- 5
- Ben
- Strong
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- Position
- Midfielder
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- Class
- Sophomore
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- Height
- 5' 8
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- Weight
- 157 lbs.
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- High School/Other
- West Morris Mendham
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- Club Team
- FC Copa Forza
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- Hometown
- Mendham, N.J.
Year | GP-GS | G | A | PTS | SH | SHOT% | SOG | SOG% | YC-RC | GW | PK-ATT | |||||||||
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2011 | 19-19 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 29 | .069 | 7 | .241 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
2012 | 20-20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 51 | .000 | 24 | .471 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
2015 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | .000 | 0-0 | 0 | 0-0 | |||||||||
Career | 40-40 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 80 | .025 | 31 | .388 | 6-0 | 0 | 0-0 |
Updated: December 5, 2012
2012: Started all 20 games … Led the team in assists with four and shots with 51 … Second among field players with 1,810 minutes logged … Recorded the assist on the game-winning goal versus Richmond in the Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational … Registered an assist a week later against St. Bonaventure … Tallied an assist on the game’s opening goal versus NJIT … Notched the assist on the game-winner against NC State in the first round of the ACC tournament … Took a season-high six shots against NC State and Howard … Notched five shots versus Temple and VMI.
2011: Had a solid freshman campaign, starting all 19 games in the central midfield … One of three Hokies to start every game and one of four true freshmen to see action … Led the team with two goals and two assists for six points … Team leader in shots with 29 and minutes played among field players with 1,770 … Assisted on Mikey Minutillo’s goal against Cincinnati at the Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational for first career point … Also assisted on Drew Ranahan’s game-winner against Longwood … Scored first career goal at No. 11 Boston College, sending the game into overtime … Also tallied a score at Radford … Was the Hokies primary corner kick and free kicker taker … Took a season-high four shots against Wisconsin at the Hilton Garden Hokie Invitational ... Named team Rookie of the Year.
High School: Started three years at center midfield with the varsity squad at West Morris Mendham High School … Holds the school’s single-game assist record (five) … As a senior was team co-captain and leading scorer en route to earning team MVP honors, first team NJAC Group 3 All-Conference, All-Morris County, All-Area Daily Record, All-Group 3 and third team All-State ... As a team co-captain in 2009, earned his team’s Best All-Around Player Award and was named to the first team NJAC Group 3 All-Conference and All-Morris County ... Helped guide his club team, FC Copa Forza, to the 2008 US Club New Jersey State Championship and US Club National Final … Earned State Cup MVP honors as FC Copa Forza captured the 2003 New Jersey State Cup Championship … Club team were also 2004 New Jersey State Cup Finalists.
Personal: Born on February 26, 1993 in Vienna, Va. … Son of Carl and Christine Strong … Has one sister, Claire … Plans on majoring in university studies.