2023 Women's Soccer Roster
Roster
Jersey Number 25
Sara Brocious
- Position:
- M
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Voorhees, N.J.
- High School:
- Eastern
- Major:
- English / History
Career Stats
Awards & Honors
As a freshman (2020-21): Started all 16 games...scored the gamewinner in the 2-1 victory over Ohio State (3/7)...posted an assist on the equalizer in the 3-1 win over Michigan State (3/4)...recorded an assist on the gamewinner in the 1-0 shutout of Purdue (Feb.28)...made her collegiate debut in the 3-2 win over Penn State (Feb. 19).
Prior to Rutgers: A 2019 NPL National Champion with PDA…four-time NPL Northeast Champion (2016-19) and four-time Northeast Regional Futsal Champion (2017-20)…back-to-back State Cup Champions (2018, 2019)…called up to US Soccer Training three times in 2015, 2016, and 2019 and US Soccer Regional Camp in 2019…four-year member of Eastern High School soccer…invited to the 2019 High School All-American Game, East MVP of All-American Game …2018 Group 1V State Champion…three-time Olympic American Conference Champion…three time South Jersey Coaches Cup Champions (2017-2019)…four time All-Olympic Conference honoree, including three first team nods…three-time First Team All-South Jersey… 2017 and 2018 United Soccer Coaches Regional All-American, 2019 United Soccer Coaches All American and three-time South Jersey Defensive Player of the Year (2017-2019)… Courier Post Player of the year 2019….three time Team Defense MVP and two-time All-Around MVP…all-state top 20 player 2017-2019...member of the National Honor Society…recipient of 2018 AP World History and AP English Academic Award…class secretary in 2017-18 and four-year honor roll student…member of the Spanish National Honor Society
Personal: Daughter of Nicole and Albert…has three brothers, Jacob, Luke and Marc…mother played field hockey at the University of Iowa…intends to major in biology for a career in medicine.
Awards & Honors
- 2023 Big Ten Player to Watch
- 2022 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-Region Second Team
- 2022 United Soccer Coaches All-North Region Third Team
- 2022 All-Big Ten Second Team
- 2022 Big Ten Player to Watch
- 2x Academic All-Big Ten (2021-22)
- 2022 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
- Tied for 9th all-time at Rutgers with 19 career assists
- Played in and started all 20 matches tied for third on the team with seven points on two goals and three assists.
- Finished the regular season with points in consecutive matches on an assist in 1-0 win at Ohio State (10/19) and three points on a goal and an assist in regular season finale win over Northwestern (10/22)
- Scored the opening goal in the 5th minute in the 2-2 draw at Nebraska (9/28), her first of the season
- Went the full 90 minutes in a 0-0 draw with Princeton (8/31)
- Assisted the goal in a 1-1 draw at NC State (8/24)
- Played in and started all 20 matches with 17 points on five goals and seven assists
- Scored the opening goal at Michigan (10/20)
- Netted an insurance goal in the 2-0 defeat of Wisconsin (10/16)
- Assisted the equalizing goal during the 1-1 tie with Northwestern (9/29)
- Scored the game-winning goal in the 88th minute in the 1-0 home win over Maryland (9/25)
- Recorded a goal and an assist in the 2-0 defeat of Ohio State (9/18)
- Earned an assist during the 3-1 home win against Lasalle (9/8)
- Collected an assist against in a 3-0 win over Princeton (9/4)
- Recorded points in three of the first four matches during a 4-0-0 start to the season
- Assisted a goal in the 3-0 win at Providence (8/25)
- Scored the game-winning goal in the 19th minute in a 5-1 win away from home against UNLV (8/21)
- Assisted the lone goal in a 1-0 season opening victory at New Mexico (8/18).
As a freshman (2020-21): Started all 16 games...scored the gamewinner in the 2-1 victory over Ohio State (3/7)...posted an assist on the equalizer in the 3-1 win over Michigan State (3/4)...recorded an assist on the gamewinner in the 1-0 shutout of Purdue (Feb.28)...made her collegiate debut in the 3-2 win over Penn State (Feb. 19).
Prior to Rutgers: A 2019 NPL National Champion with PDA…four-time NPL Northeast Champion (2016-19) and four-time Northeast Regional Futsal Champion (2017-20)…back-to-back State Cup Champions (2018, 2019)…called up to US Soccer Training three times in 2015, 2016, and 2019 and US Soccer Regional Camp in 2019…four-year member of Eastern High School soccer…invited to the 2019 High School All-American Game, East MVP of All-American Game …2018 Group 1V State Champion…three-time Olympic American Conference Champion…three time South Jersey Coaches Cup Champions (2017-2019)…four time All-Olympic Conference honoree, including three first team nods…three-time First Team All-South Jersey… 2017 and 2018 United Soccer Coaches Regional All-American, 2019 United Soccer Coaches All American and three-time South Jersey Defensive Player of the Year (2017-2019)… Courier Post Player of the year 2019….three time Team Defense MVP and two-time All-Around MVP…all-state top 20 player 2017-2019...member of the National Honor Society…recipient of 2018 AP World History and AP English Academic Award…class secretary in 2017-18 and four-year honor roll student…member of the Spanish National Honor Society
Personal: Daughter of Nicole and Albert…has three brothers, Jacob, Luke and Marc…mother played field hockey at the University of Iowa…intends to major in biology for a career in medicine.
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