Steve Birnbaum News:
Soares, Grimes Claim Top Pac-10 Awards - November 16, 2010
Bears Gain 9 Spots on Pac-10 All-Academic Teams - November 11, 2010
Steve Birnbaum Named Pac-10 Player of the Week - November 2, 2010
Steve Birnbaum Training at U.S. U-20 National Team Camp - June 28, 2010
2011 Quick Hits
- Junior co-captain earned a spot on the 2011 All-Pac-12 first team and garnered honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic status
- Scored the second goal of his Cal career against Oregon State (10/21/11); also scored the first goal of his Cal career against the Beavers (10/29/10)
- Claimed 2011 Jewish Sports Review first-team All-America status for the second time
- Won a silver medal with the U.S. team in the 2012 Pan Am Maccabi Games in Brazil
2010 Quick Hits
- Scored his first career goal against Oregon State (10/29/10)
- Finished fourth on the team with five assists
- Pac-10 All-Academic Honorable Mention
2009 Quick Hits
- Started the most games (8) of any true freshman on the team
High School: Competed for the U.S. U-18 and U.S. U-20 national team squads in tournaments in Portugal and Mexico in 2008...a finalist in the 2008 Milk Cup, facing Manchester United in the final...also named to the Southern California Starting XI for the USSF Development Academy...for nine years, he was the captain of the premier team for the Irvine Strikers and Pateadores...also a member of the Cal South ODP team in 2007.
Personal: Social welfare major...mother is Peggy Schmidt...mother played volleyball at Missouri...sister, Jessica, attended Missouri...also played volleyball and lacrosse in high school...born Jan. 23, 1991, in Newport, Calif.
Birnbaum's Career Statistics
Year G GS Shots Goals Assists Points
2009 17 8 7 0 0 0
2010 20 20 15 1 5 7
2011 16 16 12 1 0 2
Total 53 44 34 2 5 9
