Rutgers-Newark Athletics

SOPHOMORE (2014): Second team All-NJAC forward for the 16-6-0 Scarlet Raiders who finished second in the NJAC regular season (7-2-0) and posted the first NCAA D-III Championship victory in program history…one of three Raiders to play in all 22 matches with 19 starting assignments… led all NJAC players in game-winning goals with six… led the Raiders with seven assists while ranking second in goals (14) and points (35)… put 58% (40-69) of his shots on goal… ranked fifth among NJAC players in points, tied for fourth in goals and sixth in assists… in Raider season record book, 35 points ranked sixth, 14 goals rated fifth and seven assisted tied him for 10^th… 69 shots were the fourth most in a season by a Raider… scored the game winning goal in the Raiders’ historic 2-0 victory over Babson (11/15/14) in the opening round of the NCAA D-III Championships… tallied two goals – including the game winner – in a 3-0 victory over Manhattanville (9/17/14)… headed in the game winner in the 108^th minute of a 2-1 victory over William Paterson (10/15/14) after getting an assist on the opening marker… scored the lone goal in the 18^th minute of a 1-0 win at TCNJ (9/19/14)… netted the game winner in the 70^th minute of a 2-1 victory at Mt. St. Mary (9/13/14)… tallied the game winner in the fourth minute and added an assist on the insurance goal in a 4-0 win over Stockton (10/10/14)… scored the Raiders’ lone goal in a 2-1 loss at Rutgers-Camden (10/25/14).

FRESHMAN (2013): Leading scorer as a rookie at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia… netted six goals with one game-winning tally and a hat trick for the 7-10-2 Griffins… earned two starting assignments while playing in 17 matches.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Two-sport standout in soccer and wrestling at Secaucus HS… three time All-Meadowlands Conference and two-time All-Hudson County performer in soccer for the Patriots… earned all-state honors as a senior… all-county in wrestling as a senior.
 
PERSONAL: Plans to major in finance… son of Kathy O’Connell… has a younger brother (Brian)… his uncle Richard Vader wrestled at RUN.