MLS: 1999 College Draft Prospects

Here is a look at some of the top prospects for this Sunday’s MLS college draft.

Goalkeepers

Guillermo “Billy” Gatti So. Connecticut 5-10, 165 lbs. Ansonia, Conn. Ended a two-year career at Southern Connecticut State with NSCAA Division II Second Team All-America honors…. Played 39 games in goal for SCSU…. Earned First Team All-NECC in 1998 and Second Team in 1997…. Recorded 21.5 shutouts his senior season with a 0.51 GAA, allowing only 19 goals in 20 games…. Transferred from Concordia College following his sophomore year…. Named First Team All-Region in 1996…. Majored in mathematics. Matt Nyman Dartmouth 6-4, 190 lbs. Middletown, Conn. Started and played all 54 games possible at Dartmouth…. Holds school record of 16.5 shutouts and 0.83 GAA…. A 1998 Preseason NSCAA All-America pick…. A member of the 1997 All-New England Team and First Team All-Ivy…. Majored in history. Greg Sutton St. Lawrence 6-6, 215 lbs. Bethel, Conn. 1998 NSCAA Division III First Team All-America…. A member of the Canadian Olympic Team…. 1998 First Team Upstate Collegiate Athletic Association goalkeeper and Player of the Year…. Led the Saints to the NCAA Division III quarterfinals where SLU lost to Williams on penalty kicks…. Finished his senior season with 12 shutouts and a .910 save percentage…. Holds St. Lawrence records for career shutouts with 29.5, season shutouts with 12, 0.64 career GAA and career saves with 472. Scott Vallow Bowling Green 6-3, 195 lbs. Naperville, Ill. Finished college career starting and playing in all 85 matches and registering 316 saves and a 0.70 GAA…. Two-time NSCAA Third Team All-America in 1998 and 1997…. Two-time First Team All-MAC winner and a three-time First Team All-Ohio…. 1998 MAC Player of the Year runner-up and a First Team All-Midwest Region pick…. 1996 and 1997 MAC All-Tournament Team honoree…. In 1995 recorded the nation’s lowest GAA among freshman with a 0.52 GAA…. Majored in business administration. Jim Welch Marquette 6-1, 170 lbs. Worthington, Ohio Captain and four-year starter at Marquette…. Concluded college career as Marquette’s all-time leader with 28 shutouts, 384 saves, and was second all-time career GAA leader with a 1.24…. Started all 85 games in four-year career…. Two-time First Team All-C-USA goalkeeper in 1997 and 1998…. Earned Second Team All-Midwest Region in 1998 and First Team in 1997…. Most Valuable Goalkeeper at C-USA Championship in 1996…. Named to C-USA All-Freshman Team and All-C-USA Honorable Mention squad in 1995…. Former member of the U.S. U-18 and U-20 player pools…. Majored in business administration.

Defenders

Jeremy Aldrich Butler 6-2, 195 lbs. Kalamazoo, Mich. Played in 88 career matches at Butler University, scoring 14 goals and 12 assists for 40 points…. 1998 NSCAA Second Team All-America…. Three-time First Team All-MCC…. 1998 MCC Player of the Year and NSCAA All-Mideast…. Two-time MCC All-Tournament Team…. 1995 MCC All-Newcomer Team…. Former member of the U.S. Under-20 national team…. Majored in secondary education. Gilbert Jean-Baptiste So. Connecticut 6-1, 175 lbs. Montreal, Canada 1998 NSCAA Division II First Team All-America squad and Division II Player of the Year…. 1998 NECC Player of the Year and 1998 and 1997 First Team All-New England Region and All-NECC…. Finished college career at Southern Connecticut State University with 63 games played and 18 goals and 14 assists for 50 points…. Two-year team captain…. Transferred from Mercer County Community College in 1996. Jamie Clark Stanford 6-1, 170 lbs. Hanover, N.H. 1998 NSCAA First Team All-American…. In a three-year college career at Stanford, played in 74 games, starting 69 and scoring 18 goals and nine assists…. In 1998, helped lead Stanford to the NCAA Final Four for the first time in school history…. With Clark on the field the team gave up just 15 goals in 25 matches and ranked third in the country with a 0.56 GAA…. Tied for third on the team with five goals, while starting 24 of the team’s 25 matches…. Selected to play in 1998 adidas Summer League…. 