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	#1 - Steve King
	Class: SO Height/Weight: 6-2, 190     Hometown: Baltimore, MD Position: GK     High School: Archbishop Curley

Took over the starting role in the nets at Hartford in the league opener and played every minute the rest of the way...earned America East All Rookie Team honors...an excellent athlete who displayed a great deal of poise in his initial campaign.

2005-After playing just three minutes in UMBC’s first seven contests, he earned a start at Hartford and proceeded to pitch shutouts in his first four starts...did not allow a goal in his first 424 minutes of action...made a season-high seven saves in the 1-0 overtime win at Binghamton...put together another scoreless streak of 317 minutes, which including shutouts of Navy, New Hampshire and Maine...earned America East Rookie of the Week honors on Ocotber 3 (shutouts of Howard and Albany) and October 24 (shutouts of UNH and Maine)... finished the campaign with eight shutouts, three shy of a UMBC single season record (11, Brian Rowland, 2002)...led America East in shutouts per game (eight in 13 games) and was fifth in goals against average (0.93). 

BACKGROUND: Earned First Team All-City and All-Conference and Second Team All-State honors in his senior campaign for the Friars…his '04 season was highlighted by a 14-save effort in a 1-0 homecoming win over top-ranked McDonogh….in 2003, Archbishop Curley moved up to a #3 national ranking…a member of the National Honor Society and a C. Markland Kelly Award winner…also lettered in football and basketball…helped the Casa Mia Bays capture a pair of national club championships…also considered Coastal Carolina, Lafayette and Loyola, but selected UMBC because "[it] was the best fit for me"…has a sister, Kelli, 21…enjoys the music of Simple Plan and the novel The DaVinci Code…son of Rosemary and Carl King…born Sept. 29, 1987.