CWRU Athletics

From 2008 to 2011, Niro Wimalasena set a program record with 76 games started for the Case Western Reserve University Men's Soccer team on the Spartan backline. Wimalasena earned All-UAA honors each of the four seasons at CWRU, receiving an honorable mention during his first year, Second Team honors as a sophomore and junior, and First Team honors as a senior. Following the 2011 campaign, he became the first player in program history to be named an All-American, Scholar All-American, and Academic All-American. The Spartans posted 31 shutouts during his time on campus, including a 1-0 win over Rochester in 2011 to clinch the UAA Championship and a 3-0 win over DePauw the following weekend in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Wimalasena, a two-time captain, received the Arthur P. Leary Award as a junior and Philip K. "Nip" Heim Award as a senior.