Oakland University Athletics

2008: Started in all 20 games this season ...An All-Summit League first team selection . . . Named to the CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team . . .. . . Was tabbed Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (10/27) after leading Oakland to a shutout over IUPUI (10/25) . . . Finished in third on the team with two assists ... Named Academic All-Summit League.

2007: Started in all 21 games played in for the Golden Grizzlies ... Had a career-best four goals, two assists and 10 points ... Named ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District IV first team ... Earned second team All-Summit League honors ... Tabbed Summit League Defensive Player of the Week (10/29) after guiding the Grizzlies to a shutout 4-0 win over IUPUI (10/27) in the battle of first place during the regular season ... Recorded an assist in both goals against Rutgers (9/2) in a 2-1 win ... Scored OU[apos]s only goal in a tough 2-1 loss at national runner-up Ohio State (10/10) ... Also tallied a goal versus UC Davis (9/15), Western Michigan (9/19) and Centenary (10/13) ... Tabbed Academic All-Summit League for the second consecutive season.

2006: Played in 14 games for Oakland, earning five starts ... fired two shots on goal during the season ... contributed to the Golden Grizzly defense which maintained a 1.69 goals-against average ... Mid-Con Academic All-Conference ... Mid-Con Commissioner[apos]s List of Excellence in Academics ... Golden Grizzlies Excellence in Academics.

2005: Did not play for Grizzlies ... Was redshirted.

High School/Club: Three-year letter-winner for the Colts in soccer and a kicker for the school[apos]s football team as a junior and senior ... a captain during his senior campaign, Givens led Troy to the regional finals after finishing as the state champions his junior year ... was a three-time all-league selection as well as two-time all-district and all-regional team member ... named to the Eccentric All-Area Dream Team as a junior and received third team all-state honors as a senior ... was additionally a two-time all-league honoree in football ... named the team[apos]s Rookie of the Year in 2002 with five goals and six assists ... tallied seven goals and 12 assists over the next two years, earning MVP honors during his senior year ... played club ball for Vardar as well as TSC Dynamo ... played summer ball for the Mid-Michigan Bucks.

Personal: Born Stewart Lee Givens on October 26, 1986 in Detroit, Mich. ... Parents are Ian and Heather Givens ... Younger brother Colin plays soccer at the University of Virginia ... Appointed the Summit League Representative for the NCAA SAAC and served as president of the OU chapter ... Majoring in elementary education.