University of California, Santa Barbara

UC Santa Barbara
2015 Big West Freshman of the Year
2015 All-Big West Honorable Mention
2015 Big West All-Freshman Team 

2015: Before the season, was named to the Top Drawer Soccer All-Freshman Best XI.

High School/Club
Played prep soccer at Cate School and played academy soccer with Santa Barbara Soccer Club ... Scored this highlight-reel goal from behind the halfway line in a Feb. 2015 game with Cate ... Had one of the most prolific prep careers of any player in the country ... Was named an All-American in both 2014 and 2015 ... Named the No. 23 national prospect of the 2015 class by College Soccer News ... Named the Santa Barbara High School Soccer Player of the Year twice by Presidio Sports ... Three-time All-City First Team selection ... Three-time All-CIF selection ... Tri-Valley League MVP in both 2014 and 2015 ... In his senior year, he had 16 goals and 20 assists for Cate while winning the school's sportsmanship award ... Had 12 goals and 15 assists in his junior year, in which cate was a semi-finalist for the CIF Championship ... Named most improved Cate player in his sophmore year after scoring 11 goals and 16 assists and leading the team to the CIF Quarterfinals ... Had nine goals and 12 assists as a freshman as Cate won the CIF Championship and made it to the Regional Semifinals ... Started Cate School's first-ever Poetry Club ... At Cate, also competed in baseball, lacrosse, cross-country, and track & field ... Spent four seasons with SBSC starting in 2011 ... Team won the National Championship and was ranked No. 1 in the nation for the 2013-14 season ... Acheampong was named MVP of the Nationals for that season ... Team had a 19-game winning streak in the 2012-13 season ... SBSC won the Far West Championship in 2013-14 with Acheampong as a fixture in its lineup.

Personal
Geoffrey Edwin Acheampong was born on Jan. 28, 1997 in Sunyani, Ghana to parents Henry and Alice ... Had three siblings: Paul, Angela, and Louis ... Goes by "Jeff" ... Plans on majoring in Communication ... Aspires to run a sports agency after his professional career ... Most memorable sporting moment is leading Santa Barbara Soccer Club to a championship in Maryland ... Would like to play against Paul Pogba and with Ronaldinho or Messi ... Roots for Liverpool-based Everton FC ... Ghanaian midfielder Suley Muntari is his favorite athlete ... His favorite movie is Jersey Boys ... Enjoys watching The Boondocks ... His favorite read is Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness.