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Jersey Number 6
Cole Sotack
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- D
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-0 / 160
- Hometown:
- Doylestown, Pa.
- High School:
- YSC Academy
- Club Team:
- Philadelphia Union Academy
- Major:
- Undeclared
Career Stats
Senior (Fall 2023)
Senior (Fall 2023)
- Appeared in 11 games and made three starts
- Played a season-high 86 minutes in a 2-0 shutout over Saint Peter's (Sept. 4)
- Attempted two shots
- Started nine of the 16 contests he appeared in and played all 90 minutes in six outings
- Registered three shots including two at No. 11 Ohio State (Sept. 30)
- College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection 2022 Fall Academic All-Big Ten selection
- Played in all 17 matches with nine starts for a defense with seven shutouts and a 1.02 goals-against average
- Averaged 73 minutes per contest
- Led the defense to posting four consecutive shutouts to start a season at Rutgers for the first time since the 1990 NCAA Championships runner-up team
- Created the Princeton own-goal in the 1-0 road victory, crossing a sharp ball into danger and off a Tiger defender into the net
- Played all 110 minutes in the scoreless draw at No. 8 Maryland, marking Rutgers' first point against a top-10 team since 2016
- Scored the equalizing goal at 1-1 against Michigan State (Oct. 10)
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Named Rutgers' Lino DiCuollo Freshman of the Year
- Played in and started eight matches as a rookie; played in 100 percent of the minutes in seven games
- Played defense in three of Rutgers' four shutout victories
- Playing at the highest levels of developmental soccer, stood out on the backline of Major League Soccer’s Philadelphia Union Academy
- A mainstay in the lineup, started in 56 games in 67 appearances over his last three seasons with the club
- Helped lead PUA to first place in the Atlantic Division during his U17 season, and qualified for the DA Cup Knockout Round during his U19 campaign
- Son of a Division I soccer player, Joe Sotack, who played for Philadelphia College of Textile and Science.
- Around the game off the pitch, as well, volunteering his time at Top Soccer, an outreach soccer program for children with special needs
Rutgers Athletics Launches the Athletic Excellence Fund
Monday, October 06
R Fund, Knights of the Raritan are YouKnighted | Million Dollar Match
Friday, February 28
Rutgers x Nike Apparel Partnership
Thursday, December 19
Rutgers Athletics 2023-24 Year in Review
Friday, July 12
