2013 at Gardner-Webb: NCCSIA University Division All-State Team … Big South All-Conference First Team … Led the nation in goals (16) and goals per match (0.89) during the regular season … Finished the season ranked first in goals per match (0.89) and second in total goals (16) … Ranked second in the nation in points per match (1.89) and sixth in total points (34) … Set a single-season Division I program record with 16 goals … Started all 18 matches … Logged 1477 minutes on the pitch … Played at least 80 minutes in 10 matches … Led the team in match-winning goals (3), shots (72), and shots on goal (40) … Tallied a hat trick against Wofford, Presbyterian and UNC Asheville … Opened the season with a hat trick against Wofford, scoring all three in the final 22 minutes, including the equalizer in the 88th minute and the winner in the second minute of extra time … Scored his ninth and 10th career goals in back-to-back matches against Georgia Southern and USC Upstate … Big South Attacking Player of the Week (Sep. 3) … Scored at least one goal in six straight matches against North Carolina State, Radford, Longwood, Presbyterian, VMI and UNC Asheville, a streak which included 10 goals and two hat tricks … Tallied his second hat trick of the season in a 6-1 win at Presbyterian … Netted the winner in a 2-1 comeback win at VMI … Named Big South Attacking Player of the Week (Oct. 21) … Tabbed Disney Soccer/NSCAA Player of the Week and Madness Men’s Soccer Big South Player of the Week (Oct. 22) … Scored a hat trick, including the winner, in a 5-0 win over UNC Asheville … Notched an assist on GWU’s second goal in a 2-0 win at Campbell … Scored his 16th goal of the season against High Point … Recorded an assist in the 2-1 Big South Quarterfinal loss to Radford.
2012 at Gardner-Webb: Played in 16 matches on the year, starting four for GWU … Totaled 664 minutes on the season … Made starts in the home loss to Radford and in the road loss at #23 High Point … Also started in the home wins over VMI and Presbyterian … Recorded one goal and one assist on the year … Scored a goal in GWU’s 3-0 win over Presbyterian … Picked up an assist in GWU’s 3-2 double overtime win over Appalachian State ... Totaled 17 shots on the season, placing nine on frame … Recorded a .529 shots on goal percentage for the year … Posted a season-high six shots in the win over PC … Also tallied four shots in the wins over Appalachian State and VMI … Played a season-high 66 minutes in the 1-0 win over VMI … Also played 60 minutes in the two home contests versus Radford and Presbyterian.
2011 at Gardner-Webb: Named to the 2011 Big South All-Freshman Team ... Played in 15 matches for GWU, starting eight up front as a true freshman ... Led the team with three-game winning goals on the year ... Was second on the team with four goals and two assists on the season ... Totaled 10 points for the year ... Scored the game-winning goals in GWU's 3-1 win over Liberty, the Runnin' Bulldogs' 2-1 win at VMI and GWU's 2-1 first round win over Winthrop at the 2011 Big South Men's Soccer Championship Tournament ... Also recorded a goal in the Runnin' Bulldogs' 2-1 loss at Clemson ... Tallied an assist in GWU's 2-1 win at Presbyterian and in the Runnin' Bulldogs' 3-1 win over Liberty ... Placed 18 shots on goal on the year and recorded a .514 shots on goal percentage ... Totaled 793 minutes on the year ... Played a season-high 80 minutes in the win at Presbyterian.
High School/Club: Was a four-year letterwinner at Greater Atlanta Christian School under head coach Thom Jacquet ... Was named the I-4A Georgia Player of the Year ... Was a two-time All-County Player ... Helped lead his team to two Regional Championships, one as a senior and one as a sophomore ... Was a vital component in helping his team finish as the State Final Runner-Up in his senior year ... Helped his team to a State Finals Championship as a sophomore ... Recorded a total of 72 career goals and 19 assists over his four-year high school career ... Posted 43 goals his senior season ...Was also a member of the Alpharetta Ambush club team for head coach Kerem Daser ... Tallied 20 goals for the Ambush his senior year.
Personal: Born Denzel Clarke on May 7, 1993 in Atlanta, Ga. ... Son of Rupert and Rosemarie Clarke ... Has two older siblings ... Majoring in Business Administration.