1997 NSCAA Second Team All-America, NSCAA First Team Far West Region All-America both athletically and academically…. Voted team MVP in 1996 and earned NSCAA Far West All-America honors and honorable mention All-MPSF team honors…. Transferred from North Carolina following freshman year…. At UNC played in 19 games, starting 14…. Majored in history. Kevin Kalish St. Louis 5-10, 155 lbs. Florissant, Mo. 1998 NSCAA First Team All-America…. C-USA Defensive Player of the Year…. C-USA First-Team All-Conference…. Spearheaded a Billiken defense that had the lowest GAA in C-USA at 0.87 and was second in shutouts with eight in 1998…. 1997 First Team All-Conference and Most Valuable Defender at the C-USA championship…. In 1996, at UConn earned First Team All-Big East and All-New England honors…. Was a member of the U.S. Under-18 national team…. Majored in marketing. Randy Merkel Maryland 5-9, 155 lbs. Carol Stream, Ill. Finished college career at Maryland ranked fourth on career assist chart with 19 and added six goals in his 63 games played…. In 1997, started all 21 games and recorded a team-high 10 assists…. In 1996, transferred from Penn State and appeared in 19 games, starting in six…. Majored in economics. Matt Miller Mobile 6-1 195 lbs. Federal Way, Wash. Mats Nyqvuist New Hampshire Coll. 6-5, 185 lbs. Karlsted, Sweden 1998 NSCAA Division II Second Team All-America…. Honored with NECC All-Star Team selection for three consecutive years…. Defense allowed only 12 goals in 19 regular season games in 1998, ranking fourth nationally in team defense…. A 1998 NSCAA First Team All-Region and All-NECC selection…. Started 57 of a possible 58 games in three-year career…. Majored in economics and finance. Tony Pyle Seattle 6-4, 220 lbs Seattle 1998 NAIA First Team All-America…. Led an Seattle University defense that amassed a 1.08 GAA…. Scored six goals and four assists throughout his career…. Named the Pacific Northwest Regional Player of the Year and was named to the NAIA National All-Tournament Team…. 1997 and 1996 First Team All-Region. Tony Soto SMU 6-0, 187 lbs. Dallas Finished his senior year with 82 career games played, scoring three goals and 14 assists for 20 points…. NSCAA Second Team All-America honors and WAC Player of the Year in 1998…. Transferred from University of South Carolina leading up to 1997 season…. 1997 NSCAA Third Team All-America, NSCAA All-Midwest First Team, and Second Team All-WAC…. While at South Carolina started in all 38 games in 1995 and 1996, recording seven assists…. Named to the Freshman All-America Team and earned All-America Honorable Mentions honors…. NSCAA Second Team All-South Team…. . Played on the U.S. U-17, U-20, U-21 and U-23 national teams…. One of last cuts from the 1996 U.S. Olympic soccer team…. Majored in business. Darren Warham Lynn Univ. 5-9, 155 lbs. Ashington, England Three-time NSCAA Division II First Team All-America…. Played in 78 career games at Lynn University, recorded eight goals and eight assists for 24 points…. Played in the adidas Summer League in 1998…. A 1995, 1996 and 1997 All-South pick…. Was the Lynn University MVP in 1996. John Wilson Clemson 5-10, 170 lbs. Seneca, S.C. Finished his college career playing in 57 matches, starting 39 and scored 18 goals and added 35 assists for 71 points…. In 1997, was third on the team in scoring with 15 points and was selected to the Second Team All-ACC squad…. Majored in parks, recreation, and tourism management.

