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#AICOMMITTED AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL COLLEGE 2017 MEN’S SOCCER MEDIA GUIDE & RECORD BOOK #AICOMMITTED 2 #AICOMMITTED TABLE OF CONTENTS 2017 Quick Facts .................................4 Numerical Roster ................................ 5 Alphabetical Roster .............................6 2017 Schedule ...................................... 7 Coaching Staff .....................................8 Player Bios ..........................................10 2016 Statistics ....................................44 Single Season Record Book ............45 Career Record Book .........................49 Conference Honors and Awards ...52 Year-By-Year Results.........................53 All-Time Coaching Records ............55 AIC Athletics Administration ...........56 About AIC Athletics ...........................57 About the College .............................57 About the NE10 .................................57 About Abdow Field ............................57 2017 AIC Men’s Soccer Media Guide Editors AIC Athletic Communications Staff The 2017 American International College men’s soccer media guide was designed by AIC Athletic Contributors and Researchers Communications in Springfield, Mass. using Adobe AIC Athletic Communications Staff InDesign and Adobe Photoshop. Photography Project Coordinator Bob Blanchard, RJB Sports Sarah Kirkpatrick Sarah Kirkpatrick, AIC Athletic Communications 3 #AICOMMITTED 2017 QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFO MEN’S SOCCER STAFF INFO Location: Springfield, Massachusetts Head Coach: Luke Perry Founded: 1885 Email: [email protected] President: Vincent Maniaci Record at AIC: 12-17-6 Director of Athletics: Matthew Johnson Career record: same Men’s Soccer Office Phone: 413-205- Affiliation: NCAA Division II 3595 Conference: Northeast-10 Conference Assistant Coach: Julian Myers Nickname: Yellow Jackets Goalkeeping Coach: Mario Monsalve Colors: Black and Gold Field: Ronald J. Abdow Field Graduate Assistant Coach: Kyle Estell ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS HISTORY Director of Athletic Communications: First Year as a Varsity Program: 1934 Thomas Pool All-Time Varsity Record/Years: 285-593- Email: [email protected] 66 / 70 years Office Phone: 413-205-3572 NCAA Tournament Appearances: none Coordinator of Athletic Communications (men’s soccer contact) : Sarah Kirkpatrick 2016 TEAM INFO Email: [email protected] Overall Record: 8-9-1 Office Phone: 413-654-1425 NE10 Regular Season: 6-6-1 Postseason: 0-1 Athletic Communications Assistant: Seth Dussault Email: [email protected] KEY RETURNERS NAME YEAR POS. 2016 STATS Jake Durham So. M 7 G, 4 A, 18 P, Second Team All-NE10, All-Rookie Steven Hernandez So. F 4 G, 6 A, 14 P, NE10 All-Rookie Team Francisco Fernandes Sr. M 18 GP, 16 GS, 1 G, 1 A, 3 P KEY LOSSES NAME POS. 2016 STATS Sebastian Tamayo GK 15 GP, 5-8-1, 1.47 GAA, .729 SV%, 2 ShO Lasse Olrik D 17 GP, 17 GS, 2 G, 4 P, Third Team All-NE10 4 #AICOMMITTED 2017 NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School 00 Ioannis Iatroudis Fr. GK 6-2 170 Athens, Greece / Filothei 0 Rafael Perez Fr. GK 5-10 185 Lawrence, Mass. / Tewksbury Memorial 1 Nicholas Romei Jr. GK 5-11 190 Enfield, Conn. / Northfield Mount Hermon 2 Carlos Beltran Jr. M 5-9 155 