Career: Has started 51-straight games in the Camel backfield... Past all-conference performer, who has twice earned all-academic recognition.
2011: Named to Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll... Started all 20 games and played 1645 of a possible 1849 minutes... Hit career highs in goals (2), assists (3) and points (7)... Assisted on game-winning goals at UNC Wilmington (9/1) and vs. Hartford (9/11)... Scored golden goal in 1-0 OT victory over NC State (10/4) when he played all 91 minutes... Played full 110 minutes in OT draws vs. No.-30 Furman (8/26) and at Virginia Tech (10/11)... On field for every minute of 11 games... Spent summer of 2011 playing with the Northern Virginia Royals of the USL PDL.
2010: Selected second-team All-Atlantic Sun Conference... Also earned a spot on the A-Sun All-Academic Team... Presented team’s Glen Brewster Memorial Award for Leadership and Courage... Started all 19 games... Played 1777 of a possible 1790 minutes during the year at central defense... Helped lead club to six shutouts, including blankings of Loyola (9/1), Appalachian State (9/25), USC Upstate (10/2), Furman (10/5), North Florida (10/23) and Belmont (10/28)... Played full 110 minutes in all four OT draws... Only time he came off the field during the year was for the final 13 minutes of 7-0 win over Belmont.
2009: Saw action in 16 games with 14 starts as a freshman for A-Sun regular season champions… Made collegiate debut in at UNC Wilmington (9/1) and initial start vs. William & Mary (9/5)… First career goal at Lipscomb (10/1) sent the game into OT for an eventual 2-2 draw… Played full 110 minutes vs. the Bisons… Collected first career assist in win at Belmont (10/3)… Started final 12 games of year, and played all 1100 minutes.
Prep/Personal: Benjamin Shepherd Iiames joined the Camels from Broughton High School, which won two state 4-A championships during his career… Over his final two seasons, the Caps posted a 47-3-2 record, a 28-0-1 mark in 2007… As a senior, he earned all-conference and all-region honors for the 19-3-1 Caps after scoring 11 goals and adding 9 assists for the Cap-7 Conference champions… Played for Coach Doug Hess on the ‘90 CASL Elite club team that captured 2009 NCYSA State Cup Championship and advanced to the USYSA Region III Championships in Frisco, Texas… Born Feb. 12, 1991 in Newton, Mass… Kinesiology major.
Ben Iiames Career Statistics
Year | MP/MS | SH | G | A | Pts. | GWG | Min |
2009 | 16/14 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1320 |
2010 | 19/19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1777 |
2011 | 20/20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1645 |
Total | 55/53 | 32 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 4742 |