Midfielders

Lazo Alavanja Indiana 5-11, 165 lbs. Schereville, Ind. Culminated college career at IU with 35 goals and 33 assists in 89 games played…. 1998 Hermann Player of the Year Finalist…. 1997 and 1998 MAC Player of the Year Finalist and Soccer America Collegiate MVP…. Three-time Big Ten Player of the Year and NSCAA First Team All-America pick…. The 11th IU player to record 100 career points…. In 1998, started all 23 games and ranked third on the team with 29 points (10 goals, 9 assists)…. Team’s leading scorer in conference play with 3 goals and 1 assist for 7 points…. Played for the United States at the World University Games in Italy during the summer of 1997 …1997 NSCAA Second Team All-America…. In 1996, led team in scoring with eight goals and nine assists for 25 points…. Voted the 1995 Big Ten Freshman of the Year…. 1995 Second Team All-Big Ten…. Second on the team in scoring with a team-high tying seven goals and 17 points…. Current member of the U.S. U-23 national team pool…. Majored in history. Steve Armas Maryland 5-8, 140 lbs. Germantown, Md. A four-year starter at Maryland…. Ended his college career as co-captain and started 89 of his 90 games played…. While a Terrapin he scored 10 goals and added 17 assists for 37 points…. Former member of the U.S. U-20 national team… A starter for the U.S. U-17 national team which played in the Youth World Cup in Japan in 1993…. Majored in computer science. Keith Beach Maryland 5-10, 160 lbs. Northport, N.Y. 1998 co-captain for Maryland, named to NSCAA Third Team All-America and First Team All-ACC…. Maryland’s all-time career assist leader with 32, also scored 16 goals in 89 games for 64 points…. Two-time Second Team All-ACC selection in 1996 and 1997…. 1997 team Offensive MVP…. Majored in marketing and was a member of the National Honor Society. Jeff Bilyk Clemson 5-7, 145 West Islip, N.Y. Named to 1998 All-ACC Tournament Team…. 1998 Second Team All-ACC…. In 1997, named the Clemson Invitational Defensive MVP…. Junior year played in 20 games and scored one goal and one assist…. In 1996, played in 18 games and tallied one assist…. As a freshman in 1995 played in 12 games…. Majored in marketing. Paul Broome SMU 5-9, 150 lbs. Dallas Started 66 of 76 games played in his four years at SMU…. Finished college career with 23 goals and 16 assists…. Earned First Team All-WAC honors in 1998…. . In 1997, earned First Team All-Midwest and First Team All-WAC…. Second on team in scoring with a team-high 14 goals and three assists for 31 points…. In 1996, scored four goals and three assists…. Named to the 1996 Second Team All-WAC. Orlando Bueso Lindsey Wilson 5-5, 140 lbs. Hialeah, Fla. A four-year player at Lindsey Wilson College…. Scored 70 goals and 44 assists in his 90 games played…. Earned NSCAA NAIA First Team All-America honors all four years…. The catalyst in Lindsey Wilson’s 1995 and 1996 NAIA Championship teams…. A two-time NAIA All-Tournament Team member in 1995 and 1996…. 1996 NAIA MVP…. 1995 and 1997 KIAC Player of the Year. Stephen Danbusky Williams Coll. 5-11, 170 lbs. New Hyde Park, N.Y. 1998 NSCAA Division III First Team All-America, First Team All-New England and First Team All-NESCAC choice…. Named to the 1998 Ulman Fund Soccer Classic…. Anchored an Eph defense that allowed just five goals in 19 games…. In 1998, tallied three goals and five assists as the Williams finished third in the nation with a record of 16-2-1…. Finished college career with 52 games played, scoring five goals and 13 assists. Chris Doran Lewis Univ. 5-9, 160 lbs. Bloomingdale, Ill. Four-year All-Midwest selection…. Scored 34 goals and added 23 assists for 91 points during his college career at Lewis University. Simon Elliott Stanford 6-0 180 lbs. Plimmerton, New Zealand 1998 NSCAA Second Team All-America and MPSF Co-Player of the Year… Stanford’s top scorer with nine goals, seven assists and 25 points while starting all 25 matches for the Cardinal…. Capped college soccer career playing 39 matches, scoring nine goals and 12 assists…. 