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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND

2023 Men's Soccer Roster

Evan Bernstein
Stew Milne
Jacob Lewis
Lee S. Weissman
Philip Hinds

1 Wessel Speel

1 Wessel Speel

  • Position:
    GK
  • Height:
    6-7
  • Weight:
    200
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Utrecht, The Netherlands
  • High School:
    St. Bonifatius College

Summary

Biography

At Hofstra: 2022: Third-Team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection...United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Third Team selection...College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team choice...Named to the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Third Team and Scholar All-East Region team...Started all 21 games...Posted a 14-4-3 record, a 1.10 goals against average, and five shutouts...Made 45 saves and had a save percentage of .662...Had a season-best 6 saves at UNCW in the CAA Semifinals...Stopped four shots in a shutout at Monmouth...Made three saves in clean sheets at Binghamton and William & Mary...Dean's List student...Member of the Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll and the CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll...2021: First-Team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection...First-Team All-Atlantic Region pick...All-ECAC selection...Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District team...Started all 22 games...Posted an 18-2-2 record and a 0.90 goals against average...Recorded 72 saves and a .783 save percentage...Recorded eight shutouts and one shared shutout...Started the season with three consecutive shutouts and added a four-game streak later in season...Had a season-high seven saves against Drexel (Sept. 18) and at Pittsburgh in the NCAA Third Round (Nov. 27)...Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll selection...Named to Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 Hofstra Dean's List...Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...2020-21: Colonial Athletic Association All-Championship Team selection...Started all 10 games...Played all 967:45 on the season...Posted a 5-2-3 record, a 1.21 goals against average and 43 saves...Had a .768 save percentage...Recorded a season-high eight saves against James Madison in the CAA Championship game on April 17...Posted seven saves in the CAA Semifinals against UNCW (April 15)...Tallied three shutouts on the year...Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Hofstra Athletic Director Scholars Academic Honor Roll selection...Named to Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 Hofstra Dean's List...Fall 2020 and Spring 2021 CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll selection...Served as a representative on the 2020-21 Hofstra Student-Athlete Advisory Committee...High School: Attended St. Bonifatius College…Played club soccer…Captained the U15 team at CVV de Jodan Boys in 2015-16…Played for the U19 CVV de Jodan Boys Team as a 14/15 year old in 2016-17…Played for FC Utrecht in 2017-18 and was called up to the U23 team for a match against Qatar at age 16…Has trained with the FC Utrecht first team and regularly with the U23 squad over the past two years…Conceded the least goals in league competition in 2015-16…Was a team captain for three matches in 2019-20…Conceded five goals in six league games…Personal: Hobbies include sailing, chess, soccer, mathematics, entrepreneurship, and spending time with friends…Lists Alisson Becker, Ederson, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Manuel Neuer, Gianluigi Buffon, Hugo Lloris as his favorite athletes…Chose Hofstra over Akron, Quinnipiac, Saint Joseph’s, Wright State, UAB and Pacific…Was a member of the student council in elementary and middle school…Worked on a project for the University of Utrecht to evaluate and improve the study, 'Built Environment', in 2020…Provided kids from elementary school with information about the life of a pro soccer player in guest lessons…Finance major.
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Historical Player Information

  • 1

    2020Freshman

    GK
    6'6" 185 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2021Sophomore

    GK
    6'7" 200 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2022Junior

    GK
    6'7" 200 lbs
    1
  • 1

    2023Senior

    GK
    6'7" 200 lbs
    1