Hofstra University Athletics

Fourth season on the Hofstra Soccer roster...Has two goals and six assists in his career...Played this past summer for the Long Island Rough Riders of the Premier Development League, earning all-conference honors...Played for the Puerto Rico national team in World Cup qualifying matches in 2008...Earned five international caps for Puerto Rico in 2008, playing every minute of all five games (including 120 minutes in an overtime win over the Dominican Republic)...Set up second goal for Puerto Rico in 2-2 tie with Honduras in a World Cup qualifier...2008: First team All-Colonial Athletic Association...Second team NSCAA All-Southeast Region...Started all 19 games as a central defender...Had one goal and one assist...Scored a goal in a 2-2 tie with Towson...Assisted on a goal in a 2-2 tie with Georgia State...Took 16 shots...2007: Colonial Athletic Association Second team selection...Started all 18 games for the Pride on the defensive unit...Finished the year with four assists...Picked up the tying assist in the closing minutes of regulation in a 4-3 comeback win over San Diego...Assisted on the game-winning goals in the final two games of the regular season over George Mason and Northeastern...Also had an assist in a 2-0 win over Georgia State...Took five shots...2006: Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie Team member...Appeared in all 21 games, starting the final 20 after coming off the bench in his debut...Tallied one goal and one assist...Had the winning penalty kick in a shootout victory over George Mason in the CAA championship game...Scored the game-winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Stony Brook...Had an assist in a 3-0 win over Drexel...Took 13 shots...Received CAA Commissioner's Academic Award...High School: Played four years of soccer at Our Lady of Lourdes High School...Helped the Warriors to a pair of league championships and one sectional championship...Had 42 goals and 66 assists in his career...Four-time all-conference selection...Three-time scholar-athlete selection....Also a member of the Olympic Development Program from 2000-2005...Won a state cup championship in 2002 and played on the Super-Y League ODP team in 2003 and 2005....Personal: Has an older sister and an older brother...Began playing soccer at age 7...Lists Michael Jordan as his favorite athlete...Also recruited by Holy Cross, Manhattan, St. Francis and Campbell...Plans to be a lawyer or a psychiatrist after graduation.