Florida Southern’s starting goalkeeper for the last three seasons and has a chance to be the Moccasins’ first 4-year starter at that position since Brian Bain from 1966-69… Comes into his senior year having started 41 of a possible 44 games in his career… Currently ranks third on the school’s career list for goals against average (1.80), eighth in saves (178), and tied for fourth in shutouts (8) and will likely join Cliff Dixon as the only Moccasin goalkeepers to rank in the top five of all three categories… Needs to start 12 games to tie Clint Harris’ school record for career starts by a goalkeeper (Harris started 53 from 2002-05).
As a junior (2015)… Sunshine State Conference Defensive Player-of-the-Week for October 12… Team MVP (first goalkeeper in 14 years to win that award)… One of six Moccasins to start all 14 games and played all but 16 minutes… Tied for second in the SSC with 64 saves and tied for first with Eckerd’s Alex Gott in saves per game with a 4.57 average… Also tied for second with four solo shutouts… Had a season-high nine saves in 2-0 loss at Barry (Oct. 3)… Had three other games with at least seven saves, one of them a 5-0 shutout at Rollins (Oct. 7)… Recorded additional shutouts against Tampa (1-0 on Sep. 30), Lynn (1-0 on Oct. 10), and Embry-Riddle (2-0 on Oct. 14)… His three straight shutouts in early October was the longest streak for a Moccasin goalkeeper in 13 years, and his scoreless minutes streak of 363:51 was the fourth longest in team history… First keeper in team history to post shutouts of Tampa, Rollins and Lynn in the same season.
As a sophomore (2014)… Started all but one game, missing the October 11 match at Lynn by rule after receiving a red card in the previous match… Picked up 48 saves in his 14 games with a season-high of seven in the Mocs’ 4-1 win over Barry (Sept. 20)… Had five saves in a 3-1 win at #18-ranked West Florida (Sept. 14)… Posted shutout wins over Webber International (Sept. 6) and Warner (Sept. 17)… Had two other shutouts marred by only a penalty kick, one of them coming in the 3-1 win at West Florida, and the other in a 1-1 tie with Eckerd (Oct. 7)… Stopped a penalty in a 1-0 loss to Alabama-Huntsville that kept Florida Southern in the match late in the second half (Sept. 12).
As a freshman (2013)… Sunshine State Conference All-Tournament Team… First freshman goalkeeper in 15 years to start 10 or more games for the Moccasins… First Moccasin in seven years, and only the second in team history, to earn a spot on the All-SSC Tournament Team (forward Patrik Dandanell made it in 2006)… Only the second goalkeeper to earn that honor without playing in the SSC Championship Game (5th-seeded Mocs played 4th-seeded Barry to a 1-1 draw before Barry advanced on penalty kicks)… Made a career-high 10 saves in that first-round tournament game at Barry, the first time in four years a Moccasin reached double digits, and one short of the SSC Tournament record… Ranked second in the SSC in saves per game (5.08), tied for fourth in total saves (66), and third in save percentage (.725)… Had shutouts in 3-0 non-conference win vs. Tampa (Sept. 28) and 1-0 win at Nova Southeastern (Nov. 2) that clinched a spot in the SSC Tournament… Season-high of 10 saves came in the SSC Tournament at Barry, and his regular-season high of seven came in 3-0 loss to Lynn (Oct. 26)… Stopped five shots in his first college game, a 3-1 victory over Warner (Sept. 7)… Fifth freshman to start 10+ games as a goalkeeper for Florida Southern in the span of 40 years (Nate Tickner, 10 in 1998; Trevor McCarthy, 12 in 1994; Shawn Corgan, 19 in 1992; Peyton Dekker, 12 in 1975).
In high school… 2013 graduate of Auburndale High School where he played three seasons for coach Guy Jennings… 3-time first team all-area selection… First Team All-Polk County as a senior when he led the Bloodhounds to a 19-4 overall record and a 10-0 mark in district play… Helped Auburndale win three district titles and advance to at least the regional semifinals all three years… Team reached the region final at the 5A level in 2011 before moving to 3A the following season… Also attended Flagler Palm Coast High School prior to Auburndale… Played club soccer for Clearwater Academy and coach Garth Pollanais, and helped his team reach the national academy playoffs and the Dallas Cup in 2012… Extra… Born 7/23/95… Son of Kevin and Melissa Clingerman… Has one older brother, Clay, a defender for the Moccasins from 2011-14 who graduated in the spring of 2015… Criminology major with a minor in Pre-Law.