1998 First Team Regional All-American and First Team All-MPSF…. Scored Stanford’s penalty-kick goal in the 3-1, 1998 NCAA Championship loss to Indiana…. . Started all 20 games in 1997…. Garnered NSCAA Far West Region All-America and MPSF Mountain Division All-Federation Team honors…. Posted four goals and five assists for 13 points, the third-highest mark on the squad…. His five assists tied him for the team lead and ranked tied for fourth in the MPSF Mountain Division…. Prior to Stanford attended the University of Victoria in New Zealand…. Awarded New Zealand Young Player-of-the-Year honors in both 1995 and 1996…. Olympic and National team member…. Scored the winning goal in a 1-0 victory over Australia in a 1996 Olympic Qualifying match…. Owns 36 caps for New Zealand…. Majored in history. Milton Griffiths William Carey 5-10, 160 lbs. Montego Bay, Jamaica 1998 NSCAA NAIA First Team All-America and 1997 Second Team All-America…. Four-time All-District and All-Region selection…. Scored 67 goals and 36 assists in 66 games for 170 points at William Carey College. Mike Hayes Rowan Univ. 6-4, 182 lbs. Toms River, N.J. 1998 NSCAA Division III Third Team All-America selection…. 1998 and 1997 First Team NJAC All-Conference…. 1997 and 1996 All-Region…. 1997 Sunkist Classic Tournament MVP and Jimmy Mills All-Tournament Team…. In four-year career at Rowan played 75 games and scored 20 goals and added 26 assists for 66 points. Jay Heaps Duke 5-9, 150 lbs. Longmeadow, Mass. 1998 MAC Awards winner and a 1997 and 1998 NSCAA First Team All-America pick…. A four-year First Team All-ACC honoree, All-ACC Tournament Team and All-South Region Heaps ended his collegiate career as the co-captain for Duke,…. Ranks third at Duke in career goals scored (45), fourth in assists (37), and is tied for second in points (127)…. Played in 83 games for the Blue Devils in four seasons…. In 1997, was an NSCAA Third Team All-America choice…. MAC Award finalist in 1996…. Made an immediate impact on that 1995 team, ranking second on the squad in goals (15) and points (39) and earned ACC Freshman of the Year accolades…. Three-year Hermann Trophy Award finalist…. . Four years on Duke’s varsity basketball team…. Was a member of the U-17 and U-20 national teams. Jason Herrera Illinois- Springfield 5-7, 150 lbs. Effingham, Ill. 1998 NSCAA NAIA First Team All-America selection played in 43 college games at University of Illinois-Springfield. Kevin Knight James Madison 6-1, 175 lbs. Fairfax, Va. 1998 First Team All-South Atlantic Region…. Earned All-Region honors for the second year in a row…. 1998 Second Team Virginia SID All-State Men’s Soccer Team…. 1997 Third Team All-Region and First Team All-CAA, Second Team in 1995 and 1996…. Second Team All-State in 1996 and 1997…. Tied 11th on JMU career assist list and was team’s co-assist leader in 1997…. Majored in history. Jeff Knittel Syracuse 5-5, 155 lbs. Chittenango, N.Y. 1998 First Team All-Big East…. Ended four-year career with 71 career points (fifth all-time at SU), 25 career goals (tied for seventh all-time at SU) and 21 career assists (third all-time at SU)…. Scored 30 points as a senior, sixth best on SU’s single – season scoring list…. 1997 and 1995 NSCAA Second Team All-Region (NY) and All-Big East…. Second on the team in scoring with 10 points…. 1996 NSCAA First Team All-Region (NY) selection…. Started all 19 matches…. Member of the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll…. 1995 Big East Rookie of the Year…. Seven assists ranks third on SU’s all-time freshman scoring list…. In 1994, was a member of the the U.S. Futsal (five-a-side) Federation team in the World University Championship in Jyvaskyla, Finland…. Former member of the U.S. National Under-16 team… Majored in history. Jim Manganello Wheaton (Mass.) 5-10, 165 lbs. Duxbury, Mass. 1998 NSCAA Division III Second Team All-America…. Played 79 career games at Wheaton College, scoring 28 goals and 27 assists…. 1997 NSCAA Division III Third Team All-America. Stefani Miglioranzi St. John’s 6-1, 175 lbs. Port Chester, N.Y. 1998 and 1997 NSCAA Second Team All-America selection and First Team All-Big East…. 1998 NSCAA First Team All-Region Scholar Athlete…. Played in 73 games for the Red Storm in three years following his 1995 season at Iona…. Scored 10 goals and 23 assists at St. John’s…. 1996 earned Second Team All-Big East honors as St. John’s won national title…. Named Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year at Iona in 1995. Leighton O’Brein San Diego 5-10 Federal Way, Wash. 1998 and 1996 First Team All-WCC…. Two-time WCC Player of the Year award in 1998 and 1996…. 1997 adidas Summer League…. 1997 First Team All-Far West Region recognition while being one of seven Toreros to earn All-WCC honors…. Led San Diego in scoring as a junior with five goals and six assists…. 