Cup team (2020-21, 2022) … Three-time Big Ten Tournament Champion (2019, 2020-21, 2023) … Three-time Big Ten regular season champion (2019, 2020-21, 2023) … Big Ten Sportsmanship Award (2022) … Four-time Academic All-Big Ten (2020-21, 2021, 2022, 2023) … Appeared in 94 matches with 69 starts … Helped Indiana keep 46 clean sheets … Scored six goals and recorded five assists.

2023 (SENIOR+)
Big Ten Tournament Champion … Big Ten regular season champion … Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in 21 matches with 20 starts … Helped Hoosiers keep eight clean sheets.

2022 (SENIOR)
Big Ten Sportsmanship Award … Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in 24 matches with 23 starts … Scored three goals and had one assist totaling seven points … Part of eight clean sheets, including four straight shutouts in NCAA Tournament … Scored opening goal against Michigan State (Sept. 23), maneuvering in box before striking past keeper … Scored IU’s second goal in 4-2 result versus Penn State (Oct. 14), heading at far post from set piece … Headed home match-winner from corner in 1-0 NCAA Tournament win over Marshall (Nov. 27) … Had assist in next tournament match, feeding Maouloune Goumballe’s match-winner at UNC Greensboro (Dec. 3).

2021 (JUNIOR)
Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in 20 matches with nine starts … Started both of IU’s NCAA Tournament matches … Appeared in 12 of 13 clean sheets and six matches of IU’s seven-match shutout streak … Scored one goal and recorded two assists, totaling three points … Had assist versus Trine (Oct. 9) … Put game away with 85th minute left-footed finish in 3-0 win over Ohio State (Oct. 12) … Instrumental in golden goal that gave IU 1-0 win over Wisconsin (Oct. 24), keeping ball in play with header across goal as first assist to Mihalic’s winner.

2020-21 (SOPHOMORE)
Big Ten Tournament Champion … Big Ten regular season champion … Academic All-Big Ten … Appeared in 16 matches with 15 starts … Started final 15 matches of season and nine of 10 clean sheets … Tallied two goals and two assists totaling six points … Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week (March 16) … Collected first-career assist in 3-0 season-opening win over Wisconsin (Feb. 19) … Scored brace in victory against Wisconsin (March 11) … Assisted equalizer in 2-1 comeback win over Michigan State (March 15).

2019 (FRESHMAN)
Big Ten Tournament Champion … Big Ten regular season champion … Appeared in 13 matches with two starts … Contributed to seven clean sheets.

PREP/PERSONAL
Top Drawer Soccer three-star recruit … Ranked No. 9 player in Midwest region by Top Drawer Soccer … Led Chicago Fire Academy in minutes played his final two seasons … Son of Jeff and Christy Bebej … Has two siblings, Kyle and Kalyn.