Accolades:
GNAC Honor Roll: 10/8/2012, 9/16/2013, 9/29/2014, 11/3/2014, 9/7/2015
GNAC All-Academic: (2014, 2015, 2016)
GNAC Goalkeeper of the Week: 10/5/15
2015: Started 11 games as a senior goalkeeper…went 5-4-1 with a goals against average of 1.48…recorded two shutouts…saved 45 shots in 975 minutes of playing time…recorded eight saves in a shutout victory over UNE on September 4…notched a shutout against GNAC foe Albertus Magnus on October 3…named GNAC Goalkeeper of the week on October 5.
2014: Played in 18 games starting all 18 as a junior goalkeeper…recorded a 2.05 goals against average with a .733 save percentage…allowed 35 goals and made 96 saves in 1533:00 minutes of play between the pipes…went 4-12-with four shutouts on the year.
2013: Started and played in 16 games…recorded a 1.42 goals against average with a .656 save percentage…allowed 22 goals and made 42 saves in 1390:00 minutes of play…went 9-6-1 with three shutouts, facing 129 shots…named to GNAC Honor Roll on September 16th…turned back four shots in a 90 min shutout against Southern Maine to win 3-0…ranks third all-time in career goals against average (1.32), fourth in victories (17) and shutouts (6), and fifth in save percentage (.800).
2012: Started 14 games as a freshman goalkeeper…posted a 1.20 goals against average with an .800 save percentage…allowed 18 goals and made 72 saves in 1345:51 between the pipes…went 8-4-2 with three shutouts and faced 209 total shots as a rookie…listed on the GNAC Weekly Honor Roll on October 8th…faced 22 shots with seven saves and one goal allowed in his first NCAA start against UMass.-Dartmouth on September 1st…logged 96:46 minutes in net in the 1-0 OT loss to the Corsairs that afternoon…made a career-high 14 saves in a 2-2 deadlock with Thomas College on September 6th…registered his first collegiate victory after making three saves in a 2-1 OT win over Mount Ida College on September 15th…tallied seven stops in a 2-1 double-overtime win over Norwich University on October 6th… posted consecutive shutout efforts with nine total saves in identical 1-0 victories over Anna Maria College and Endicott College on October 8th and 10th, respectively…made several key stops, and six overall, in a 2-1 upset triumph over Lasell College on October 22nd…his 1.20 GAA currently ranks as the fourth-best single-season average in program history.
High School: Played four years of varsity soccer for Gabe Lawson at Post Falls High School, making the state playoffs two years…was an All-Inland Empire League First Team member all four years…led his team to a program-best 17-2-2 record as a senior…earned IEL Newcomer of the Year as a sophomore, claimed IEL Goalkeeper of the Year as a junior and earned IEL Defender of the Year as a senior…selected as a team captain his junior and senior years...also played football, basketball and baseball…received Academic Sport Scholar accolades as a senior.
Personal: Scott Joseph Benner, born in Spokane, WA...son of Jamie and Joe Benner...majoring in Sports Management.
