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  Amilcar Herrera

Amilcar Herrera

Player Profile

Class:
Sophomore

Hometown:
Panama City, Panama

High School:
Milw. Riverside

Height / Weight:
5-8 / 150

Position:
MF

2008: Herrera started ten games, and made appearances in all 17 games, one of nine Golden Eagles to do so. In his debut season, he played a career-high 90 minutes in a loss at Georgetown (Nov. 1). In over a thousand minutes, he put six shots on goal of 17 total shots. Hererra made his first collegiate start against Bryant University (Sept. 1) and played 62 minutes, tallying two shots.

Prior to Marquette:
Herrera was a four-time First Team All-Milwaukee City Conference performer at Riverside University High School where he played under head coach Tyrell Perkins. At Riverside, Herrera was part of a conference championship in 2006. He scored 20 goals as a freshman, a school record. Herrera was one of the stars of the FC Milwaukee club team under head coach Billy Solberg. Herrera's FC Milwaukee squad finished as national runner-up in 2006 and as national finalist in 2007.

Personal: Amilcar Reyes Herrera was born Feb. 10, 1990 in Panama. He is the oldest child of Reyes and Jeannette Herrera and is majoring in Business. Herrera attended the same high school (Riverside University HS), where he played with current MU teammate Hector Navarro.