Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame

Dan Ferrin ‘00

Sports Achievements at ULS

• Men’s Varsity Soccer Goalkeeper: 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Grades
  • 1999 Dream Team
  • Two state championships
    • Class C Winners 1996
    • D IV Winners 1999
  • 1997: D IV District Champs
  • 1998: D IV “Final Four” Regional Champs
  • 50 shutouts
    • 1996: 13 shutouts, 20 ga/21 games (.857)
    • 1997: 12 shutouts, 16 ga/21 games (.76)
    • 1998: 11 shutouts, 25 ga/24 games (1.04)
    • 1999: 14 shutouts, 19 ga/25 games (.76)
  • Other Accolades?? 
• Women's Varsity Soccer Goalkeeper: 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Grades
• Additional Activities
  • Chairman, Upper School Honor Council 1999-2000

JV and/or Co-Curricular Sports Involvement

• Vardar 3 Club Soccer: 
  • 6 state championships 
  • Regional Championship 
  • National Runner Up, 1999
• Michigan Olympic Development Program (ODP) ‘1981’ team: Captain for 5 years (the age groups ‘under 14’ to ‘under 19’)
• Selected to the ‘Midwest’ ODP regional team (comprising 13 states) for 5 years, from age 14 to 19
• The Elite Soccer Program: Three-time invitee 1997-1999  
  • Selected for the All-Star team, 1999

Sports Achievements after ULS

• Division 1 Soccer, Stony Brook University: Four year player
  • Named SBU’s first All-American Division 1 player, freshman year. 
  • Named by collagesoccer.com as the second best freshman in the country, 2001 
  • 3 year captain
  • Named to College Soccer’s All Freshman Team, 2001
  • NCAA Preseason All-American, 2002.
  • President, student athletic council, 2002-2004
  • Co-Author of the gender equity review of the SBU athletics department (which was, arguably, the most important part of a comprehensive self study required by the NCAA after its granting of division one status to our athletic department)
  • Three-year head of the Women's Studies department and was responsible for a 110-page report to the president of the university, which still influences the policies of SBU and Title IX today.
  • Chosen representative of SBU at the NCAA Leadership Conference, in Orlando Florida.
  • Graduated Magna cum laude with a major in history and minor in Women's Studies.
  • Received ‘Stony Brook Athletics Academic Achievement Award’ for outstanding academic accomplishments as a student athlete, 2004
  • Recipient of ‘Scholar Athlete Award’ at the (first annual) Stony Brook University Academic Awards Reception, 2003

Olympic and/or Professional Competition

• Michigan Bucks, formerly of the Premier Development League, 2005
• 2005: In The Lamar Hunt Cup (beating the Columbus Crew of the MLS)

Coaching and/or Other Athletic Involvement

• I have had my fingerprints on every goalkeeper Liggett has had, from Calvin Ford in 2001 to Preston Reed in 2023! When looking back on things, this is the accomplishment I am most proud of. 
• Assistant Coach for David Backhurst’s girls team that won states, and have been helping out the boys and girls teams for 25 years.

College/Higher Education

Stony Brook University, Class of 2004