Biography
Career Notes
• Started 68 of 71 career matches played -- including starting 67-straight from midway through his freshman season through his senior year.
• Posted nine career points on three goals (two game-winners) and three assists to go along with 41 shots and 18 shots on goal.
• Finished his Titan career with 6,381 minutes played, leading the team three times in minutes played (2017-19).
2019
• Received the Horizon League's 2019-20 Cecil N. Coleman Medal of Honor, the highest individual award given by the conference and presented annually to the top male and female student-athletes who demonstrate outstanding achievement in academics, athletics, and extracurricular activities. Became the seventh Titan in 39 years to earn the Coleman Medal of Honor and fourth in the past six seasons.
• The Detroit Mercy Athletic Department's President's Award winner for 2019-20 -- presented to a male and female senior student-athlete that best typifies the true essence of a complete Titan student-athlete, both athletically and academically.
• Voted Second Team All-Horizon League as a defender.
• Earned Horizon League All-Academic Team honors for the second-straight season.
• Named one of 30 men's soccer candidates for the 2019 Senior CLASS Award.
• Started all 19 matches -- one of four Titans to start every game -- and played every single minute on the field (1,752).
• Became first field player in the past 10 seasons under head coach Nicholas Deren to play every single minute on the field during the season.
• Led the team in minutes played for the third-straight season for the red, white and blue.
• Scored one goal on the season for two points, adding eight shots and three shots on goal from his defensive position.
• Tallied the game-winning goal in a 2-0 victory on the road at Green Bay (10/26), scoring in the 31st minute.
• Posted two shots each in Horizon League matches against UIC and Oakland.
• Named Team MVP following the end of the 2019-20 season.
• Ranked as the No. 17 player in the Top Drawer Soccer's Top-20 Horizon League player rankings following the season.
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll accolades (3.0 GPA+).
2018
• Voted team co-captain.
• Received Google Cloud/CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team honors.
• Earned Horizon League All-Academic Team honors.
• Only Titan to start all 18 matches, leading squad in minutes played (1,659) for the second-straight year.
• Played in all but 30 minutes during the season -- coming out of just two matches (Michigan & Penn State).
• Scored one goal for two points, tying-for-second on the team with 13 shots, adding five shots on goal.
• Tallied goal in first half of 2-2 draw against Purdue Fort Wayne (10/2) at home, totaling two SOG.
• Had multiple shots in four matches, all on the road -- Saint Mary's, Duquesne, Purdue Fort Wayne & NKU.
• Received Horizon League Fall Academic Honor Roll honors (3.2 GPA+).
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll accolades (3.0 GPA+).
2017
• One of four players to start in all 19 games.
• Led the Titans in minutes played (1,787).
• Tied for second on the squad with three assists from the back line.
• Finished the season with 11 shots, six of them on goal.
• Assisted on game-winning, overtime goal in season-opener vs. Stetson (8/25).
• Added assists against UIC (9/9) at home and on the road at Xavier (10/3).
• Had a season-high three shots, two on goal, at Cleveland State (11/3). Posted two shots on goal in HL Championship semifinal vs. Green Bay (11/9).
• Played every minute in 17 of the 19 matches during the season, playing a possible 1,787 out of 1,803 minutes.
• Received Horizon League Fall Honor Roll laurels (3.20 GPA or better).
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll accolades (3.0 GPA or better).
2016
• Named team's Co-Defensive MVP.
• Saw time in 15 contests, making 12 starts on the back line during his freshman season.
• Scored one goal for two points on nine shots and four shots on goal.
• Made collegiate debut at Pittsburgh (8/26), playing 56 minutes in 0-0 draw.
• First collegiate start came on the road at Marshall (8/28).
• Earned starts in final 11 matches of the year, playing 80 or more minutes in each game.
• Named Co-Horizon League Offensive Player of the Week (10/24) after scoring his first collegiate goal -- the game-winning goal -- in a 1-0 win over Northern Kentucky.
• Added three shots in season finale at Belmont (11/4).
• Ranked fifth on the squad in minutes played with 1,183 during his first season.
• Earned Detroit Mercy Athletic Director's Honor Roll accolades (3.0 GPA or better).
High School
• A 2016 graduate of Northville High School.
• Named to 2015-16 Michigan Soccer Dream Team & 2015 First Team All-State.
• Lettered two years on varsity for the Mustangs and coach Henry Klimes.
• Two-time First Team All-District, two-time All-Conference, two-time All-Region and 2015 District Player of the Year.
• Helped Northville to 2014 district title and 2015 division and conference titles as a senior in 2015.
• Scored five goals and five assists from center back position as a senior.
• Played club soccer with Michigan Rush (five years), Michigan Wolves (one year) and Michigan Jags (four years).
• Played high school soccer with teammate Jake Reitzloff and former Titan Nick Toupin.
• Member of Honors Society.
Personal
• Full name is Garret Donovan Weaver.
• Son of Amy and Chris Weaver.
• Has a brother, Jack, and sister, Chase.
• Born in Southfield, Mich.
• Had an uncle attend the University.
• Majoring in Pre-Med/Biology.
