Bio
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Accolades: Earned America East Second-Team All-Conference honors in 2008 and 2009… Named America East Player of the Week on March 30, 2009.
2009: Continued his very consistent play on the inside of the Retriever attack… Finished ninth in the America East Conference with 1.69 goals per game and was seventh in league games at 2.00 goals per contest… Amassed 13 points (10g, 3a) in five America East games, finishing ninth with 2.60 points per game in league play… Produced 11 multiple-point efforts during the season… Opened the campaign with a three-goal effort, which included the game-winning goal, at Delaware on Feb. 14… His 14-game scoring streak ended in the 14-11 setback to Johns Hopkins… His next three-goal game occurred in the March 21 win over Ohio State... Added a season-best five ground balls against the Buckeyes… Followed up with a season-high four points (3 goals, 1 assist) in the conference-opening win at Stony Brook en route to America East Player of the Week honors… Scored five times in two America East Tournament games and recorded two goals at North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament game… UMBC was 1-2 when he did not score a goal.
2008: Came on strong over the final two-thirds of the season and tied Ryan Smith for the team lead with 29 goals… Placed sixth in the America East with 1.81 goals per game… Tallied just three points in the first six games, then had his break-out game with three goals at Ohio State… It was the first multiple-point game of his career and included the game-winner in double overtime… Followed up a week later with a four-goal effort in the conference opener vs. Stony Brook… In the next league contest, he scored five of UMBC’s 10 goals in a 10-5 win at Binghamton… Tied a school record as all three goals occurred on man-up opportunities… Finished second in America East games with 3.00 goals per game… Played a major role in UMBC’s comeback win in the America East title game as he tied his season high with five points (4g, 1a)… Scored a team-best three goals in the NCAA Tournament contest at Virginia… Led UMBC with six extra-man goals and was UMBC’s top regular with a shooting percentage of .446... Finished the season with an 11 game scoring streak.
2007: Appeared in 12 games in his first season and became the team’s first attackman off the bench… Became a part of the potent man-up offense down the stretch, posting two of his four goals on the extra-man… Scored his first career goal in the March 3 win over Air Force… Also posted goals vs. Vermont and Stony Brook and scored in the America East title game at Albany.
Background: Majoring in mathematics... Set Liberty records for career goals (230) and points (305), season goals (87 in ‘05) and points (105 in ’05) and single-game goals and points… Earned First-Team All-Carroll County honors and First-Team All-MVAL Conference honors in 2004, 2005 and 2006… Was the county’s Player of the Year in 2005… Competed in the state finals in 2005 and was a member of the Lions’ county championship teams from 2003-05… Also earned letters in soccer and golf… Lists greatest sports thrill as scoring five goals in an 8-7 regional playoff win over Mt. Hebron in his freshman campaign… Has an older sister, Alyson, who is 25… Son of Debora and John Latham… Born Dec. 23, 1987.
| Year | GP/GS | G | A | Pts. | Sh. | Pct. | GB | Pen. |
| 2007 | 12/0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 15 | .267 | 3 | - |
| 2008 | 16/13 | 29 | 4 | 33 | 65 | .446 | 25 | - |
| 2009 | 16/16 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 70 | .386 | 32 | 2/1:30 |
| Tot. | 44/29 | 60 | 9 | 69 | 150 | .400 | 60 | 2/1:30 |