We are pleased to announce that Cyprus U19 NT midfielder, Stavros Charalambous, will be joining California Baptist University (CBU) in Fall 2023. Charalambous who represented the Cyprus National Team from U15 to U19 level, has been a member of APOEL Nicosia's first team for the past two seasons.
In 2022, CBU, which competes in NCAA Division 1, went on a historic run, beating #4 Utah Valley, #1 Air Force, and #2 San Jose State to claim the WAC Conference Championship. CBU also qualified for the national tournament where they lost to UCLA in a close game.
Located in Riverside, California, 60 miles outside Los Angeles, CBU boasts one of the most beautiful campuses in the US. In 2023, Niche, ranked CBU's campus as the third best campus in America out of 1,396 universities. In recent years the university has invested heavily in its athletics facilities, with a new soccer stadium being constructed in 2022, as well as a new Athletic Performance Center being built in 2019. The Athletic Performance Center features a 10,800-square-foot weight room, the largest of the NCAA Division I non-football institutions in the state of California.