Quanah Brayboy - 2024 - Men's Soccer (2024)

2023:

• Appeared in 19 games while starting 16.
• Finished first on the team with nine assists.
• Tallied one goal and two assists in the Bulldogs' Ivy League Tournament semifinals win over Harvard (Nov. 10).

2022:

• Appeared in all 16 games and started 13.
• Was credited with the game-winning goal against UMass Lowell.
• Second on the team with four assists.

2021:

• Appeared in 15 games and started seven.
• First career start came in the win over Boston College.

High School: Played his senior year at Phoenix Country Day School and was the Region Player of the Year… Scored five goals and added five assists in 12 games… Helped lead team to semifinals of Arizona 3A state tournament.

Club: Played for Phoenix Rising FC… Named to ECNL all-conference team as a midfielder.

ODP: Selected to Arizona ODP for two years (2017, 2018) and Region IV team (2017).

Personal: Son of Brian Brayboy and Dorris Warriner… Father was a wrestler at the University of North Carolina… Member of Boys Team Charity throughout high school and worked with a multitude of philanthropic organizations to give back to underprivileged communities in Arizona… Vice President for class at Phoenix Country Day… Lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, for one year before moving to Arizona.

3 QUESTIONS FOR BRAYBOY

Biggest soccer influence? “Yaya Toure is my favorite soccer player of all time. I started seriously paying attention to professional soccer around 2010, and I remember constantly seeing how popular Manchester United was at the time. Along with that, Manchester City started emerging as a quality club, so I became a fan of them in an attempt to be unique and after watching the dramatic ending to the 2011/12 season it was impossible for me not to love the club. I began watching them more and more and one player always stood out to me: Yaya Toure. The way he dominated the midfield and appeared to play so effortlessly with no one coming close to him is what captivated me. And then what really made me fall in love with him forever was the goal he scored against Crystal Palace during the 2013-14 season which just encapsulated the type of player he was. He’s the reason I began playing as a midfielder (even though I am significantly smaller than him). He just made me fall in love with watching the game and cheering for City because it seemed as though every goal he scored was a work of art.

Do you have an idol or hero? “LeBron James. Mainly for what he has done off the court in giving back, being such a positive role model, and just being a good-hearted person overall. His success on the court has helped me idolize him even more.”

Why Yale? “Yale encompasses everything I could dream of and more with it being a top-tier school academically without comprising an extremely high level of soccer. The opportunities available at Yale are uniquely superior to any other place and that was impossible to pass up, whether it be in the classroom alongside the best students in the world or on the soccer field working with a wonderful coaching staff and an extremely dedicated group of teammates.”

Stannard on Brayboy: “Another player I worked with at Georgetown that also followed up with one of our ID camps and continued to grow on me and my staff. What I love most about Quanah is his quiet feistiness. He’s not the biggest or loudest guy but he’s never going to back down from the fight. He’s selfless, wants to be coached and will be a great teammate.

“Quanah will also add depth to our midfield and has the ability to compete centrally or wide. He has good feet and likes to drive forward with the ball and draw opponents in. He uses his size to his advantage by leveraging his positioning under the opponent’s hips and is quite strong on the ball. He looks to play forward and make forward runs. Most importantly, he will do the work that’s required on both sides of the ball.”

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