Saint Joseph's University

FEATURE: Men’s Soccer Defender Excels in Bioethics Field (The Hawk, February 2021)

National/Regional Honors
2020-21 NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Recipient
2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-American First Team Defender
2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team Defender
2019 Google Cloud Academic All-American Third Team Defender
2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team Defender
2018 Google Cloud Academic All-American Second Team Defender
2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District First Team Defender
2019 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team
2018 Philadelphia Inquirer Academic All-Area Team

Atlantic 10 Honors
2020-21 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
2019 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team
2018 Atlantic 10 All-Academic Team

Philadelphia Soccer Six Honors
Philadelphia Soccer Six Defender of the Week (10/22/18)
Philadelphia Soccer Six Rookie of the Week (10/16/17)

Saint Joseph's Honors
2018 SJU Defensive Player of the Year

On Hawk Hill: Four-year staple on SJU's defense as a starting outside back from Fall 2017 through Spring 2021... Played in 60 career matches with 58 starts and 5,209 minutes for the Crimson and Gray... Recorded 11 career points on four goals and three assists as a defender... Turned in 46 full matches... Scored against Drexel as a senior in 2020 season, which was played in Spring 2021... Led squad in minutes (1,653) as a sophomore in 2018...  Made collegiate debut vs. Temple, playing the full 90 minutes on defense in SJU's 3-1 win... Dished out match-equalizing assist (74') in SJU's 2-2 draw with UMass in 2017... Scored first career goal in 4-1 win over Sacred Heart in 2018... Dished out assists in back-to-back matches against St. Bonaventure and Drexel in 2018... Scored against William and Mary and Fordham in 2019... Majoring in biology.

High School/Personal: Did not play high school soccer during his freshman, junior, and senior seasons due to U.S. Soccer Development Academy Rules… Ranked No. 14 Best Youth Soccer Player in New York by Top Drawer Soccer in the Spring 2017 rankings… Started 22 of 23 games as right back for the Empire United U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-18 Team of the Northeast Division in 2016… Started 25 of 27 games as right back for the Empire United U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-16 Team of the Northeast Division in 2015, tallying one goal and two assists… Led team to U.S. Youth Soccer New York State Cup Final Four in June 2015…  Participated in the 2015 New England Combine in Boston… Starting midfielder for the Empire United U-17 club team in 2014-15… Development Player for the Empire United U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-16 Team of the Northeast Division in 2014-15… Started every match at right back for the inaugural Empire United U.S. Soccer Development Academy U-14 Team of the Northeast Division in 2013… Played one year of varsity soccer at Greece Athena, recording four goals and three assists as a starting forward as a sophomore… Led squad to a 16-6-1 record, including the 2014 state title… Named to Top Drawer Soccer’s Boys Best Eleven… AP Scholar with Distinction and member of the National Honor Society at Greece Athena… Has worked as a USSF Grade 8 Soccer Referee since 2011… Has volunteered with the Northwest YMCA in Rochester, N.Y. since 2008… Involved with the Honors Program at Saint Joseph’s… Mother, Theresa, captained the inaugural Binghamton University varsity women’s soccer team as a freshman in 1981… Uncle was inducted into the Binghamton University Athletics Hall of Fame with the 1980 men’s soccer team.