UC Riverside

2011 Saw the first action of his UC Riverside career in the Highlanders' 5-1 loss at CSU Bakersfield on August 27 (box score/recap) ... Scored the first goal of his collegiate career in UCR's 3-2 win over #15 UC Santa Barbara on October 22 (box score/recap) ...

High School Four-year letter winner at Buchanan High School ... Awarded Offensive Player of the Year and Tri-River Conference Player of the Year in 2009 ... Named MVP in both 2008 and 2009 ... Selected for the 2008 Adidas ESP Allstar Schowcase ... Considered the 6th best midfielder in the nation ... Named First-Team All-League in 2008 ... Made the US V18 Men's National team in 2009 and the US V15 Men's Natinal Team in 2007 and 2008 ... In 2009 and 2010 he was a Academy National Soccer Finalist ... Made the Academy Select Team in 2009 ...

Personal Jon-Paul Ybarra Medina is the son of Ed and Cristinne Medina ... Majoring in business ... Favorite sports team is th Pittsburgh Penguins ... Names Sydney Crosby and Lionel Messi as his favorite athletes ... Watches the TV show "Big Bang Theory" ... Lists "Gladiattor" and "Old School" as his favorite movies ... Enjoys eating lasagna and pizza ... Plays tennis as a hobby ... His most memorable sports achievement has been being selected to the US Men's National Soccer Team ... His brother has been his biggest influence as an athlete because he has always played soccer at a higher level ... His athletic goal at UCR is to win the Big West Conference ...

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Jon-Paul Medina's Career Statistics

Year	Team	GP-GS	G	A	Pts	Sh	Shot%	SOG	SOG%	YC-RC	GW	PK-ATT
2011	UCR	9-4	1	0	2	4	.250	2	.500	0-0	0	0-0
	Totals	9-4	1	0	2	4	.250	2	.500	0-0	0	0-0