University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Accolades: (2013) Selected to America East First Team… Team captain was named team’s Mike Woodard Unsung Hero. (2014): Served as team captain for second consecutive year... Named to the All-Tournament Team in the Doubletree Classic and and the All-Tournament team of Hampton Inn BWI Classic...Amongst 30 NCAA® men’s soccer student-athletes who excel both on and off the field and were selected as candidates today for the 2014 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate soccer... A member of TDS’s National Team of the Week for games ending Sept. 7... Selected America East Midfielder of the Year and to the AE First Team... Also earned All-Championship Team honors... Tabbed to NSCAA First Team All-East region and First Team All ECAC.  

2014: Started all 25 contests for the Retrievers... Led the Retrievers to a victory with two goals against Appalachian St... Also has five assists and six goals on the year... The six assists tied for first (with teammate Kay Banjo) as the top figure in America East... Scored goals in league play vs. UML and Binghamton... Improved to 3-of-3 on penalty kicks when he converted in the first half at Louisville in the 1-0 NCAA Third Round victory.   

2013: Started all 20 games for UMBC and served as a team captain… Finished second on the team and third in America East Conference in assists per game (0.30)… Scored an insurance marker in the 84’ of the opener versus Seattle… Tallied a goal and three helpers in seven league contests… His perfect serve was headed in by Kadeem Dacres with 12 seconds left in regulation as UMBC nipped host Vermont, 2-1, on Oct. 16… Tallied the game-winning goal in the 50’ in the 1-0 victory over UNH three days hence… Produced multiple-point games in America East title game and NCAA Tournament contest.. Contributed a goal and a helper versus Hartford to help UMBC to a league championship and assisted on both UMBC scores in frigid conditions against the UConn Huskies.

2012: Started the final 15 games of his first season in the black and gold… Made 19 total appearances, missing three non-conference games after suffering a concussion… Finished second on the team with six assists… Took the majority of corner kicks and free kicks from the right side of the pitch… Scored all of his points in a five-game stretch at the tail end of the season… Produced three multiple-point efforts… Recorded two assists vs. Boston University, including the secondary helper on Pete Caringi’s GWG on Oct. 13… Matched that two-assist effort with assists on goals No. 3 and 5 in 7-1 triumph over Hartford on Oct. 24… Recorded an assist on the GWG and scored his first UMBC goal in the 53’ in the regular season finale, a 3-0 win over Binghamton... Played all 110 minutes in post-season games vs. UNH, Old Dominion and North Carolina… Participated in penalty kick shootouts in all three contest and converted on all three occasions.

2010: Saw action in 15 games at N.C. State in the fall of 2010, including six starts, as an outside midfielder ... Tied for the lead among the Pack's freshman class with seven points, on two goals and three assists ... Recorded goals against VMI and Presbyterian ... Also had an assist in the VMI win ... Notched assists against No. 20 Louisville and at No. 15 Boston College.

Background: Majoring in psychology… A four-year letterwinner at McDonogh… An NSCAA All-American... Named All-State, All-Metro, All-MIAA and All-South… Captained the team as a junior and senior... Eagles were four-time state champions, three-time regional champions, and two-time MIAA champions (2007 and 2008)... Played club soccer for the Baltimore Bays Chelsea... Helped team to 2007 and 2008 USYSA national championship... Scored in both national finals, including the game-winning goal in 2008.... Won 2007 Region I premier league… Lists favorite professional side at Liverpool FC… A fan ofThe Godfather trilogy… Originally from Bamoko, Mali… Lone child of Kama and Amadou Kansaye… Born Oct. 13, 1992. 

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