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2023 Men's Soccer Roster

14 Cole Knapp

  • Position Back
  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 165
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charlotte, N.C.
  • High School Charlotte Catholic

Biography

Honors
All-CAA Third Team (2022)
Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention (2023)
W&M Provost Award (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23)
CSC Academic All-District (2022, 2023)

Senior Season (2023)
Appeared in 13 games making 13 starts, missed time in the middle of the season due to injury…Was a consistent anchor on the Tribe’s backline…Played over 1,000 minutes for the third consecutive year (1,168)…Earned CSC Academic All-District honors.

Junior Season (2022)
Named to the All-CAA Third Team … Was the only Tribe player to start all 18 matches … Led the team with 1,606 minutes from the center back position … Played all 90 minutes in 16 of 17 regular season matches … Played all 110 minutes in the Tribe’s CAA Quarterfinal setback to eventual champion Hofstra (11/3) in OT … Anchored a Tribe defense that ranked third in CAA games with three shutout and fifth with a goals against average of 1.33 … Honored as a College Sports Communicators Academic All-District selection … Led a defense that posted a 1.02 GAA over its 15 matches with five shutouts … Attempted a shot at Drexel (9/3) … W&M Provost Award winner … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Sophomore Season (2021)
Started all 12 of his appearances along the backline … Played 999 total minutes… Helped the Tribe to shutout wins over Saint Francis (PA) (9/10), George Washington (9/14), Charleston (10/2), Drexel (10/16) and NC State (10/19) … Named to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll … A W&M Provost award winner.

Freshman Season (2020-21)
Started all six matches at the center back position … Only Tribe field player to see action in all 568 minutes … Named a W&M Provost Award winner … Selected to the CAA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll.

Prep
Captained the Charlotte Soccer Academy U19 Develop Academy team during his final prep season … Named the 2019 Greater Charlotte Defender of the Year … Team was selected as the 2019 Charlotte Soccer Team of the Year … Team was selected as the 2016 and 2019 Charlotte Soccer Team of the Year by the US Soccer Develop Academy … CSA was the U17 State Cup Championship in 2018-19 … Started all 17 games for the CSA U16/17 US Soccer Development Academy in the spring of 2018 … Helped team finish first in Region 3 Division … A member of the Charlotte Soccer Academy Leadership Program … Earned North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association All-State honors in 2018 … Scored 11 goals as a junior and helped Charlotte Catholic to eight-straight shutouts … Selected to the All-Observer Soccer First Team as a defender … Named all-conference and all-region by the North Carolina Soccer Coaches Association in both 2017 and 2018 … As a sophomore, scored eight goals, including the game-winning goal in a 1-0 second-round playoff win over Southwest Guilford … Won a Football State Championship in 2019 at Charlotte Catholic … A member of the National Honor Society and Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society in high school. 
 
Personal
Son of Michael and Jennifer Knapp. 

Statistics

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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2020-21Freshman

    Back
    6'1" 165 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2021Sophomore

    Back
    6'1" 165 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2022Junior

    Back
    6'1" 165 lbs
    14
  • 14

    2023Senior

    Back
    6'1" 165 lbs
    14