Hofstra University Athletics

Fourth season on the Hofstra soccer roster...A stalwart on the backline and is expected to start as a defender again this season…2012: Named Big Apple Soccer’s Player of the Week on Sept. 12…Also named College Sports Madness’ All-American second team…One of just four players to start all 21 games…Set career highs with five goals, four assists and 14 points…One of just five players on the team to log a game-winning goal…Key part of a defensive unit that posted seven shutouts….Recorded first career multi-goal game with two scoring strikes, including the game-winner, in a 3-2 victory at Binghamton on Sept. 7...Scored a goal and tallied an assist in a 2-1 win at Albany on Sept. 9…Also scored a goal on his only shot attempt at UNC Wilmington on Sept. 29…Hofstra finished with a plus-nine goal differential in games in which he started and advanced to the CAA championship game…2011: Became a full-time starter, appearing in 17 games with 15 starts…Emerged as one of the team’s best two-way threats, scoring four goals on just 12 shots…Ended the season with a two-game scoring streak by logging goals against Penn State and James Madison…Finished tied for third on the team with eight points…Headed in Hofstra’s first goal in a 2-1 win over UNC Wilmington…Scored team’s only goal in the 82nd minute in a 1-1 tie against Penn State…Registered a key goal in a 3-1 win over nationally ranked JMU in the season finale…CAA Commissioner’s Academic Award recipient…2010: Appeared in 11 games, including four starts…Coaching staff was originally going to red-shirt him, but activated him for an Oct. 2 game against Georgia State and he helped the defense produce a shutout in a 1-0 win…Scored his first career goal in dramatic fashion when he tied the score with VCU with five minutes left to play in regulation in the CAA semifinals, and the Pride would go on to win on a penalty kick in the closing seconds…Added an assist on the game’s only goal in a 1-0 win over Old Dominion…Took 11 shots…High School: Played four years on the soccer team at St. Anthony’s High School in South Huntington, New York…Led his team to four straight CHSAA championships and two undefeated seasons…Helped the Friars to an undefeated season, a state championship and a No. 2 national ranking as a junior in 2008…Named a team captain as a senior, but suffered a broken foot halfway through the year…Personal: Earned his school’s Duns Scotus Award (for a 90 average or above in the classroom)…Has one younger sister…Mother is a school teacher and father is a sports writer for the New York Daily News…Lists John Tavares, Eli Manning, Robinson Cano, Tino Martinez, Derrick Rose and Tyler Hansbrough among his favorite athletes…Started playing soccer at age 3…Also recruited by UMass, Iona, Princeton and Drexel…Management major.

Year             GP          G            A            Pts.
2010             11           1             1             3
2011             17           4             0             8
2012             21           5             4             14
Totals            49           10           5            25