Matt Vasquenza

Position:
Forward
Height:
5-7
Weight:
155
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
East Hampton, Conn.
High School:
East Hampton HS

As A Senior (2017)
• All-BIG EAST Second Team
• BIG EAST All-Tournament Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team
• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (10/9, 10/30)
Capped a prolific career by starting all 20 matches for XU and leading the team with 22 points... finished career in all-time top 10 for XU in points, goals and assists... 69 career points ranked tied for seventh in program history... 26 goals ranked tied for sixth in program history... 17 assists ranked tied for ninth in program history... point total tied for third in the BIG EAST... scored a team-high-tying nine goals and registered four assists... goal total ranked 54th in the nation... point total ranked 62nd in the nation... led team with and ranked second in the BIG EAST with 64 shots... led team with 28 shots on frame... ranked 35th in the nation in shots per game (3.20)... tied for team lead with three game-winning goals... had three matches with either multiple goals or multiple assists... tallied for first time in 2017 in the 61st minute of a 3-0 win over Drake (8/27)... assisted on two of three goals for XU in a 3-0 win at Harvard (9/1)... had the golden goal in overtime for XU, sealing a 3-2 win at No. 22 Boston College (9/4)... had a three-point match, scoring in the 19th minute and assisting on a fourth minute strike by Samson Sergi to help XU to a 4-1 win over Providence (9/30)... scored two straight goals for XU in the fourth and 40th minutes of a 3-1 win over Detroit (10/3)... had the golden goal in the 94th minute for XU in a 3-2 overtime win over Seton Hall (10/28)... scored in 77th minute of BIG EAST Championships quarterfinal at Butler (11/8)... knocked in a penalty kick in the 49th minute of the BIG EAST Championships title match at Georgetown (11/12)...

As A Junior (2016)
• OCSA Academic All-Ohio NCAA Men's Division I Team
• Preseason All-BIG EAST Team
• BIG EAST All-Academic Team
Appeared in 17 matches with seven starts, logging 1,118 minutes as a top option at forward... led XU with 16 points (5G, 6A)... ranked third on the team with 39 shots and 15 shots on goal... scored in the 58th minute of an eventual 1-1 tie at No. 12 Virginia (9/2)... assisted on final goal in a 4-2 win over UC in the Crosstown Derby (9/9)... scored the equalizer in the 80th minute of a 2-1 overtime win over No. 18 Creighton (10/26)...

As A Sophomore (2015)
• BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (10/26, 11/2)
Appeared in all 19 matches, making 15 starts... ranked second on the team with five goals, 32 shots, 15 shots on goal and 11 points... scored twice in the season opener against Eastern Illinois (8/28)... recorded an assist on Josh Grant's go-ahead goal at Wisconsin (8/30)... came up big in back-to-back wins against Marquette and No. 1 Creighton... scored the game-winner in overtime with a 95th minute strike to beat Marquette, 1-0, at home (10/24)... posted another game-winner with an 89th minute score off a deflection at top-ranked Creighton (10/28), giving Xavier its first result against an NSCAA No. 1 opponent...

As A Freshman (2014)
• 2014-15 BIG EAST All-Academic Team
• NSCAA/Continental Tire All-Great Lakes Region Second Team
• BIG EAST All-Rookie Team
• College Soccer News All-Freshman Team
• 3x BIG EAST Rookie of the Week (9/8, 10/20, 11/10)
• Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Week (11/25)

Appeared in 23 matches with 16 starts as a top option at forward... team's second-leading scorer with 20 points (seven goals, six assists)... seven goals were tied for the team lead... scored first goals with a brace at Bradley in 4-2 win (9/4)... notched first assist vs. UC in 3-0 win (9/13)... put three shots on frame and scored first career game-winner in vs. St. John's (9/27) in BIG EAST debut... named to BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll (9/29)... put away match at Seton Hall with 81st minute score(10/11)... scored go-ahead goal in eventual draw vs. No. 6 Creighton (10/18)... collected three points in 2-0 win vs. Butler (11/7)... assisted on both scores in 2-1 win vs. Monmouth in the first home NCAA Tournament game in program history (11/20)... scored go-ahead goal in 29th minute of a 2-1 win vs. No. 5 Indiana in NCAA Tournament Second Round (11/23)...

High School
Ranked as a Top 150 recruit and No. 6 prospect in Northeast by TopDrawerSoccer ... US National Team U18 training camp August 2013 ... scored 15 goals in 25 games for Oakwood 2013, placing him amongst nation's leaders ... named to starting XI for US Soccers Eastern Conference team 2013 ... 1,000 point scorer during four-year high school basketball career.

Personal
Born January 6, 1996 ... son of Michael and Mary Lou Vasquenza ... attended CS 101 camp at Xavier ... also visited UConn and Providence.