Central Islip, N.Y. / Herkimer College 3 Angel Gonzalez So. D 5-10 160 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / College of New Rochelle 4 Stefan Balan Fr. D 6-3 180 Ile-Perrot, Que. / Vanier College 5 David Harper Fr. D 5-11 165 Navan, Ireland / St. Patrick’s Classical School 7 Josip Validzic Fr. F 6-1 180 Zagreb, Croatia / VII. Gimnazija 8 Alexandre Frank Gr. M 5-10 159 Grenoble, France / Galway-Mayo Inst. of Tech. 9 Steven Carias So. D/M 5-10 150 Port Chester, N.Y. / Port Chester 10 Steven Hernandez So. F 5-7 142 Port Chester, N.Y. / Port Chester 11 Kevin Diaz Sr. F 6-0 180 Brentwood, N.Y. / Dowling 12 Luis Torres Jr. M 5-8 160 New Rochelle, N.Y. / Monroe College 13 Connor Hicks Fr. M 6-0 150 Monson, Mass. / Monson 14 Jabari Smith So. D 6-0 175 Enfield, Conn. / Enrico Fermi 15 Dennis Martinez Fr. M 5-7 160 Brentwood, N.Y. / Brentwood 16 Derek Pereira So. M 5-5 120 Taunton, Mass. / Taunton 18 Francisco Fernandes (C) Sr. D/M 5-3 132 Somerville, Mass. / Bunker Hill CC 19 Kyle Barrett Jr. D 5-6 160 Quinebaug, Conn. / Marianapolis Prep 20 Sam Jepson Sr. F 5-8 190 Manchester, England / Wamogo (Conn.) 21 Jeovanny Alvarado So. D 5-8 140 Carson, Calif. / Narbonne 22 J.P. Rylah Fr. M 5-10 159 London, England / Harris Academy Greenwich 23 Jake Durham (C) So. M 5-9 145 Bolton, England / Turton 24 Kelvin Brito (A) R-Sr. D 6-0 195 Ridgefield Park, N.J. / Ridgefield Park 26 Jonathan Murray Jr. D 6-2 185 Wallingford, Conn. / Mark T. Sheehan 27 Anders Graff Nygård So. M 6-1 167 Trysil, Norway / Trysil VGS 29 Jovanni Garcia So. F 5-8 145 Garden Grove, Calif. / College of New Rochelle 31 Gianni Romeo Fr. D/M 5-8 150 Mansfield, Conn. / Windham Tech 33 Tyler Lefebvre Fr. D 5-8 155 Monson, Mass / Wilbraham and Monson 34 Tyler Suprenant Fr. F 6-0 150 Webster, Mass. / Bay Path Regional 35 Olivier Alexis Jr. D 6-4 194 Norwalk, Conn. / Brien McMahon 36 Andrew Pinto Fr. M 5-11 145 Windsor, Conn. / Windsor 37 Andrae Campbell Sr. D 5-11 185 Springfield, Mass. / Dowling 88 Selvin Sandoval Fr. GK 5-10 155 Rancho Dominguez, Calif. / John C. Fremont 5 #AICOMMITTED 2017 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous School 35 ALEXIS, Olivier Jr. D 6-4 194 Norwalk, Conn. / Brien McMahon 21 ALVARADO, Jeovanny So. D 5-8 140 Carson, Calif. / Narbonne 4 BALAN, Stefan Fr. D 6-3 180 Ile-Perrot, Quebec / Vanier College 19 BARRETT, Kyle Jr. D 5-6 160 Quinebaug, Conn. / Marianapolis Prep 2 BELTRAN, Carlos Jr. M 5-9 155 Central Islip, N.Y. / Herkimer College 24 BRITO, Kelvin (A) R-Sr. D 6-0 195 Ridgefield Park, N.J. / Ridgefield Park 37 CAMPBELL, Andrae Sr. D 5-11 185 Springfield, Mass. / Dowling 9 CARIAS, Steven So. D/M 5-10 150 Port Chester, N.Y. / Port Chester 11 DIAZ, Kevin Sr. F 6-0 180 Brentwood, N.Y. / Dowling 23 DURHAM, Jake (C) So. M 5-9 145 Bolton, England / Turton 18 FERNANDES, Francisco (C) Sr. D/M 5-3 132 Somerville, Mass. / Bunker Hill CC 8 FRANK, Alexandre Sr. M 5-10 159 Grenoble, France / Galway-Mayo Inst. Tech. 29 GARCIA, Jovanni So. F 5-8 145 Garden Grove, Calif. / College of New Rochelle 3 GONZALEZ, Angel So. D 5-10 160 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / College of New Rochelle 27 GRAFF NYGÅRD, Anders So. M 6-1 167 Trysil, Norway / Trysil VGS 5 HARPER, David Fr. D 5-11 165 Navan, Ireland / St. Patrick’s Classical School 10 HERNANDEZ, Steven So. F 5-7 142 Port Chester, N.Y. / Port