He was Sam Malone in a Harvard soccer uniform. All along, a main source of inspiration was his hair.

"At the end of Freshman year, I cut my hair for a formal," he says. "After that, however, I went about two and a half years without cutting my hair. In the end, I auctioned it off at the Winthrop auction and the highest bidder got to shave my head. We raised $500 for charity."

This story could only be about Harvard's graduating soccer captain Jason Luzalc intense on the field, laid back and sociable off the field.

"He's friends with everybody," comments one of his four roommates. "He's just a great guy. He'll do anything for you."

In his four years here, he has done a lot for Harvard soccer, bringing enjoyment to the fans and success to the program. And he did it with his explosive style of play.

"I'm aggressive and straightforward on the field," Luzak says with a hint of modesty. "I'm not fancy, I just want it more than the next guy."

Apparently, he wanted it a lot more than the next guy. Consider the stats:

Luzak was a two-time All-Ivy first-team selection. In his junior and senior years, he led Harvard in scoring with a combined 10 goals and 15 assists. And as a senior, he played in the New England All-Star game and won Most Valuable Player honors.

Perhaps just as important as his stats, however, was the leadership that Luzak brought to the team. His personable nature off the field coupled with his intensity on the field made Luzak an ideal leader.

With a new coach behind the bench this year for the Crimson, his position was all the more important.

"He's a great guy," senior Kenji Hall says. "He's very social, yet responsible. He did a great job leading, on and off the field."

He did. And now he leaves the Harvard soccer community with large shoes to fill. But Luzak does not plan on walking away from the sport he has grown to love.

"In mid-July, a team from Germany is flying me over for a tryout," said Luzak. "If things go well, I could stay in Germany for three, maybe even four or five years."

Luzak has already made one trip to Germany that went rather successfully. Although he did not get an offer to join the team, he came away from that trip feeling confident that soccer was still a possibility in the future.

"I was there for a week right at the end of this school year," Luzak said. "I had only three days of tryouts, so they didn't get the best look at my play. But they seemed impressed with what they saw."