1995 All-WCC Freshman of the Year. Tom Poltl UCLA 5-6, 145 lbs. San Marcos, Calif. 1998 and 1997 Second Team All-Far West…. UCLA’s team co-captain, scored 13 goals and 16 assists in college career…. Named All-MPSF honorable mention 1998…. 1997 NSCAA second-team All-Far West…. Final Four All-Tournament Team selection…. Two-time All-MPSF selection… Played with the U.S. Under-20 national team in the 1997 World Youth Championships…. All-Tournament selection at the 1996 UCLA MetLife Classic…. Majored in history. Maurizio Rocha Connecticut 5-9, 165 lbs. Santa Cruz, Bolivia 1998 Hermann Trophy finalist and a 1998 NSCAA First Team All-America… Started and played all 77 games in his four-year career at Connecticut…. 1998 Big East Offensive Player of the Year…. Tied for second in the nation in assists (16) and became only the sixth UConn men’s soccer player in history to reach 100 career points…. Ranks sixth on UConn’s all-time scoring list with 105 total points (27g, 51a) and led the Huskies to a school record-setting four straight weeks at the No. 1 spot in the NSCAA Top 25 poll…. 51 career assists rank second on UConn’s all-time assists list and put him in the top 10 in the NCAA all-time assist leaders…. As co-captain, led UConn to a 17-4-0 finish, including 15 straight victories, and led the team in scoring with a season-high 13 goals and 16 assists…. Three-time First Team All-Big East…. 1997 Big East Co-Offensive Player of the Year…. 1997 NSCAA First Team All-New England honoree…. Majored in economics. Richard Ronemus Greensboro 6-1, 188 lbs. Greensboro, N.C. 1998 NSCAA Division III First Team All-America…. Started and played all 67 games at Greensboro College and scored 43 goals and 20 assists… Greensboro’s all-time leading scorer with 106 points…. 1998 Dixie Conference Player of the year…. 1997 and 1998 First Team All-Dixie Conference. Scott Thelen George Mason 5-10, 180 lbs. Oviedo, Fla. Two-time First Team All-CAA…. Scored 24 goals and 28 assists while at George Mason in 73 career games…. Ranks third in all-time Patriot scoring with 76 points…. George Mason’s leading scorer in 1996-1998… Third player in George Mason history to become a member of the “20/20 Club” (scoring 20 goals and passing for 20 assists in a career)… Selected to the 1997 adidas Summer League. Milos Tomic Grand Canyon 6-0, 175 lbs. Belgrade, Yugoslavia A 1998 NSCAA Division II First Team All-America selection…. Finished college career with 68 games played…. All-time goal scoring leader and assists leader at GUU with 37 goals and 36 assists…. Two-time First Team All-Conference and All-West Region Honoree…. 1998 Conference Player of the Year.

Forwards

Michael Apple Akron 6-1, 175 lbs. Copley, Ohio 1998 NSCAA Third Team All-America…. Zips’ 1998 leading scorer with 12 goals and 15 assists for 39 points…. 1998 First Team All Midwest Region, All-Ohio, All-MAC and MAC Player of the Year…. His career 89 points ranks him seventh at Akron with 29 goals and 31 assists…. 1997 Second Team All-Ohio and All-MAC…. As a sophomore he played 17 of 18 possible matches. Siggi Eyjolfsson UNC Greensboro 6-3, 175 lbs. Reykjavik, Iceland 1998 NSCAA Third Team All-America…. Capped his four-year college career with 84 games played, starting 82…. His 72 career goals and 34 assists place him second all-time scorer at UNC Greensboro with 178 points…. Big South Conference Player of the Year in 1996 and 1998…. Three-time First Team All-Big South and member of Big South All-Tournament Team…. 1997 became UNCG’s first player to receive First Team All-America honors…. First Team All-Region in 1996 and 1997…. 1996 Second Team All-America…. Ranked fifth in scoring in the nation in 1996 with 23 goals and seven assists…. Former member of the Iceland U-18 national team…. Earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sports science in 1997 and is now pursuing a master’s degree. Rich Hansen II Fort Lewis 6-1, 183 lbs. Santa Fe, NM 1998 NSCAA Division II First Team All-America…. Fort Lewis College All-time leader in games played with 77, goals scored with 33, assists with 21 and points with 87…. 1998 and 1995 First Team All-Conference and Second Team All-Conference in 1996. Eric Kvello Georgetown 6-1, 165 lbs. Houston 1998 NSCAA Third Team All-America, first Hoya soccer player to earn All-America honors…. Two-time First Team All-Big East in 1997 and 1998…. Won 1998 Big East Scoring title for the second-straight season and tallied seven goals and seven assists for 21 points in 11 Big East games…. Played in 1998 adidas Summer League…. 