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10 Pablo Avila

10 Pablo Avila

  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Position:
    MF
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-9 / 140
  • Hometown:
    Terrassa, Spain
  • High School:
    Escola Turbula
  • Club Team:
    RCD Mallorca
  • Major:
    Labor and Employment Relations & Psychology

Summary

Biography

PRONUNCIATION
 

Career Stats

Graduate Student (Fall 2022)
  • Started 15 of 20 games played 
  • Team captain for second consecutive season
  • Ended the season with four goals and four assists for 12 total points to rank as the fourth highest on the team 
  • Added a score and a helper twice against both Omaha (Aug. 25) and Indiana (Oct. 9) for a single game season-high of three points  
  • Netted game-winning goals against both Omaha and Stony Brook (Oct. 10) to sit tied for first in the category 
  • College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection 
  • 2022 Fall Academic All-Big Ten selection 
Senior (Fall 2021)
  • Played in 13 matches with 12 starts 
  • Scored the opening goal in the 3-2 victory over Lehigh (Sept. 10)
  • Scored the insurance goal in a 2-0 win over Mount St. Mary's (Sept. 6)
  • Missed the first two matches of the season due to injury
  • Team Captain
  • Named a Big Ten Player to Watch
  • Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the national student-athlete honor society
  • Assisted two goals for his first multi-assist game against UConn (Oct. 27)
  • Academic All-Big Ten
Junior (Spring 2021)
  • Spring 2021 United Soccer Coaches Player of Distinction award
  • Started in all six appearances; missed three matches due to injury 
  • Was on the pitch during all four of Rutgers' shutout victories
  • Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & Academic All-Big Ten
Sophomore (2019)
  • Appeared in 16 games, making 15 starts 
  • All-Big Ten Second Team Midfielder
  • Tallied six goals and two assists for his 14 points on the season
  • Ranked sixth in the Big Ten with six goals and seventh with 0.88 points per game
  • Scored two game-winners - against Binghamton (9/10) with a last-second goal in the first half, and against St. Peter's (9/24) with a strike in the 50th minute
  • Art Brinkmann Top Scorer Award & Bob McNulty MVP Award
Prior to Rutgers
  • Started his youth career with RCD Espanyol
  • Moved from Espanyol to RCD Mallorca, most recently played in over 30 games as RCD Mallorca B
Personal
  • Son of Bernardo and Antonia
  • Has one brother, Álvaro
 
McElderry on Ávila: "Pablo is an attacking oriented player from RCD Mallorca. Pablo has special qualities to create and score goals. But even more importantly, he is ultra-competitive and pushes himself to be his best and help the team be successful. I am looking forward to Pablo helping our team learn how to compete at the highest level of college soccer"
 
Ávila on Choosing Rutgers: "They offered me a great opportunity to combine the worlds of academics and sports. The university is known around the world. The coaching staff believes a lot in my soccer abilities."

KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
One word to describe Coach McElderry: Professional
Best player ever competed against: Oscar Melendo
Favorite place to hang out on campus: Hale Center
Major: Psychology 
I chose my major because: I want to help people and I am interested in everything that happens on our brain
If I wasn’t playing soccer, I’d be: Studying and working
Favorite professional athlete: Roger Federer
Favorite professional sports team: Andres Iniesta
One word to describe myself on the pitch: Ambitious 
One word to describe myself off the pitch: Funny
Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: Santi Miralles
I started playing soccer because…: My old brother started to play with me when I was 3
I chose Rutgers because…: It’s a great opportunity to combine my major and soccer
Favorite cereal: Kellogg’s
If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: Soccer
Famous people I have met include: Xavi Hernandez, Rafa Nadal
Rituals I have before, during or after a game are: Don’t touch the lines with my right food
Favorite all-time gift received: My car
Pets I had growing up: Pancho, a teckel dog
The place in the world I would most like to visit is: Bora Bora
The website I visit most often is: Google
If my life was a book, the title would be: Enjoying the life
If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: White
My spirit animal is: Lion
Phone app you cannot live without: WhatsApp
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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2019Sophomore

    MF
    5'9" 140 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2020-21Junior

    MF
    5'9" 140 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2021Senior

    MF
    5'9" 140 lbs
    10
  • 10

    2022Graduate Student

    MF
    5'9" 140 lbs
    10
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