Hofstra University Athletics

Fourth season on the Hofstra soccer roster...One of the best play-makers on the team and the league leader in assists as a junior…2012: Second Team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection…Played in 19 games, making 17 starts…Named CAA Co-Player of the Week on Oct. 8…Scored four goals and led the CAA with 11 assists…Assist total was four more than the next-closest player in the league…Lead the conference with a 0.58 assists-per-game average and was also 10th in points-per-game by averaging one every contest…Reached double figures in assists for a second straight year with a helper versus William & Mary on Nov. 2…Scored a goal and added an assist in Hofstra’s 2-0 season-opening win at Lehigh on Aug. 25…Tallied Hofstra’s only goal in a 1-1 draw at Monmouth on Sept. 2…Picked up the first of his pair of multi-assist games with two assists at Binghamton on Sept. 7…Also had two assists in a 3-1 win at George Mason on Oct. 3…Finished third on the squad with 53 total shots… 2011: Third team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection…Started all 18 games for the Pride…Scored four goals and added 10 assists for a team-best 18 points…Led the CAA in assists...Took a squad-leading 44 shots…Only Hofstra player to score a penalty kick goal on the season…Ended the season with points in his last four games…Scored the game-winning goal against Drexel…Assisted on both of Shaun Foster’s goals versus George Mason…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2010: Appeared in all 20 games for the Pride, including 18 starts…Saw time mostly at outside midfield…Had three goals and three assists for nine points…Scored his first collegiate goal against Yale in the second half for the game-winner of a 1-0 Pride victory…Scored a late goal in a loss to Fordham to cut the deficit to 2-1…Scored the tying goal to force overtime in a big 2-1 road win over George Mason…Assisted on the game’s only goal against Georgia State on a free kick late in the second half…Assisted on the game-winning goal in the first half of a 2-0 win over James Madison in the regular season finale, which clinched a CAA playoff berth for the Pride…Took 46 shots…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…High School: Attended Sportgymnasium Jena in Jena, Germany…Helped his Elite team to a second place finish in the German masterships in 2005 and to a third place finish in 2004…Also guided his teams to a pair of German junior cup semifinal appearances in 2008 and 2009…Led his team in goals and assists…Also ran on the track team and clocked a time of 11.7 seconds in the 100-meter dash…Personal: Has one older sister…Father, Michael, played professional handball…Lists Lionel Messi as his favorite athlete…Was recruited by several American colleges, including Oregon State and Hartford…Started playing soccer at age 5…International business major.

Year             GP          G            A            Pts.
2010             20           3             3             9
2011             18           4             10           18
2012             19           4             11           19
Totals            57         11            24            46