Editing Brian Ching (section)

===Collegiate career===
Ching joined the Bulldogs for the 1996 season, and as a freshman played in 18 matches with five starts.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> He finished second on the team in scoring with 12 points on three goals and six assists.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> As a sophomore, he appeared in 16 matches with 14 starts and was second on the team behind [[West Coast Conference]] Player of the Year and teammate Jeff McAllister with 10 goals and 23 points, ranking fifth in the WCC in both categories.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> The 10 goals were second on the all-time Gonzaga single-season list and his 23 points were third on the all-time GU list.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> He earned All-WCC second-team honors.<ref name="gonzagahall" />

His junior season was cut short by a knee injury suffered in the season opener, then re-injured in the next match, and received a [[Redshirt (college sports)|medical redshirt]] year.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> Ching missed the entire 1998 season after surgery to repair injured meniscus in right knee.<ref name="Dynamo bio" /><ref name="chingsite">{{cite news|title=About Brian|url=http://www.brianching.com/about/|access-date=28 November 2013|newspaper=BrianChing.com}}</ref>

The injury bug continued to plague Ching in the summer of 1999 when he was kicked in the cheek and eye while playing for the [[Spokane Shadow]] of the [[Premier Development League|USL]], the injury requiring surgery.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> Despite that injury, Ching was ready for the Bulldogs season opener and went on to start 17 of 18 matches.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> He scored 13 goals and had 8 assists for 34 points.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> The 13 goals were third on the all-time GU single-season list, the 34 points second.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> He scored his first goal of the season in a 2–2 tie against 11th-ranked [[Washington Huskies]], got the insurance goal in a 3–1 victory over 7th-ranked [[Stanford Cardinal|Stanford]] and had a pair of goals against 4th-ranked [[San Diego Toreros|University of San Diego]] in 4–2 home victory.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> He earned All-WCC first-team honors.<ref name="gonzagahall" />

His final season of 2000, Ching missed three matches with an injury but still scored eight goals and recorded 22 points.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> He was named All-WCC first team and earned All-Far West Region first-team honors.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> Ching finished his Gonzaga career with 34 goals, which still ties him third on the all-time GU list, and his 23 assists are a Gonzaga career record.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> Ching's 91 career points are still tied for second on the Gonzaga charts.<ref name="gonzagahall" /> With Ching, the Bulldogs were back-to-back co-champions of the West Coast Conference in 1997 and 1998.<ref>{{cite news|title=West Coast Conference Record Book|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/west/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/MSOCRecordBook.pdf|access-date=28 November 2013|newspaper=[[West Coast Conference]]|archive-date=22 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230122231027/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/west/sports/m-soccer/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/MSOCRecordBook.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ching majored in accounting.<ref name="Dynamo bio" /><ref name="chingsite" />