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#7 Bruno Castro
Position: Midfielder/Forward
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 165
Year: Junior
Hometown: San Jose, Costa Rica
High School: Saint Paul College
Other College: North Carolina
Club: Club Sport Herediano

COLLEGIATE CAREER: 2011 (Creighton) - Named to the NSCAA Midwest Region Second Team and Missouri Valley Conference Second Team ... Finished second on the team with 20 points, thanks to six goals and a team-leading eight assists ... Got off to a hot start in his first season as a Bluejay, scoring two goals in the first three matches of the season ... In the 5-0 win over UMKC (Aug. 31), Castro had a goal and an assist and followed that with another goal against Drexel (Sept. 4) ... Scored the lone goal in the win over Fordham (Sept. 9) ... Dished off a pair of assists in the 3-0 win over Providence (Sept. 17), one of three times he had two assists in a single match ... Had a single assist in Creighton’s 2-0 win over No. 22 Kentucky (Sept. 21) ... Assisted on two of teammate Ethan Finlay’s three goals in the 3-1 win over No. 7 UC Irvine (Oct. 15) ... Scored match-winning goals in back-to-back MVC wins over Central Arkansas (Oct. 29) and Evansville (Nov. 5) ... Assisted on two of the three goals in the 3-0 win over Northern Illinois in the NCAA Tournament (Nov. 20) ... Scored the first goal of the match against UC Santa Barbara, a penalty kick in the 2-1 NCAA Tournament third round win (Nov. 27).


2010 (North Carolina) – Earned ACC All-Freshman Team honors ... Played in nine matches, earning one start as a rookie ... Made his only start of the season against Wofford (Sept. 21) ... Scored his first collegiate goal, the only tally in a 1-0 win over rival and 11th-ranked Duke (Sept. 17) ... Made his collegiate debut against No. 1 Akron (Sept. 3).


PREP CAREER: Played club soccer for Club Sport Herediano, where he was a three-year captain ... Member of the Costa Rica U-17 National Team in 2006 and 2007 ... Played in the U-17 World Cup in South Korea, helping his team advance to the knockout stage ... Played in all four matches at the World Cup, starting the final three.


PERSONAL:  The son of Jorge Castro and Olga Zumbado, Bruno was born August 6, 1990 in San José, Costa Rica ... One of four children; Sebastian (26), Ignacio (23) and Alonzo (15) ... Majoring in marketing.

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