Boston University

AWARDS
• 2023 College Soccer News All-America Third Team
• 2023 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team
• 2022 United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Third Team
• 2023 ECAC Defensive Player of the Year
• 2x Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year (2022, 23)
• 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region First Team
• 2022 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Third Team
• 2x All-ECAC First Team (2022, 23)
• 2x All-Patriot League First Team (2022, 23)
• 5x Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week (10/17/22, 10/24/22, 11/1/22, 9/4/23, 10/2/23)
• 3x Patriot League Academic Honor Roll (2019, 21, 22)

AS A SENIOR IN 2023
Had a historic fifth-year campaign, earning the program's first All-America honor since 2006 ... Placed on the third team by College Soccer News while also claiming his second consecutive United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America (first team) award ... Started in all 19 games played in his fifth year to help the Terriers claim their first-ever Patriot League tournament trophy and second Patriot League regular season title … Netted two goals and anchored a backline that held opponents to just 9.3 shots per game, the program's lowest average this century, to become the first in team history to repeat as a conference's Defensive Player of the Year … Added his second All-Region and first All-Region First Team award ... Recorded his first goal of the season in the 4-1 victory over Navy and notched his second in a battle for first place against Loyola Maryland in the 3-1 win … Helped the Terriers end a season with an unbeaten home record (8-0-2) for the first time since 1994 while also posting eight shutouts ... Played the full 90 minutes in 13 contests, including both PL tourney contests and the NCAA opener at Syracuse.

AS A SENIOR IN 2022
Had a standout senior campaign, earning BU's first Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year award since 2015 ... Also added his first All-Region (Third Team) honor along with his first All-ECAC and All-PL First Team accolades ... Excelled in the classroom to claim the Terriers' first United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America award since 2008 ... Started in 12 of 15 games played, anchoring a backline that helped BU post nine shutouts and reach its first PL semifinal since 2017 ... Highlights include 1-0 win at No. 9 New Hampshire for BU's first top-10 victory since 2009 and the program's first shutout against ACC rival Boston College since 2012 ... Headed in his first career goal in a 2-0 win over Bucknell and added an assist at Holy Cross ... BU also earned shutouts against Merrimack, Lafayette, Loyola Maryland, American, Lehigh and Navy in the PL tournament ... Set a PL record by earning three straight Defensive Player of the Week awards to end the regular season ... Named to the PL Academic Honor Roll for earning a 3.20+ GPA.

AS A JUNIOR IN 2021
Started four of six games played ... Helped BU shut out Merrimack while posting season-high two shot attempts ... Played a season-high 90 minutes at Harvard ... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for the second time for earning a 3.20+ GPA.

AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2020-21
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AS A FRESHMAN IN 2019
Started in 16 of the 17 games played ... One of two Terriers to appear in all 17 contests ... Helped the Terriers shut out then-No. 22 Navy, 1-0 (2OT), and Harvard, 2-0 ... Played all 110 minutes against Northeastern, UMass Lowell and Brown ... Named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll for owning a 3.20+ GPA.

BEFORE BOSTON UNIVERSITY
Graduated from Canton tied-for-fourth on the all-time scoring leader list with 32 goals and 20 assists for 52 points ... Left a two-time All-Hockomock selection, two-time Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic and two-time EMASS All-Star ... Only the second player in program history to earn All-State honors two years in a row ... Tallied 15 goals and nine assists as the team captain ... Started every game he played ... Helped lead squad to three straight MIAA tournament appearances and two straight Hockomock League Davenport division second-place finishes ... Won the Club Soccer MA State Cup championship as a sophomore with GPS Massachusetts ... Two-time team captain with the varsity lacrosse program, earning both Hockomock League All-Star ... Earned Patriot Ledger All-Scholastic honors for both soccer and lacrosse ... Member of the National Honor Society. 

PERSONAL
Son of Joan and Joe Roach ... Father played soccer at Purdue ... Has one younger brother, Dylan ... Enrolled in the Questrom School of Business, majoring in business administration and management.