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Jersey Number 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
| 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Started his youth career with RCD Espanyol
- Moved from Espanyol to RCD Mallorca, most recently played in over 30 games as RCD Mallorca B
- 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: | |
| 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: |
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