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Jersey Number 24
Vincent Borden
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Position:
- D
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-3 / 165
- Hometown:
- Ithaca, New York
- Club Team:
- NY Redbull
- Major:
- Criminal Justice
Career Stats
PRIOR TO RUTGERS
KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
- 2021 All-Big Ten Second Team
- Spring 2021 United Soccer Coaches Player of Distinction Award
- 2019 Preseason All-Big Ten
- 2017 Big Ten All-Freshman
- Played in every minute and started all nine matches for a defense with five shutouts and a 0.65 goals-against average
- 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
- Scored the game-winning goal in the 81st minute to complete the come-from-behind victory against Lehigh (Sept. 10)
- Inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the national student-athlete honor society
- Named to All-Big Ten Second Team
- Spring 2021 United Soccer Coaches Player of Distinction Award
- Rutgers' Alfred B. Sasser Award recipient as the senior who demonstrated the highest level of leadership, initiative, team spirit, and loyalty
- Started all nine matches, contributing to four shutout wins on the backline
- Scored a goal at Penn State on March 15
- Big Ten Distinguished Scholar & Academic All-Big Ten
- Preseason All-Big Ten
- Academic All-Big Ten
- Recipient of the Richard Ferraro Award, earned by the player who was most inspirational to the team’s success and demonstrated the dedication, spirit & values of the program
- Started in all 18 games
- Scored one goal during a 3-2 victory over Binghamton (Sept. 10)
- Appeared in 12 games making 10 starts
- Logged six shots, including three on goal
- Season-high two shots at Penn State (Oct. 28)
- Big Ten All-Freshman Team
- Started all 18 of his appearances in the midfield
- Scored first career goal at Oral Roberts (Sept. 1) 11 minutes into the contest
- Registered an assist on the game-winning goal in RU's 4-1 victory over Lafayette (Oct. 18)
PRIOR TO RUTGERS
- Played with both the NY Redbulls Academy's U17/18 and U15/16 programs
- Member of U.S. Soccer's U15 and U14 National Team rosters
- Spent time with the Croatian Club, Dinamo Zagreb
KNOW YOUR KNIGHTS
| Nickname: | Vince |
| One word to describe your Coach McElderry: | Smart |
| Favorite Rutgers athlete, past or present: | Jeff Zaun |
| Best player ever competed against: | Omir Fernandez |
| Major: | Criminal Justice |
| Favorite place to hang out on campus: | Locker room |
| The person I most admire is and why: | Kawhi Leonard |
| If I wasn’t playing soccer, I’d be: | A tennis player, a chef |
| Favorite professional athlete: | Kobe Bryant |
| Favorite professional sports team: | Manchester United |
| One word to describe myself off the pitch: | Pleasant |
| Person who had greatest influence on my athletics career: | Jeff Zaun |
| I started playing my sport because…: | My mom signed me up when I was in kindergarten |
| I chose Rutgers because…: | Athletic Facilities |
| Favorite cereal: | Oatmeal |
| The movie I have watched the most in my lifetime is: | Rushmore |
| The best actor/actress to play me in a movie is…: | Woody Harrelson |
| Favorite musician/group: | Pink Floyd |
| The first song I knew all the words to is: | Wish you were here |
| If I could turn any activity into an Olympic sport, I would win a gold medal at: | Making oatmeal |
| Pets I had growing up were: | Cats and dogs |
| The place in the world I would most like to visit is: | Japan |
| My favorite teacher was/is:(name, grade, subject) | Ms. Levine, 2nd and 5th Grade |
| The quote that most resonates with me is: | My mom would always say “two choices” when she wanted me to do something, one was the thing she wanted me to do, never found out what the other choice was. |
| If I could choose any color when buying a new car it would be: | Black |
| Phone app you cannot live without: | Apple Music |
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