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Jersey Number 5
Jake Longo
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 170
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Scotch Plains, N.J.
- High School:
- Scotch Plains-Fanwood
Senior (2019)
PRIOR TO RUTGERS
KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
- Started in all 18 games
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Big Ten Sportsmanship Award Honoree
- Scored goal against Wisconsin (Oct. 11)
- Appeared in 7 games, making 6 starts
- Appeared in 3 games
PRIOR TO RUTGERS
- An East Regional All-American
- Helped Scotch Plains-Fanwood to a 77-15-4 record during his four seasons including four-consecutive Watchung Division Championships
- Defensively, Scotch Plains racked up 48 shutouts and allowed only 68 goals over the course of 96 games
- Second team all-state, First Team All-Group 4, first team all-section and All-Union County selection
- Helped Scotch Plains Fanwood to a 20-2-2 overall record, including 10 shutouts, as a senior, contributed two goals and three assists
- Also helped PDA to the 2016 NJ State Cup Championship...major is business.
KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
| Nickname: | Yeti |
| One word to describe Coach McElderry | Focused |
| Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: | Mohammad Sanu |
| Best player ever competed against: | Andrew Gutman |
| Major: | Finance |
| I chose my major because: | I’ve always been interested in business. |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: | The Yard |
| The person I most admire is and why: | Both of my brothers because they’re two of the coolest guys on the planet. |
| If I wasn’t playing soccer, I’d be: | Learning the guitar |
| Favorite professional athlete: | Eden Hazard |
| Favorite professional sports team: | Chelsea FC |
| One word to describe myself on the pitch: | Tenacious |
| One word to describe myself off the pitch: | Studious |
| Few people know that I: | Am an awesome dancer |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: | My Dad |
| I started playing soccer because…: | My dad played soccer his whole life so naturally I too wanted to play soccer. |
| I chose Rutgers because…: | I have been a huge Rutgers fan my entire life. |
| Favorite cereal: | Honey Nut Cheerios |
| The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: | Aladdin |
| The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: | Jason Statham |
| Favorite musician/group: | Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: | Drops of Jupiter |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: | Talking really loudly |
| Famous people I have met include: | Lewis Black |
| Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: | Before a game I always put my right sock and shoe on before I put my left sock and shoe on |
| Favorite all-time gift received: | PS4 |
| Pets I had growing up were: | A dog named Chaz and a cat named Snot Rocket |
| My favorite Halloween costume growing up was: | Shrek |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: | Italy |
| The website I visit most often is: | ESPN |
| My favorite teacher was/is:(name, grade, subject) | Ms. Risse, 3rd grade |
| The quote that most resonates with me is: | One in the hand is worth two in the bush |
| If my life was a book, the title would be: | Knock knock. Who’s there? It’s me Jake |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: | Blue |
| My spirit animal is: | A liger |
| One thing on my bucket list is: | To catch a giant fish |
| Phone app you cannot live without: |
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
