Brad Horton Class: Freshman Hometown: Sycamore, Ill. High School: Sycamore Height / Weight: 5-7 / 144 Position: Midfielder Birthdate: 03/01/1990

High School: NSCAA All-American graduated early from Sycamore High School and practiced with NIU in the spring. Three-time first team all-conference honoree capped his career with NSCAA and IHSSCA state player of the year honors. National Player of the Year finalist scored 44 goals as a senior, including eight hat tricks and 19 consecutive matches with a goal. In his junior season, led his team with 27 goals and 20 assists, earning all-conference and all-Midwest accolades. Paced the Spartans with 23 goals and 13 assists as a sophomore, when he was honored as a member of the all-conference and all-sectional teams.

Club: Captained the Rockford Raptors from 2004-07. Team won the State Cup Championship in 2005, and was a finalist in `01, `04 and `07. Raptors also won the USYSA Region II title in 2004, and `05, and were finalists in 07.

Personal: Born March 1, 1990 in DeKalb. Son of Roxanne and Chris Horton. Brother Scott played soccer at McKendree College. Enjoys music and computers.