1997 Big East Co-Offensive Player of the Year and Third Team All-South Atlantic Region selection…. Career-best 41 points on 14 goals and 13 assists…. Second on Georgetown’s all-time scoring list with 124 points on the strength of 44 goals and 36 assists in 82 games…. Played on the Gold Medal East Team in the 1998 U.S. Soccer Festival. Richard Mulrooney Creighton 5-9, 160 lbs. Memphis, TN 1998 NSCAA First Team All-America…. Creighton’s 1998 co-captain and the Missouri Valley Conference’s leading scorer with 32 points topped the league by tying his 1996 school and MVC record of 16 assists…. 1998 Valley Player of the Year and MVC Tournament MVP… Seventh player in NCAA history to record 50 career assists, finishing his stellar four-year career with 51 assists, also the school and MVC record…. Member of the 1997 and 1998 Adidas Summer League…. 1997 First Team All-Midwest Region…. 1996 Second Team All-Midwest Region…. 1996 and 1997 First Team All-Missouri Valley Conference and All-Missouri Valley Conference Tournament…. 1995 Honorable Mention All-Missouri Valley Conference…. . 1995 Misssouri Valley Conference All-Newcomer Team…. Majored in business. Joey Melanson Husson Coll. 5-8, 150 lbs. Marshfield, Maine 1998 NSCAA NAIA Second Team All-America…. 1996 and 1997 NSCAA NAIA All-Northeast Region…. 1997 NAIA All-America Honorable Mention…. Three-time All-Maine Athletic Conference selection…. 1997 NAIA Player of the Year…. Ended Husson College career with 46 goals scored and 40 assists for 132 points. Ahmed Mohyeldin Emory Univ. 6-1, 190 lbs. Marietta, Ga. 1998 NSCAA Division III Second Team All-America…. 1998 Conference MVP and First Team All-Region…. Ended college career at Emory University with 32 goals scored and 29 assists for 93 points, leading the team in all three categories…. Had both a hat trick and four-goal game in 1998…. Ranked second in the nation in assists, fourth in points and 17th in goals. Andrew Mittendorf Lehigh 5-11, 160 lbs. Blue Bell, Pa. 1998 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year…. 1998 NCAA scoring leader in goals per game with 1.33…. 1998 Regional All-American…. Holds all six Patriot League Records for: most goals in a game (4), most points in a game (8), most goals in a season (24), most points in a season (49), most career goals (43), most career points (106)…. 1997 Regional All-American…. 1997 Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year…. Started in 84 of 84 collegiate games. Bobby Rhine Connecticut 5-10, 171 lbs. Florissant, MO 1998 MAC Player of the Year Finalist and NSCAA Second Team All-America selection…. 1998 First Team All-New England and First Team All-Big East…. A member of UConn’s century club (100 points)…. Finished the 1998 season as leading goal scorer with 15…. Finished his UConn career with 42 goals and 20 assists for 104 career points…. Redshirted the 1997 season…. 1996 NSCAA Third Team All-America and First Team All-Big East…. Scored team high 12 goals and eight assists in 1996, fourth in Big East scoring…. 1994 Big East Rookie of the Year…. Earned undergraduate degree in May 1998 and is enrolled in graduate school for educational psychology. Duke Shamo St. Francis, N.Y. 5-6, 148 lbs. Accra, Ghana 1998 NSCAA Second Team All-America…. Selected by the Northeast Conference as the men’s soccer Player of the Week for the week of October 12-18, 1998…. 1998 team leading scorer with 17 goals and two assist for 36 points…. Among the nation’s Top 20 Division I scorers in 1997 with 16 goals and seven assists. John Wolyniec Fordham 6-1, 172 Staten Island, N.Y. Fordham’s all-time leading scorer with 75 goals and 32 assists for 182 points…. Three-time First Team All-Atlantic Ten honoree…. Led Division I scoring in 1998 and 1997… 1998 averaged 3.00 points per game and scored 25 goals and 10 assists…. Fourth in goals scored in Division I…. Was the 1998 Atlantic Ten Player of the Year…. Named Fordham’s 1998 Male Athlete of the Year…. In 1997, scored 24 goals and eight assists for 54 points…. Two-time GTE/CoSida Academic All-America in 1996 and 1997…. 1996 Atlantic Ten All-Tournament Team…. Graduated in the fall of 1998 with a 3.7 GPA…. Majored in mathematics.