Chester 13 HICKS, Connor Fr. M 6-0 150 Monson, Mass. / Monson 00 IATROUDIS, Ioannis Fr. GK 6-2 170 Athens, Greece / Filothei 20 JEPSON, Sam Sr. F 5-8 190 Manchester, England / Wamogo (Conn.) 33 LEFEBVRE, Tyler Fr. D 5-8 155 Monson, Mass. / Wilbraham and Monson 15 MARTINEZ, Dennis Fr. M 5-7 160 Brentwood, N.Y. / Brentwood 26 MURRAY, Jonathan Jr. D 6-2 185 Wallingford, Conn. / Mark T. Sheehan 16 PEREIRA, Derek So. M 5-4 120 Taunton, Mass. / Taunton 0 PEREZ, Rafael Fr. GK 5-10 185 Lawrence, Mass. / Tewskbury Memorial 36 PINTO, Andrew Fr. M 5-11 145 Windsor, Conn. / Windsor 1 ROMEI, Nicholas Jr. GK 5-11 190 Enfield, Conn. / Northfield Mount Hermon 31 ROMEO, Gianni Fr. D/M 5-8 150 Mansfield, Conn. / Windham Tech 22 RYLAH, J.P. Fr. M 5-10 159 London, England / Harris Academy Greenwich 88 SANDOVAL, Selvin Fr. GK 5-10 155 Rancho Dominguez, Calif. / John C. Fremont 14 SMITH, Jabari So. D 6-0 175 Enfield, Conn. / Enrico Fermi 34 SUPRENANT, Tyler Fr. F 6-0 150 Webster, Mass. / Bay Path Regional 12 TORRES, Luis Jr. F 5-8 160 New Rochelle, N.Y. / Monroe College 7 VALIDZIC, Josip Fr. M 6-1 180 Zagreb, Croatia / VII. Gimnazija 6 #AICOMMITTED 2017 SCHEDULE THURSDAY, AUGUST 31 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 VS. DOMINICAN COLLEGE | 4 P.M. AT NEW HAVEN | 4 P.M. (ADELPHI TOURNAMENT) SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2 VS. SAINT ANSELM | 8 P.M. VS. LIU POST | 3 P.M. (ADELPHI TOURNAMENT) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 AT SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE | 7 P.M. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 VS. BRIDGEPORT | 7 P.M. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10 VS. ASSUMPTION | 7 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 AT ST. THOMAS AQUINAS | 3 P.M. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 VS. SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT | 5 P.M. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 AT SAINT ROSE | 7 P.M. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT SAINT MICHAEL’S | 7 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 VS. STONEHILL | 1 P.M. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 AT BENTLEY | 1 P.M. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 VS. LE MOYNE | 7 P.M. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 VS. FRANKLIN PIERCE | 7 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 AT MERRIMACK | 6 P.M. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 AT ADELPHI | 7 P.M. 7 #AICOMMITTED HEAD COACH LUKE PERRY THIRD SEASON Luke Perry enters his third season as head coach of AIC. With Perry patrolling the sidelines, the Yellow the American International College men’s soccer Jackets amassed a record of 15-17-3 and earned a trip team in 2017. to the Northeast-10 postseason in 2014. In 2016, Perry guided the Yellow Jackets to one of After finishing his Youth Team Scholarship at a pro- their most successful seasons in program histo- fessional soccer club in England, Perry joined Lees ry. AIC earned its sixth postseason appearance in McRae College in 2009, making a significant impact team history with a 6-6-1 conference record, the during their 2009 National Runner-Up season. During second-best league mark of all time for the Yellow his two years in North Carolina, Perry was a regular Jackets.