Cooper Forcellini

Position:
Midfielder
Height:
6-1
Weight:
160
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Olathe, Kan.
High School:
Blue Valley West

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
2023-24, 2024-25 All-BIG EAST All-Academic Team

XAVIER
JUNIOR (2024)
Played in 17 matches, making 16 starts… logged 1,398 minutes… had three points (one goal, one assist)… scored the game-winning goal vs St. John’s on Sept. 20… had an assist at No. 21 Ohio State on Sept. 8… took 26 shots (14 on goal)… helped the defense post a 1.12 team goals against average, ranking ninth in single-season school history and 57th in the NCAA… helped the defense post seven shutouts, ranking tied for eighth in single-season school history and tied for 33rd in the NCAA.

SOPHOMORE (2023)
Played in 19 matches, making 12 starts… logged 1,046 minutes… had one assist… recorded an assist at UConn on Oct. 28… took 13 shots (six on goal)… played a season-high 90 minutes vs No. 3 Akron on Oct. 14… helped the team capture the BIG EAST Tournament Championship over No. 3 nationally ranked Georgetown on Nov. 12, the first BIG EAST Title in program history… helped Xavier advance to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2014 and the fifth time in program history… helped the team win a BIG EAST Midwest Division Title… helped the defense post a 0.83 team goals against average, the lowest in school history… the 0.83 GAA also ranked second in the BIG EAST and 20th in the NCAA… helped the defense post nine shutouts, ranking tied for third in school history and tied for 10th in the NCAA… named to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

PRIOR TO XAVIER - BELLARMINE
FRESHMAN (2022)
Played at Bellarmine during the 2022 season… named to the ASUN All-Freshman Team… played and started in all 18 matches… ranked second on the team in points with six (two goals, two assists)… took 23 shots (10 shots on goal)… scored his first career goal vs Evansville on Aug. 25 in the team's season opener… had an assist vs Stetson on Nov. 5… posted a goal and an assist at Central Arkansas on Nov. 7 in the ASUN Tournament Semifinals… father, Shawn, played soccer at Rutgers.

HIGH SCHOOL
Played high school soccer at Blue Valley West in Kansas and was a team captain… had 21 goals and 23 assists in 18 matches a senior... helped his team post a 15-3 record as a senior... was named a high school All-American, All-State, All-Metro, EKL Midfielder of the Year and first-team EKL as a senior… scored in the All-American game as a senior… played club soccer for Sporting Blue Valley Academy ’03 and was a team captain on squad that won the 2022 James P. Maguire Cup, which is the most prestigious national championship in youth soccer… recognized on Best XI of the tournament… helped his team win the State Cup and Midwest Regional… played varsity basketball as a junior and senior.

PERSONAL
Son of Shawn and Kelly Forcellini... father, Shawn, was a goalkeeper at Rutgers... majoring in business.